The Wallace Lounge

On our lists of the best cocktail bars and live music venues in New York.

Leather armchairs and parquet floors set the tone in this Upper West Side lounge, which works as both a piano bar and a cocktail room. A rotating lineup plays live most nights: a Gypsy-jazz violinist one evening, a piano-and-accordion duo the next. There's no cover. Small plates round out the bar, from cured meats and cheeses to riffs on bar snacks and a caviar service for the table.