The haute cocktails keep coming to the East Village. Enter the latest: the Momofuku crew's new cocktail lounge behind Ssäm Bar, Booker and Dax. The whole thing is very science-y and should very much appeal to the WD-50 set. Liquid nitrogen-cooled glasses anyone? more ›

Father's Day is this Sunday, and he's sick of your thoughtless ties and formulaic George Foreman grills. So take your pops out for something nice this year—a proper meal. After all, he's the one who taught you to open a beer bottle with your teeth and sent you off to prom with a tear in his eye (and condoms in your wallet). Here are our picks for some dining deals around town; call the restaurants for reservations. more ›

In this city, restaurants come and go faster than you can say "sustainable locavore burger." And even though there are great new additions to the culinary landscape popping up every week, you've gotta give kudos to anyone who can stick it out for over a year. With that in mind, we bring you Still Got It, our tribute to establishments that continue to serve mouthwatering meals and drinks long after the buzz has faded—or if the lingering hype is still justified. more ›

For the second straight year, thousands of elegantly dressed drinkers descended upon the main branch of the New York Public Library Friday for the opening night of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, a five-day celebration of all things cocktail-related. And despite the potentially lethal combination of four hours of open bar, thousands of five inch heels, and the NYPL's sweeping marble staircases, nobody took a spectacular tumble and landed in a bloody clump of bones and broken glass, impaled by a stiletto to the throat. At least not that we remember. more ›

Welcome to our newish weekly column, "Staff Picks," in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Last week we talked to Michael Stasiak at Other Music, and this week it's over to Dumbo's reRun Theater, where we talked to film curator Aaron Hillis about what he's excited for on the big screen. more ›

As if we needed any further proof that beer gardens are so hot right now, along comes another one. Local West, the cafe and cocktails joint at One Penn Plaza next to MSG, is adding its own 6,000-square-foot beer garden into the fray early next month. more ›

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, the holiday commemorating General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin (Who? We only vaguely know.) Historical logistics aside, we have always liked Cinco de Mayo because, much like the 4th of July, it's very easy to remember the date. Oh, and also because of tequila! And guacamole! And, especially, Mexican wrestling, although, again, we're not sure if that's actually part of the holiday or just an added bonus that seems to get tacked on to all of our nights out. In any event, we're not the only people who feel this way—a whole bunch of bars and restaurants are out to celebrate, too, and we've taken the liberty of choosing a few that are worth stopping by. more ›

Click through on the photos for the scoop on the upcoming "Brooklyn Beer Blitz" brewery bike tour, the new bigger location of Chinese restaurant Xi'An, tickets to the previously sold-out Manhattan Cocktail Classic gala, and next week's candy making demonstration from PapaBubble. more ›

Now that ramps are starting to show up in markets (soon to be replaced by less weedy crops like asparagus)—so what to do with them? While Dirt Candy's Amanda Cohen wasn't interested in sharing any recipes with us Mario Batali and Elena Balletta (of Counter) were. So if you've been itching to try your hand a ramp pasta, or even better, ramp cornbread, read on! more ›

Forget wine bars and cocktail lounges, beer halls are so hot right now. Though the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria has been packing them in for a century, the recession has bred a new generation of halls and gardens in the last few years. Not only is business booming, new additions are coming fast. The beer hall and garden, a long lost New York staple, has returned. more ›

In this city, restaurants come and go faster than you can say "sustainable locavore burger." And even though there are great new additions to the culinary landscape popping up every week, you've gotta give kudos to anyone who can stick it out for over a year. With that in mind, we bring you Still Got It, our tribute to establishments that continue to serve mouthwatering meals and drinks long after the buzz has faded—or if the lingering hype is still justified. more ›

"Finally, Greenpoint has a real fucking ROCK BAR!" declare the owners of Saint Vitus, the new 2,500 square foot bar, eatery and venue opening in Greenpoint next week. Owned by a group of guys who've been behind the bar at places like Bar Matchless, Lil Frankies and No. 7, Saint Vitus (named for a Black Sabbath song that is itself named for the nervous system disorder) was a social club, then a plumbing school in a past life. Now, as you can see from these photos, designer Matthew Maddy (Weather-Up, Anella, The Box) has transformed it into a seductive party destination. more ›

Stuck inside your office today, staring longingly out the window at the proud drunks parade-goers? Join the club. But there is a light at the end of your stuffy, sober tunnel: A number of bars have opened their outdoor spaces just in time for the beautiful weather today, and with all this new sunlight we're enjoying past 4 p.m. chances are the temperature won't drop until you're already too blitzed to care. Ordinarily we'd advise against going to a bar on St. Patrick's Day, but after the winter we've endured, we're willing to put up with some rowdy revelry for the sake of al fresco imbibing. Here's where it's happening: more ›

Well, we guess we know where to go for a fast drink. Sheldon Wiley, a bartender at Riff Raffs on 26th and Park earned the title of Fastest Bartender in the World from the Guinness Book of World Records on Sunday at an event at The Empire Room. To do so he had to make 1,043 drinks in one hour using at least four ingredients and without making the same drink twice. The previous record holder made 938 cocktails in one hour. more ›

Hottie chef Sam Talbot found fame on Season 2 of Bravo's Top Chef (and later on The Real Housewives of New York City), and went on to run the kitchen at the Williamsburg Cafe and Surf Lodge in Montauk. But before the big city and celebrity chef status, the Sicilian-American was in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he spent his childhood fishing off the Carolina coast. So on some level his latest venture, a seriously sustainable seafood restaurant called Imperial No. 9, brings things full circle. It opens today; here's the menu and a look inside the luxurious interior. more ›

Cooper Square's answer to the West Village's Fedora has arrived: Called The Trilby, the hat-named lounge/restaurant (which also compliments El Sombrero on the LES) opened Friday in the Cooper Square Hotel. This is the controversial hotel's third attempt to score a win with the space, which was previously Scott Conant's Faustina, and before that Govind Armstrong's Table 8. This time around, there are no boldfaced names involved, and the interior—which some critics described as "unworkable"—has been totally revamped, with tufted leather couches, vintage adornments and cozy booths. more ›

When the subterranean restaurant and cocktail lounge Hotel Griffou opened in 2009, it made a splash with celebrity guests like Kanye West, and a less-than favorable review in the New York Times, which described the Greenwich Village hotspot as "wildly inconsistent." We naturally assumed the owners—veterans of the Waverly Inn, Freemans and La Esquina—were a bunch of douchey famewhores who only cared about seeing their establishment's name in Page Six. But on the contrary, the guys who run the place (Larry Poston, Jr., Johnny Swet, and Jonathan Hettinger) are actually friendly blokes who want to give every customer the star treatment. The master of this is Poston, Jr., a charming raconteur who came up through the Keith McNally ranks before taking over the post of maitre d' at the Waverly Inn. We recently sat down with Poston, Jr. at Hotel Griffou to talk about how his baby (which is quite beautiful) has grown since 2009, the history of the place (the building dates back to the mid-19th century), and his strange celebrity encounters while working at the Chateau Marmont. more ›

Click on the photos for the scoop on the winter Stinky Cheese Festival, Aquavit's All-You-Can-Eat Sunday Smorgasbord, unlimited cocktails at Freemans to keep bartenders healthy, and Sixpoint's not-to-be-missed Beer for Beasts bash. more ›

Making enough Buffalo wings for five people during the Jets/Steelers game was a big enough hassle for us, so we get that on Super Bowl Sunday, you'll probably want to leave the cooking to someone else. We also understand if you'd like to forgo your own apartment completely in favor of bigger screens and better drinks and nothing to clean up. So here's our definitive guide to some of the city's Super Bowl offerings, from catered meals to bar specials to a few NFL-inspired cocktail recipes (to drink away the pain of not seeing the Jets at the big game).
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Here's a look around the The Mulberry Project, a subterranean cocktail lounge in Nolita spearheaded by Matty Gee, the cocktail craftsman behind The Randolph. Gee, who's also had a hand in Milk & Honey and the Boom Boom Room, quietly opened the bar a couple of weeks ago. It can handle about 60 hungry cocktail fanatics, who are already streaming through the creepy entrance door to sample the Project's "bespoke" cocktail menu. Drinks range in price up to $14, and include options like the Rusty Cage (Bourbon/Rye, Amaro Montenegro, Marascino Luxardo, Bitters), Vodka Fruit Collins (Vodka, Fresh Fruit Selected Daily, Lemon Juice, Soda, Bitters), and French 149 (St. Germain, Gin, Prosecco, Fresh Fruit of the Day). more ›

Thanksgiving may be toast, but we're still stumbling through fall, despite what the ubiquitous Christmas radio programming may lead one to believe. Here at Gothamist, we're committed to preserving the sanctity of the seasons, and we see no reason why we should jump ahead to winter just because Burl Ives is getting piped in over the speakers at every Duane Reade in town. Nothing against Burl, mind you, but it's still autumn, damn it, so let's drink to the season's last dregs. Here are recipes for four great autumn cocktails from local bars and restaurants. You can certainly make them yourself, but there's no shame in paying a professional to do it for you. Click on the images for details. more ›