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From the team behind the acclaimed Employees Only and David Waltuck of Chanterelle comes a new super-hip Tribeca spot. As the name implies, the décor is influenced by Macao: lots of warm wood with a gorgeous glass-backed bar. Antiques are scattered throughout…

PJ Clarke’s has a whole load of history under its belt. A constant in an ever-changing neighbourhood, this well-worn saloon bar has become something of a Manhattan institution and flaunts its jukebox, its old fashioned (and out of order) payphone and its cigarette machine like memorabilia of a long gone age…

This recent entrant on New York’s ever blossoming speakeasy-style bar scene plays a slightly different hand to the rest. Owned by the people behind the acclaimed Death and Co, Mayahuel has the intentionally covert vibe of a PDT or a Milk and Honey only with a Mexican twist…

Dutch Kills is another feather in the hat of Milk & Honey maestro Sasha Petraske. By now the formula is familiar: dapper bartenders serving superlative drinks and an echo of earlier, more refined times. Dutch Kills gives you that but it also gives you a little more room for manoeuvre…

Swift is old time pub in the East Village. Taking its name from the great Irish wit and writer of Gulliver’s Travels, it’s a homey, atmospheric and character-rich space, full of nooks and crannies, with church-pew booths and appealingly battered tables…