The East Village makes date nights feel like discoveries. From PDT's phone-booth speakeasy entrance to Amor y Amargo's bitters-only bar and Noreetuh's Hawaiian tasting courses, every spot here rewards the person who suggested it.
East Village · 113 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009
You walk into Crif Dogs on St. Marks, step into the phone booth, and pick up the receiver. The back wall swings open into one of the bars that launched the entire modern speakeasy movement. Inside it's leather booths, d…
East Village · 443 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009
Stepping into Amor y Amargo is like stumbling into a tiny, moody alchemist’s den — eight stools, soft light, bottles of bitter spirits stacked like apothecary jars, and bartenders who treat every pour like a ritual. You…
East Village · 105 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
An East Village cocktail bar that dresses like a glossy 1970s lounge and drinks like it has something to prove. The room glows in warm tones, the crowd leans fun-but-competent, and the martinis arrive icy and unapologet…
East Village · 341 E 9th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Wines rotate constantly and get chalked up behind the bar—snap a photo on your way in, then zoom and decide once you’ve got a seat. Moroccan arches frame a narrow room where tables blur together and conversations tend t…
East Village · 134 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009, USA
Exposed brick lined with family photos and a reclaimed-wood bar give it a personal, slightly scrappy feel, but the menu swings wider—ice-cold oysters next to cocktails that play with mezcal, fresh fruit, and house infus…
East Village · 128 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009
A dimly lit nook where Hawaiian food gets the fine-dining treatment — mochiko fried chicken and big-eye tuna poke share the table with 25 year old German rieslings. Meanwhile the musubi variations (spicy spam, salmon ta…
East Village · 122 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009, USA
A perfectly poured Guinness easily turns into a late-night sandwich without any planning at this Irish-owned pub—no shamrocks, no gimmicks, just cold beer and a room that keeps its focus and encourages the St. Marks cha…
East Village · 92 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Low lights, ’70s tunes, and a bar that wraps the room like a wood-paneled hug. The drinks are stiff and the menu doesn’t take itself too seriously—Twisted Tea coolers included (trust us, just go with it). If martinis fe…