Cobble Hill / Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn · bar
The door says 'Non-members welcome since 2004' and this is no joke — here was a private Sicilian social club for 70-odd years, and the deco bar, tin ceiling, and 1920s member portraits are still exactly where the old-timers left them. Bartenders in ties mix a Ginger Old Fashioned that’ll make you long to be a member of the club.