Best Bars in America: Which NYC Bars Made the Cut

You know those taxi cab ads that are always telling you to see your city? Well, we’re sort of telling you the same thing. We’re telling you to drink your city. Because in NYC Bars are the best of the best, and now we have a list to prove it! Here, the NYC bars that made the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars, a poll that is very important, consequential, and necessary to memorize. JK. We just wanted to remind you of some great bars ’round these parts. Check out the full list for bars in other places if you’re all jet-setty and stuff.

Ranking in at…

#2: Dead Rabbit
The financial district’s institution 
30 Water St.
New York, NY 10004
(646) 422-7906

#4: Employees Only
The not-so-secret cocktail lounge with legit drinks
510 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014

#11: Attaboy
The under the radar, little bar with big drinks on the LES
134 Eldridge St.
New York, NY 10002

#23: Maison Premiere
The oyster bar and garden in Brooklyn
298 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211

#24: The Elephant Bar @ The Nomad Hotel
The sexy-dark Parisian-inspired hotel bar
1170 Broadway
New York, NY 10001

#36: The Nomad Bar @ The Nomad Hotel
The casual yet upscale and “too cool” NYC Hotel Bar and Restaurant
1170 Broadway
New York, NY 10001

#37: PDT
The speakeasy that made speakeasies cool
113 St Marks Pl.
New York, NY 10009

#38: Mace
The new downtown bar with creative cocktails
649 E 9th St.
New York, NY 10009

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