MILKY'S WAY: Bars

SILVER LINING
JAZZ CLUB

This new late night jazz club is located in a 150 year old Tribeca townhouse where live music is where it's at. Take the stairway down thrrough a narrow hallway. The white tablecloths, candle light and baby grand piano provide the ambiance for the perfect date or have a seat at the bar. Cocktails are from $14-!6 and a small menu of eclectic tapas-style fare $4-27. So sit back and enjoy the extended evening of intimate live jazz.

Silver Lining

75 Murray Street (West Broadway and Greenwich)

New York, New York 10007

(212) 513-1234

BATHTUB GIN

Behold Bathtub Gin, an invisible-to-the-naked-eye cocktail lounge that’s sealed behind an unassuming coffee shop wall, discreetly and quietly opening tonight.

To find this place, you’ll first need to seek out a nearly microscopic Chelsea coffee shop (it’s the one with the mini bathtub in the window). Don’t let the perfectly frothed cappuccinos and incredibly lifelike (okay, they’re real) pastries fool you. This place is a front. Lurking just beneath the surface: a shadowy gin joint/jazz-playing safe house.
So you’ll come here when your thirst for a Negroni becomes insatiable or your recent dalliances have forced you out on the lam. Once inside, you’ll see a false wall with a red light above it. That’s your door. That’s where you make your scene. When the light’s illuminated, you may enter.

Life on the inside: exactly how you imagined it’d be... circa 1920. There’s a copper-colored ceiling, fringe-covered lamps, nailhead-tucked bar stools and—smack-dab in the center of the room—a glass-covered, claw-foot bathtub.

For now, you’ll use said tub to balance your gimlet and fried oysters, but rent the place for a private party, and they’ll let you take the top off.

Sometimes bathtubs just need to breathe.

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THE VAULT AT PFAFF'S

The Vault at Pfaff's, an original posh, 1850's upscale cocktail cellar that's returning to salvage your NOHO-bound date nights, discreetly open right now. Head here for the sort of downtown date nights best kept hidden behind a bouncer-guarded door and beneath several feet of sidewalk. And after you've inconspicuously carved our shadowy place in the basement (preferably onr that includes a velvet brocade sofa), corset-constricted waitresses will appear with egg-white-fluffed drinks and a menu of frenched lamb chops and truffled mac and cheese.

The Vault at Pfaff's

643 Broadway

New York, NY 10012

(212) 253-5421

Wednesday-Sunday

10pm-2am

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HUDSON TERRACE ROOFTOP BAR AND LOUNGE

COMPLIMENTARY ONE HOUR RUM BAR

Friday, March 4th @7pm
Hudson Terrace Rooftop Lounge
621 West 46th Street (between 11th & 12th Aves)
Free Rum Open Bar 7:30pm-8:30pm
Free for Ladies and $5 for Guys w/RSVP HERE
$10/20 w/out RSVP

MUST BE 21+ to attend
Dress Code Policy: Men are required to wear dress shoes. No tank tops, tennis shoes or shorts.

INC LOUNGE

Inc Lounge located inside the vibrant Time Hotel brings back the seventies-era club culture. Inc Lounge is a 2,500 square foot homage to glam rock luxury, a vivacious playground in the heart of Midtown West.

Designed by renowned decor guru Jody Singleton, Inc Lounges playfully seductive space invites patrons to carouse over selections from an extensive menu of liquid offerings.

With a chic checkerboard of black and white patent leather settees, curvy striped leather club chairs and plush red velvet couches, Inc Lounge fuses soft and sexy with the hard edge of rock & roll.

For the complete rock star treatment gather your friends in Inc Lounges back room, where guests lounge on over-sized cowhide ottomans, the house DJ spins the latest beats, and a whimsical wall of gilded mirrors watch over the festivities. Crowned by a beautiful antique-inspired black lacquer pool table centerpiece, Inc lounges back room provides a sleek, sensuous setting in which to drink, play and party the night away.

Inc Lounge
Theater District
224 West 49th Street (Between 8th Ave. & Broadway)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 320-2984
official website

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MONDAY $5 BAR BITES AT STIR NYC

Every Monday enjoy a host of small plates and appetizers for just $5 each. Like Southwest chicken rolls, Boneless Buffalo chicken pops, sliders, jalapeno poppers, and more. From 5-11pm reservations preferred.

This posh lounge on the Upper East Side is just what you need for wine, martinis, champagne and appetizers. Choose from 12 different martinis that include watermelon, key lime, peach and blueberry.

STIR NYC
1363 First Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 744-7190
official website

Sunday thru Wednesday 5pm-1am
Thursday 5pm-2am
Friday 5pm-3am
Saturday 5pm-4am

Kitchen is open 7 days a week from 5pm-11pm.

MISTER H AT THE MONDRIAN SOHO

This 30's style Shanghai speakeasy run by the crew of Bungalow 8 is not a brothel. It just looks like one.

According to Urban Daddy "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, this would be the one Bogart would've gone to for his midnight gimlet. A red-light district/opium den with walls of distressed damask, floors of checkered jade and gold, taxidermied birds and (despite what the expertly staffed stripper pole would imply) a bright-red neon sign reminding patrons that this is not a brothel.

Order a scorpion bowl (that most ancient of Chinese secrets), head through a curtain of chains and enter into a back room with crimson velour beds, antique mirrors and a red phone perched at each bedside. The phones connect randomly to other beds, so should you find yourself making eyes with raven-haired hellcat from across the room, just pick up your receiver and hope it's her."

Mister H at The Mondrian Soho
9 Crosby Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 389-1000
official website

Mister H at The Mondrian Soho, open now for private parties, opening to the public March 1.

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HUDSON TERRACE ROOFTOP LOUNGE

OPEN VISION VODKA BAR

Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7:30pm

Hudson Terrace Rooftop Lounge

621 West 46th Street (between 11 & 12th Aves.)

New York, NY 10036

official website

FREE Open Vision Vodka Bar (7:30pm-8:30pm)

FREE for Ladies and $5 for Guys with RSVP @ www.overtimenyc.com/rsvp// $10 without rsvp

Event Details at www.overtimenyc.com

DEATH & CO.

DEATH & CO.

Named after the Prohibition-era art movement, Death & Co. is an exquisite modern-day speakeasy fused with itimate, new-age elegance. With some of the city's most respected bartenders, Death & Co. is renowned for its superb cocktails, fine wines and collection of rare, aged spirits. Brilliant concoctions are stirred up to 40 to 50 times and taste-tested to ensure ultimate perfection.

Tucked away behind grand scorched wood doors that block all sound between the New York city streets and the intimate quarters they enclose, there is little hint of the grandeur that lay inside. Upon entering, you’re swept into a world of old-age class, with a lowly lit, dark wooden décor, and granite tabletops catching the light of crystal chandeliers. Share Manhattan’s finest cocktails with a group of your closest friends in an exquisite lower east side gem.

DEATH & CO.
East Village
433 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009
official website

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OYSTER BAR AND ABSINTHE DEN MAISON PREMIERE DEBUTS TONIGHT

Maison Premiere a new Williamsburg oyster bar and cocktail den will debut it's new space.

Experience New Orleans in the 1890's as Maison Premiere debuts it's horseshoe shaped bar and absinthe tower. By the weekend, the menu will grow to include 20 varities of oysters.

MAISON PREMIERE
Williamsburg
298 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(347) 335-0446
official website
Soft opening to the public

WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS JAZZ NIGHT AT TRUMP SOHO

Starting February 9th at 9pm Kastel at Trump Soho will turn their cocktail bar into a jazz lounge. So if you want a change of pace this would be the perfect place.

KASTEL
246 Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 861-2523
official website

COCKTAILS AND CIGARS

Merchants NY Cigar Bar may have a hint of a Gentlemen's club but I can make myself comfortable just about anywhere. A glass of Johnny Walker Blue and a Cohiba makes me forget everything that doesn't make me happy.

You'll enjoy the rich carpet and plush furniture. A working fireplace lit throughout the year compliments the rich marble top bar. To enhance the experience there's a menu selection that includes Smoked Salmon Puffs and Gourmet Burgers.

MERCHANTS NY CIGAR BAR
1125 First Avenue, Lower Level
New York, NY 10065
(212) 832-4610
official website
Open daily from 5pm-4:30am
Proper Attire Required

NEW BARS

AZA Wine and Tapas
Upper East Side
1668 Third Avenue
(212) 426-1416

Chelsea Manor
Chelsea
138 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
(646) 595-0707

Hype Lounge
East Village
243 East 14th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 253-2112

LEX Bar
Midtown
130 East 39th Street
(212) 717-3902

Rooftop Lounge In The Winter

Press Lounge in Ink48 Hotel has covered their 3,000 foot rooftop space with a giant heated tent. The 360 degree panoramic view is still there without you getting frost bite. I would suggest going and enjoying the view especially with all the fresh snow, I know it's beautiful. The inside isn't too shabby either so if your paying hit your girl up.

Ink48 Hotel

653 11th Avenue

New York, NY 10036

(212) 757-0088

official website

MILKY'S PICK

2nd FLOOR ON CLINTON

2^nd Floor on Clinton is a secret upstairs bar in the LES where standing is prohibited. To find this cocktail attic you must first enter through Barramundi to a door in the back marked "Private". Pay the sign no mind and proceed through, you will be greeted by a hostess who will lead you upstairs. You will enter a living room filled with paintings, bookshelves, and plush chairs. Groups are limited to a maximum of 4 people, table service only, 11 tables. If the room is full they will take your number and text you when a table becomes available.

2ND FLOOR ON CLINTON
67 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 529-6900
official website

Hotel Bar/Lounges

The one thing I truly love about my city is the hotel bar/lounges. You can find one to match any vibe you can imagine. Here are a few of my favorites.

Royalton Hotel

Royalton Hotel
44 West 44th Street
New York, New York 10036
(212) 869-8965
http://www.royaltonhotel.com/

The Strand Hotel

The Strand Hotel
33 West 37th Street
New York, New York 10018
(212) 448-1024
http://www.thestrandnyc.com/dining-entertainment/

W New York Whiskey Blue

W Hotel
541 Lexington Avenue @ 49th Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 407-2947
http://www.gerberbars.com/

Hudson Bar

Hudson Hotel
356 West 58th Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 554-6217
http://www.hudsonhotel.com/

Tribeca Grand Hotel Bar

Tribeca Grand Hotel
2nd Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
http://www.tribecagrand.com/

Morgan Bar

Morgan Hotel
237 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016-2818
(212) 726-7755
http://wwwchinagrillmgt.com
*Enter next door to Asia de Cuba and go downstairs

Library Hotel