Midtown, Manhattan · bar
A bar perched upstairs at Fasano Restaurant, devoted to jazz and bossa nova with live performances every Friday and Saturday night. Wallpaper Magazine named it the world's best bar, and the booking calendar - Brazilian vocalists, Great American Songbook interpreters, Thelonious Monk Competition winners - makes a strong case for taking that seriously. Tickets run $40 a person, and there's a full a la carte menu to work through while the music plays.