Alcohol is undeniably a very important part of New York’s history. At one point there were as many as 100,000 bars on the island of Manhattan!
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Quite a few of these bars have fascinating stories and tempting cocktails. There is a tavern where George Washington toasted victory over the British, there is a place where you could face Houdini’s ghost, and former speakeasies with unmarked entrances as if the Prohibition were still the law.

• William Barnacle Tavern
• McSorley’s Old Ale House
• Oyster Bar
• 21 Club
• The Blue Bar at Algonquin
• The Boathouse (Loeb Boathouse)
• The Palm Court
• Pete’s Tavern
• Flûte Midtown
• Caffe Reggio
• Fraunces Tavern
• Tavern on the Green
• Chumley’s
• Delmonico’s