The buzz: NYC lounges, bars, dives, and rooftops (ongoing)

The Lunch Belle's guide to boozing in NYC: here, you will find a category for your every whim, taste, and situation.  Enjoy!

Beer  venues which are beer-centric

• Birreria, at Eataly
• Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
• Loreley
• Radegast Hall & Biergarten
• Randolph Beer
• Spitzer's Corner
• Studio Square
• Ulysses
• Vol de Nuit

Club, dancing

• PH-D  Dream Hotel
• The Box

Decent food, too  beyond 'wings and fried calamari

• Anfora
• Ardesia
• Barrio Chino
• Bar Veloce  mozzarella to die for
• Birreria, at Eataly
• Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
• Boqueria
• Bowery Bar & Grill
• De Santos
• D6
• Duke's
• El Camion Cantina
• EN Japanese Brasserie
• Griffou
• Hudson Clearwater
• Jo's
• La Lanterna Caffe
• La Piazza at Eataly  small plates, Italian, wine-centric
• Macao Trading Co.
• Mayahuel
• NoMad
• North End Grill  American/seafood-centric
  
• Peasant Wine Bar
• Pulqueria
• Rare View
• Rosa Mexicano
• Sons of Essex
• Spitzer's Corner
• The Crosby Bar & Terrace
• The John Dory Oyster Bar
• The Mulberry Project
• The Volstead
• The Wayland
• Toloache 82
  
• 230 Fifth
• Vol de Nuit
• Whitehall

Happy hour

• El Camion Cantina  12pm-7pm: $5 margaritas!
• Florencia 13
• Mole
• Ovelia  Queens, Astoria
• Public House
• Rosa Mexicano - *click here* to view the happy hour menu!
  
• The John Dory Oyster Bar

Hotel bars  worth checking out even if you're not checking in

• Above Allen  Thompson LES
• Bemelmans Bar  The Carlyle Hotel
  
• Cabana  Maritime Hotel
• Cooper Sq. Hotel
• Electric Room  Dream Hotel
• Gansevoort Park Rooftop  Gansevoort Park
• Gilt  New York Palace Hotel
• Grand Bar & Lounge  The Soho Grand Hotel
• The rooftop at Hotel Giraffe
• King Cole Bar  St. Regis Hotel
• Lilium  W Hotel, Union Square
• NoMad
• PH-D  Dream Hotel
• Polar Lounge  The Marcel
• Rare View
• Rose Bar/Jade Bar  The Gramercy Park Hotel
• The Church Lounge  The Tribeca Grand Hotel
• The Crosby Bar & Terrace  The Crosby Hotel
  
• The Living Room  The Standard Hotel
• The lobby bar  The Bowery Hotel
• The Lobby Lounge  The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
• Toro Lounge  Smyth Hotel
  
• Upstairs at The Kimberly

"If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time"  posh, expensive cocktail menus

• Electric Room  Dream Hotel
• Jbird Lounge
• PH-D  Dream Hotel
• Rose Bar/Jade Bar  The Gramercy Park Hotel
• The Crosby Bar & Terrace
• The Lobby Lounge  The Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Margaritas  bars & restaurants that serve amazing versions of my most favorite cocktail

• Barrio Chino
• Cafe Frida
• Toloache 82

Mixology

• Apotheke
• Bathtub Gin
• Employees Only
• Hudson Clearwater
• Jbird Lounge
• Little Branch
• Macao Trading Co.
• Maison Premiere  Brooklyn
• Mayahuel
• Sons of Essex
• The Mulberry Project
• The Randolph
• The Wayland

Outdoor patios/gardens 

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• Above Allen  Thompson LES
• Beekman Beer Garden  outdoor space, phenomenal views
• Birreria, at Eataly
• Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
• Bowery Bar & Grill
• Bowery Wine Company
• Cabana  Maritime Hotel
• De Santos
• Gansevoort Park Rooftop  Gansevoort Park
• The rooftop at Hotel Giraffe
• Hudson Clearwater
• Hudson Terrace
• La Lanterna Caffe
• Loreley
• PH-D  Dream Hotel
• Rare View  incredible views of the Empire State Building
• Revel
• Soho Park
• Studio Square
• The Crosby Bar & Terrace
• The Living Room
• The Mulberry Project
• 230 Fifth
• Upstairs at The Kimberly
• Wine Bar

Restaurants w/ exceedingly delicious cocktails

• Barrio Chino
• Cafe Frida
• EN Japanese Brasserie
• Hudson Clearwater
• Macao Trading Co.
• The Mulberry Project
• Toloache 82

Specialty  venues which focus on one particular subject/theme

• Ardesia  wine, small plates
• Barrio Chino  extensive tequila selection, "real" margaritas
• Bathtub Gin  speakeasy, in every sense of the word
  
• Birreria, at Eataly  Italian centric
  
• Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar  wine centric
• Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden  German, biergarten
• Bubble Lounge  Champagne
  
• Candle 79  organic elixirs & alcohols, fresh juices, delightful organic and vegetarian fare
  
• Decibel  Japanese, sake
• Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria  Italian, wine-centric
• La Piazza at Eataly  small plates, Italian, wine-centric
  
• Loreley  German, biergarten
• Los Feliz  extensive tequila selection
• Mayahuel  Mexican, tequila/agave-centric
  
• N  tapas, sherry
• Pulqueria  Mexican, pulque cocktails
  
• Spin  ping-pong + cocktails!
  
• The Box  burlesque
  
• The Patriot Saloon  a true throwback to West Texas-country music-cheap beer
• Whitehall  gin centric
• Wine Bar

Sports on the tube  sports bars that even chicks will dig

• The Ainsworth
• The Windsor

Staple  just a good old fashioned bar.  Nothing more, nothing less

• Onieals
• Park Bar
• The Windsor
• Wilfie & Nell

Thirty-somethings/post-work pickup joint

• Kingswood  (the bar)
• North End Grill  American/seafood-centric
• Saxon + Parole  (the bar)
• The Windsor

Tres romantique/zexy  spots to take her/him that promise a prolonged evening

• Bathtub Gin
• Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
• Cibar
• De Santos
• Electric Room  Dream Hotel
• Employees Only
• Griffou
• Hudson Clearwater
• Jbird Lounge
• La Lanterna Caffe
• Lilium  W Hotel, Union Square
• Little Branch
• Macao Trading Co.
• Maison Premiere  Brooklyn
• Mayahuel
• N
• NoMad
• Peasant Wine Bar
• Pulqueria
• 675 Bar 
• The Room
• Upstairs at The Kimberly
• Wine Bar