Sweet Polly

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

Big windows look out over Flatbush Avenue at this bar on the line between Park Slope and Prospect Heights, past a marble bar, a gilded tin ceiling and portraits of strangers in gold frames. Bartender and co-owner Bruno Dias builds cocktails around ingredients that don't usually show up in a glass: green bell pepper, barbecue bitters, yogurt. The room fills with couches and high-top tables rather than the usual rows of bar stools, and a short menu of small plates rounds out the drinks list. It's busy enough on weekend nights that flagging down a server can take a minute.