The Overlook Bar

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

Inside a nondescript Flatiron storefront, a cocktail room leads guests through a secret passage to a hidden performance space for Speakeasy Magick, a tableside close-up magic show that runs about two hours under candlelight and live jazz. Magicians work card tricks, mind reading and sleight of hand table by table rather than from a stage. The bar also hosts No Static, a comedy and live-music night where phones go into locked pouches for the evening and doors open at 6:30 for pre-show drinks before a 7:30 start. Entry is 21 and up.