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Chloe 81

20s / 30s / Affluent / Artsy / Bar / DJ

Party Earth Review Although its days as a hush-hush in-spot famous for its Ivy parties are gone, Chloe 81 maintains its reputation as an exclusive upscale haunt for a fashionable and moneyed clientele ready to drink and dance the night away. A strict and rather arbitrary door policy – overseen by bouncers with phantom guest lists – still ... more

81 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002

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d.b.a.

20s / 30s / 40s / Ale House / Bar / Beer

Party Earth Review Discreetly concealed behind a nondescript awning lined with blue Christmas lights lies d.b.a., a no-frills alehouse featuring over 250 international beers. On weekday evenings, the place is generally packed with a slightly older crowd of forty-something business people who line up at the long wood bar to sip rare whiskeys ... more

41 First Avenue
New York, NY 10003

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Death & Co.

30s / Ambient / Artists / Bar / Blues

Party Earth Review Although its first-come first-served door policy is deadly serious, Death & Co.’s mix of cocktail den class and warm personality makes this sleek lounge far more welcoming than its name suggests. A chic clientele of suited financiers and fashionable model types are ushered through large wooden doors and black drapes into ... more

433 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009

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Drop Off Service

20s / 30s / Actors / After Work / Beer

Party Earth Review A welcoming English ale house situated in a former Laundromat, Drop Off Service and its cheap imperial pints attract an outgoing clientele of creative types and beer lovers. Afternoons often see loyal regulars and expats – and their dogs – ensconced at the homey wood bar, which boasts one of the friendliest staffs in town ... more

211 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009

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International Bar

20s / 30s / After Work / Creative

Party Earth Review Nestled behind an unimposing storefront is the International Bar, a deliciously divey neighborhood hangout that brings a reliable mix of old-school booziness and crunchy art-teacher weirdness to the East Village. Exposed brick walls adorned with paintings by local artists, kitschy Halloween decorations, and Christmas lights ... more

120-1/2 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009

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Bar Seven Five

30s / 40s / After Work / Artists

Party Earth Review Despite its popularity with Armani-clad Wall Streeters, Bar Seven Five in the Andaz Hotel is an unpretentious and informal locale perfect for after-work drinks. A stone staircase leads up from the lobby into an airy high-ceilinged room with large windows, wooden floors, paneled walls, and a series of hefty black butcher ... more

Andaz Wall Street Hotel, 75 Wall Street (entrance on Water Street)
New York, NY 10005

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Lillie's

20s / 30s / Actors / After Work / Bar

Party Earth Review Named for the 19th-century actress, model, and socialite Lillie Langtry, Lillie’s is an Irish-Victorian bar popular with business people, creative types, and weekend pub crawlers. Although rushed office types hurrying to the back tables for a quick lunch and free Wi-Fi probably won’t notice the rotary phone, tinted glass ... more

13 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003

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Cake Shop

20s / Artsy / Bar / Budget-friendly

Party Earth Review There’s no better proof that New York is the city that never sleeps than the uber-cool, slightly schizophrenic Cake Shop, a round-the-clock upstairs vegan bakery café by day and indie/hipster basement concert space by night. As famous for its chocolate cupcakes as for its cheap cans of Rolling Rock, the versatile venue ... more

152 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002

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darkroom

20s / 30s / Bar / Boisterous / DJ / Pop

Party Earth Review First-timers who come upon the plain exterior of Darkroom won’t be able to tell what they’re in for, but those who dare to venture down the dim staircase will need only one look at the crowded room of drunken young urbanites rocking out on the dance floor and making out in the corners to understand the venue’s appeal. This ... more

165 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002

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Home Sweet Home

20s / 30s / Artsy / Bar / Cover charge

Party Earth Review Tucked away beneath an art gallery, Home Sweet Home is a kitschy underground lair that has indeed become a second home to the chic and edgy night-crawling denizens of Nolita and the Lower East Side. A combination bar, dance den, and live music venue, this one-room space packs in a lot of action, all of it thoroughly enjoyed ... more

131 Chrystie Street
New York, NY 10002

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Mehanata Bulgarian Bar

20s / 30s / 40s / Anything goes / Bar

Party Earth Review Outsiders may wonder why so many young New Yorkers happily pay a $10 cover charge just to get into the somewhat seedy Mehanata Bulgarian Bar, but those in on the secret know that once inside, they’ll find a no-holds-barred pleasure palace where almost anything goes. Patrons who dare step into the dark dance den with its ... more

113 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002

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Alphabet Lounge

20s / 30s / 80s Music / Artists / Bar

Party Earth Review Alphabet Lounge’s location a few blocks beyond the East Village’s throbbing club and bar scene gives this dance club and music venue an added air of exclusiveness. Past the curtained windows and velvet rope, patrons will find a wide single room packed with dancing downtown party girls, upscale hip-hop types, and affluent ... more

104 Avenue C
New York, NY 10009

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Apothéke

20s / 30s / 40s / Absinthe / Cocktails

Party Earth Review Patrons in search of an offbeat experience need look no further than Apothéke, a bar and lounge that transports guests into a 19th-century opium and absinthe den – which is exactly what this space was back in the day. Known for its décor as much as for its mind-blowing cocktails, the bar features the original pressed-tin ... more

9 Doyers Street
New York, NY 10013

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Botanica Bar

30s / After Work / Anything goes

Party Earth Review Patrons might experience a bit of déjà vu when they walk into Botanica Bar, a quintessential dive bar whose black-and-red linoleum and second-hand décor every New Yorker has seen at least once, but was probably too drunk to remember. Friday and Saturday nights draw an intoxicated weekend warrior crowd that swarms around ... more

47 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10012

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Sweet and Vicious

20s / 30s / Artists / Bar / DJ / Dancing

Party Earth Review The sparse black exterior of Nolita’s Sweet and Vicious may seem unwelcoming at first, but once patrons walk through the double wood doors, they find themselves in a hip yet unpretentious bar where schmoozing with the regulars is the order of the day. The rustic plank floors in this dark lounge vibrate with incredibly loud ... more

5 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012

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Alphabet Lounge

20s / 30s / 80s Music / Artists / Bar

104 Avenue C
New York, NY 10009

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Black and White

20s / 30s / 70s Music / 80s Music / DJ

Party Earth Review As the name suggests, the NoHo watering hole Black and White is all about contrasts, and this bar manages to be both dark and sultry and warm and welcoming all at the same time. Popular with a diverse mix of hipsters, young professionals, and college kids, the bar isn’t much more than a candlelit basement room fitted out ... more

86 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003

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Chloe 81

20s / 30s / Affluent / Artsy / Bar / DJ

81 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002

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d.b.a.

20s / 30s / 40s / Ale House / Bar / Beer

41 First Avenue
New York, NY 10003

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Death & Co.

30s / Ambient / Artists / Bar / Blues

433 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009

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Drop Off Service

20s / 30s / Actors / After Work / Beer

211 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009

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Ella

20s / 30s / Alternative / Cocktails

Party Earth Review The decadent divas of Hollywood’s golden age would feel right at home at Ella, a bi-level art deco lounge attracting a fashionable mix of alternative creative types and music lovers. An eye-catching red, black, and white color scheme featuring ornate chandeliers, theater-curtain wallpaper, zebra print carpeting, and checkered ... more

9 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009

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International Bar

20s / 30s / After Work / Creative

120-1/2 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009

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Stout NYC

20s / 30s / 80s Music / Bar Food / DJ

Party Earth Review Spanning sixteen thousand square feet over three floors, Stout NYC is an immense but homey Irish pub usually filled with a bustling crowd of young professionals – not to mention the yells of rowdy University of Texas football fans who have made the pub their official hangout on fall Saturday afternoons. Originally designed ... more

133 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001

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NYC Bars Overview

Jade Bar at Gramercy Park Hotel - Hotel Bar | Lounge in NYC

Everyone knows that the bars in New York are second to none, and anyone who can’t find a bar to suit their personality probably doesn’t love bars all that much. Whether people are in the mood for cutting edge cocktails, tourist-laden chain bars, authentic Irish joints, or the chicest rooftop bars on the planet, NYC has it all – with new drinking dens popping up every day.

Over in Chinatown and the East Village, hip, alternative trendsetters head to hole-in-the-wall bars, dirty dives, and DIY upstarts to down cheap beer, while the city’s sports culture is well represented by hundreds of New York bars all over where fun-loving, more mainstream crowds show up to watch the Yankees, Jets, Knicks, and countless other teams over a few friendly brews.

The fashion set and hipsters with money make the Meatpacking District the place to be for late-night drinking, Hell’s Kitchen is a flourishing artist’s community packed with cozy bars and warm hangouts, and the stunning rooftop bars in Chelsea cater to A-list celebrities and A-list wannabes with money to burn.

Of course, it’s not just New York proper where the bar scene is the stuff of legend, as Brooklyn has long been a vibrant area that still stands apart as a less expensive alternative to exorbitantly priced Manhattan. But even though the price of beer is cheaper in BK, the party isn’t any less intense, with DIY bars, choice wine bars, student dives, and classic old speakeasies all over town.

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