Best-of list · Insider Guide
Where locals drink in New York: Sunny's Bar, Ear Inn, Clover Club, Beauty Bar, Attaboy, Long Island Bar. Hidden gems across NYC's neighborhoods.
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10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
The bars in every guidebook are fine. This is not that list. We've put together the places where New Yorkers — actual, rent-paying New Yorkers — go when they want a drink without performance. From Red Hook waterfront dives to Lower East Side wine bars that only opened two years ago and already have a regular crowd, these are the addresses that don't appear on tourist maps.