The longest-running serious-wine room on the LES, still pouring at a level that newer rooms cannot match for the price.
· Natural The Ten Bells on Broome Street is the bar that quietly trained half of New York's natural-wine industry. Open since 2008 — older than most of the natural-wine wave it now sits inside — the bar runs a chalkboard programme rather than a printed list, which means the staff actually have to know what they are pouring.
The food is small plates with a serious oyster and charcuterie programme, the pricing is the most reasonable on this list, and the room itself has aged into something close to a New York institution. It ranks fifth for staying power: still the easiest place in Manhattan to drink seriously without paying restaurant prices, almost twenty years in.
For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best wine bars in New-York, the broader New-York wine bars guide, and our category index of wine bars worldwide.