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New York's many dive bars have lately become trendy and desirable because they are a bit dark, danker, and grittier than the bar area at TGI Fridays. Enjoy cheaper drinks and seedier surroundings at these joints. After all, they have character, an air, and a shabbiness that people find highly appealing—perhaps it just comes down to what drinking mood you're in on a particular night.
The East Village's latest and greatest venue, full of underground excitement, an excellent beer selection, and diverse cocktails. The place reminds us of an old Tom Waits' song, the kind of place where "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." D...
85 Avenue ALong, long ago in a Manhattan far, far away, there were neighborhood bars full of legitimate drunks, headbangers, off-duty cops and foozball players, all grouped together for one legitimate purpose: getting wasted. Fortunately, one hallowed tavern in TriBeCa carries on that legen...
1 Lispenard Street (West Broadway)Cool and trendy, one of Chinatown's original watering holes; in fact, a mainstay of the neighborhood for over 50 years. Listen to live music, or just chill out, play pool and enjoy the DJ.
169 East BroadwayThis dive bar in the Lower East Side calls itself The Skinny for a reason: it is skinny, reminiscent of a railroad style apartment. That said you can drink budget beers all night, watch t.v., or squeeze in a game of pool or two in its tiny billiards room. Great place to go if you...
174 Orchard StreetBuilt in an old garage, duckduck has the kind of ironic tackiness one comes to expect in hipster Williamsburg, but with the caveat of loyal local patrons, a congenial atmosphere, and some of the best mixed drinks in the borough.
161 Montrose Ave (near Humboldt Street)This notoriously anonymous Brooklyn dive draws a lot of art students from nearby Pratt Institute and the usual neighborhood characters. Drinks are dirt cheap, so why not dive bar it Brooklyn style?
242 Dekalb AveOnce a worn-down dive in the South Slope with lighting that mimicked perpetual midnight, Buttermilk was made-over in 2012 and fashioned into what's been called "single dad chic," with normalized lighting, still-cheap beer and drinks, Big Buck Hunter, and a raised area f...
577 5th AveIf you grew up in the suburbs—particularly Philadelphia or South Jersey—you won't be nearly as impressed as your friends might be by the wood-panel decor of this drink-and-shoot establishment.
441 East 6th StreetThe Parkside Lounge has been slowly heating up for the past decade. If you move beyond the bar in the front, you'll see why. The back room hosts up and coming local New York rock bands, DJs, and cabaret shows.
317 East Houston StreetOne of Williamsburg’s brighter spots, Pete’s Candy Store is always busy. The backroom offers local countryish music and has weekly events like the Quizz-Off, a trivia competition. Get one of the few tables early and enjoy.
709 Lorimer StOwned by Polish-born babushka Lucy, who actually mans the bar most nights here, this bar has two billiards tables in back, a classic jukebox, and an overall friendly East Village clientele (heavily frequented by weekend warriors).
135 Avenue AThis space, formerly Barmacy, has become an incredible temple of Polynesian kitsch, with matching drinks (especially the Shrunken Skirt). This tiki paradise, featuring live music and exotic decor par excellence, will keep you swinging until the wee morning hours.
538 East 14th Street (Between Aves. A and B)If you're downtown and like to hang out at a somewhat seedy basement dive bar, stop by here. The DJ's spin a wild variety of music. Botanica is probably best known for its location at the former site of the Knitting Factory.
47 East Houston Street (Between Mott and Mulberry Sts.)Old old school sports bar in Williamsburg. Before the hipsters who where before the stroller wielding technorati that now predominate. Eight large TVs bath the joint in the sweet serenade of crowd noise as the regulars occasionally chime in with hoary cheers or depressed groans. ...
94 Bedford AveThe decor at this Nolita bar is nothing special but the bar service and music is first rate. What's more, it's a cool place to meet a youngish crowd of Manhattanites, although very crowded most weekends.
5 Spring StBlue Ruin is a Hell's Kitchen bar in the way one thinks wistfully of Hell's Kitchen bars: dark, with music that won't seduce any tourists passing by, and cheap drinks that keep the locals happy.
538 9th Ave (West 40th Street)A temple of doom for the drinking crowd, Doc Hollidays is infamous for its low prices: PBR in a can ($2), Well Drinks ($4.50), Bud ($3.50) and Imports ($4). Have your meal in liquid form, stumble out afterwards if you can.
141 Avenue A (East 9th Street)East Village bar that has survived many years of gentrification to remain a reliable dive. While the neighborhood around it slowly assume a feel of polished, modern urbanity, Sophie's stubbornly refuses to fit in, neither by changing its decor nor by hosting any working poets, al...
507 East 5th Street13,000 square-foot beer garden in the depths of South Slope, featuring three bocce courts, forty beers on draught, and cheap drinks from noon until seven, all from Ted Nugent's son. Green-wood Cemetery right next door, so tour the grounds then drink with the living, or have a dri...
555 7th AveBy all visual rights, a simple dive bar on the Lower East Side, but as is so often the case in that teeming neighborhood, Subject puts considerable elbow grease into their cocktail program, with real eye for the importance of every component of their mixed drinks, not just the pr...
188 Suffolk StreetBritish-style pub and eatery in the East Village.
68 2nd Ave (4th Street)A place to get down and hear the deep sounds that only the Lower East Side can offer in an enormous space, often with attitude indoors and outdoors.
217 E Houston St (First Ave & Ave A)Hookah lounge that is one of the few places left in the city where one can indulge in cigarette smoking while knocking back beverages. But in a nod to healthier lifestyles a system of 5 heavy duty air purifiers, ionizer and deodorizers sanitizes the air, causing much harrumphing ...
51 1st Ave (3rd and 4th St.)The original dive bar that's survived over 50 years.
332 9th AveYes, this is the place the movie by the same name is about without any of the sterilized, sanitized and glossed-up artifice.
153 1st Ave