The UES

On our lists of the best speakeasies and cocktail bars in New York.

Behind a real ice cream shop, a wall of 180 candy-colored pint containers swings open onto a dark passageway that leads into a candlelit bar. Cortney Bond opened it in 2018, filling the room with exposed brick, gilded mirrors and a mural of New York figures that includes Notorious B.I.G., John D. Rockefeller and Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Every drink on the list leans dessert: boozy milkshakes and flambeed pours, each served with a side of candy, and the room runs loud and upbeat rather than hushed. Reservations go through Resy, with the last seating at 11pm on weekends.