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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in World's 50 Best Bars, Punch Drink, and The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Superbueno · East Village
Nacho Jimenez's Mexican-American cocktail temple. No. 2 on North America's 50 Best 2025 and a 2025 James Beard finalist.
Double Chicken Please · Lower East Side
Allen Street culinary-cocktail trailblazer; former #1 World's Best and still the most influential NYC bar of the decade.
Sip&Guzzle · Greenwich Village
Shingo Gokan and Steve Schneider's two-floor Greenwich Village debut. Top-five World's 50 Best entrant in its first year.
Dante NYC · Greenwich Village
Circa-1915 cafe named World's Best Bar 2019; the city's living monument to aperitivo culture and the perfectly made Negroni.
Attaboy · Lower East Side
Sam Ross and Michael McIlroy's menu-less Milk & Honey heir. You describe a mood, they hand you a perfect drink.