Best Places To Grab A Cocktail On Your New York Vacation

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New York is the home of cocktails and a perfect place to satiate your thirst for cocktails and spirits. It is unarguably one of the best places to enjoy the fun-filled nightlife that extends from excellent grim dives to classic hotel bars to thundering dance clubs. Theres no other place like New York where you can dance until dawn, forget your name, and enjoy life like theres no tomorrow.

 

The city runs on a motto, Work hard and party harder. Hence, here you will get plenty of options to celebrate your life. One such option is cocktail bars. In the city, you will get all kinds of bars serving perfectly shaken classics to surprising sips to iconic New York cocktails. The state-of-the-art cocktail culture in New York is globally recognized. The city is packed with ample cocktail bars to enjoy a glass of drink on a New York vacation. The bars here not just offer an unforgettable cocktail experience but also serve appetizing food. Whether you are a first-time traveler to New York or just looking to add new experiences to your bucket list, the cocktail bars here are iconic. The bars in the city are so great that they deserve a special mention on the drinking to-do list of a New York vacation.

 

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If you too want to get introduced to the cocktail scene in the city, read this article. Here we have penned down a list of the best places where you must grab a glass of delicious cocktail on New York vacation and end up having a better experience than expected. This city has invented cocktail hours, but they have dedicated their time and attention to offering a perfect glass of cocktails to travelers on New York vacation. Believe us, the cocktails here are all worthy of a toast.  

 

After spending a lot of time sitting at home and preparing classic cocktails, its time to take it easy and enjoy a glass of drink at a bar. Add these bars to the rolling list on your tour and holiday package and spend a happy hour.

 

Sophisticated Places To Enjoy Cocktails On New York Vacation

 

1. Dante NYC

Dante NYC is one of the best places to enjoy cocktails on New York vacation. It is a Greenwich Village restaurant cum cocktail bar and is on the list of the worlds best 50 bars in 2019. To match with the vibe of the 21st century, the bar offers green-leather banquettes, a pressed-tin ceiling, an array of Negronis, and cocktails. The ambiance here is perfect for enjoying spins on classic cocktails and leisure time on your vacation. And when we are talking about cocktails, we should mention that Dante was recently nominated for a Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award. This makes it clear that this is ideal to stop by on a New York vacation and enjoy a couple of cocktails.

 

Address: 79-81 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012, United States

 

Opening Hours: 12 PM to 11 PM (All Days)

 

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2. The Nomad Bar

The next cocktail bar to add to your leisure tour and holiday package in New York is The Nomad Bar. If you have ever been on a New York vacation, you must have heard of this place. It is one of the most attractive bars in Manhattan that won top honors at Tales of the Cocktails 2018 Spirited Awards. Nomad Bar also managed to take the spot on number five on the list of the Worlds 50 Best Bars 2017. This place is packed with rich, dark woods and shining brass. In contrast to its elegant aesthetics, it serves exotic concoctions, revamped classics, playful large-format options, and much more. To add to your New York vacation experience, the bar offers a creative menu of non-alcoholic drinks and delectable food.

 

Address: 10 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001, United States

 

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3. The Dead Rabbit NYC

The Dead Rabbit can be perfectly described as an excellent Irish bar and a cocktail lounge. It is a classic genre of the bar scene in New York City. Multiple times, this bar has been named among the top bars in the world. This makes visiting it a must on a New York vacation. Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon, along with beverage director Jillian Vose are behind the impressive menu of cocktails and whiskey at The Dead Rabbit NYC. They have designed the menu soo well that enjoying a drink here on New vacation becomes a lifetime experience. Apart from that, the bar is a two-story building where the ground floor serves pints, Irish coffee, and classic whiskey. At the same time, the other floor of the bar is for blues performances at a moodier tempo.

 

Address: 30 Water St, New York, NY 10004, United States

 

Opening Hours: 4 PM to 2 AM (Tuesday - Thursday), 4 PM to 3 AM (Friday), 12 PM to 3 AM (Saturday), 12 PM to 2 AM (Sunday), and Closed on Monday.

 

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4. Bar Goto

Bar Goto has sleek and simple decor combined with a serene ambiance. It offers an ideal environment for enjoying Japanese-influenced cocktails on New York vacation. The sake-and-gin Sakura Martini, the Improved Shochu Cocktail, and the sake "overflow" box are some of the cocktails that you must try at Bar Goto. After satisfying your thirst for cocktails and spirits, if you feel hungry, then spicy miso chicken wings and sesame celery are a must-try. Both of these items are a hit and taste amazing with or without cocktails. When you visit this bar on your New York vacation, you might find it more of a grown-up bar than other LES spots. However, this place offers a bunch of fun touches, like the cherry blossom-garnished martini. Make sure you add this to your leisure tour and holiday package and enjoy an experience like never before.

 

Address: 245 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002, United States

 

Opening Hours: 5 PM to 12 AM (Tuesday and Wednesday), 5 PM to 1 AM (Thursday - Saturday), 5 PM to 10 PM (Sunday), and Closed on Monday.

 

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5. Angels Share

Angels Share is an open secret that was hidden in the restaurant Village Yokocho for over 22 years. People have started noticing this cocktail bar in the past few years and prefer to visit it on New York vacation for refined cocktails. This place is highly popular for serving the best Grasshoppers and Stormy Weather cocktails. To make the cocktail experience surreal, this place offers a creative menu and accommodating staff. Along with this, they pay keen attention to minute details, which makes this hidden bar a special place to visit on a New York vacation. In recent years, this place has added outdoor dining. Still, if you are visiting this, be ready to face a long line. But dont worry, waiting is worth every second you spend.  

 

Address: 8 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY 10003, United States

 

Opening Hours: 5 PM to 12 AM (All Days). However, the cocktail bar gets closed at 11:30 PM.

 

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6. Mace

Mace was opened back in 2015, and since then, it has been named various times on local and international best of lists. Perched in the East Village, the cocktail bar is a whole different experience. It is a spacious bar with a comfortable interior. Mace has a 27-foot zinc bar serving an array of cocktails named after herbs, spices, and other ingredients. Some of the famous cocktails this bar has on the list are beet juice, Aperol, aquavit, orange acid, and Thai coconut cordial with a spritz of mace mist. To not make you wait for your drink and food, the bar lets the customers watch bartenders juggle beakers and bottles. They do this not just to keep you entertained on your New York vacation but also to prepare a cocktail you have never tasted before.

 

Address: 35 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

 

Opening Hours:  4 PM to 12 AM (Monday - Wednesday), 4 PM to 1 AM (Thursday), 4 PM to 2 AM (Friday), 2 PM to 2 AM (Saturday), and 2 PM to 12 AM (Sunday).

 

7. Clover Club

Last on the list of cocktail bars to enjoy a drink on New York vacation, we have the Clover Club. It is a standard-bearing cocktail bar that offers a low-key cool, and unimaginably elegant atmosphere. This bar has a retro vibe with intricate tile work, marble tables, round leather booths, a functioning fireplace, and vintage sofas. Apart from this, the highlight remains the 19th-century mahogany bar, where you will get to see bartenders stirring or shaking cocktails. All the cocktail additions of the novel-like menu of the bar have the right notes. Any cocktail that you will grab here has something that will make you fall in love with your drink. To uplift the taste of your drink, they serve fantastic food like steak tartare and mac and cheese with smoked bacon.

 

Address: 210 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States

 

Opening Hours: 4 PM to 12 AM (Monday - Friday) and 12 PM to 12 AM (Saturday & Sunday).

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