Manhattan's wine bar scene runs from Tribeca's polished counters to the corner stools of the West Village. These are the rooms where the list is the point, the pours run by the glass, and the bartenders know what they opened last night.
Tribeca · 24 Harrison St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Sixty-five seats, all at bars and counters, inside a darkly polished bottle-lined room that feels subterranean even in summer. The wine list reads like a slightly unhinged manifesto (equal parts serious Burgundy and ins…
Lower East Side · 78 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002, USA
A natural wine restaurant on the Lower East Side with a European bistro menu: steak au poivre, dry-aged cuts, raw bar oysters, and an extensive list of terroir-driven low-intervention wines from established and lesser-k…
West Village · 422 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Nine Wine Spectator awards and an oval bar backed by tin ceilings and custom iron work, the setting is elegant without making demands on you. Over 700 wines, most available by the glass, alongside market oysters and sma…
East Village · 125 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
One of the originals of NYC's natural wine bar movement, focused almost entirely on Eastern European bottles (Georgia, Slovenia, Croatia) with one of the deepest Georgian wine pours in the city. The list is organized in…
Lower East Side · 247 Broome St, New York, NY 10002
Natural wine by the glass, low lighting, and one of the better happy hours on the Lower East Side, a combination that keeps Ten Bells busy from the minute the doors open. Oysters and tinned fish anchor the food menu, wh…
Midtown · 151 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Sharing a wall with Le Bernardin in Midtown, this is the anti-version of its four-star neighbor: canvas sneakers on the staff, kitschy decor on one wall, and wine by the glass in the same handblown Zalto Austrian crysta…
Nolita · 171 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012, USA
One of NYC’s oldest natural wine shops, still holding down Elizabeth Street with a carefully sourced mix of organic, biodynamic, and low-intervention bottles from small dedicated farmers worldwide. There’s a tasting bar…
Lower East Side · 21 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Owner Fernando Hernandez runs this Clinton Street wine bar like a proper neighborhood joint. He knows your name, his team knows your order, and the shrimp scampi always beats expectations. The list rotates through creat…