The Dancer

On our list of the best cocktail bars in New York.

The team behind Eastwood opened this small Lower East Side cocktail bar around a red velvet banquette and a narrow bar of about ten seats, dark and unhurried rather than a scene. Bar snacks include chicken liver mousse on crostini and falafel or grilled cheese made on pita instead of bread, alongside a cocktail list built on classic templates like a Hemingway daiquiri. Happy hour runs until 8, and the doors stay open nightly until 2.