After Work
109 bars that New York on Tap listed under “After Work” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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800 2nd Ave. · Rose Hill
Closed; now Chai Urgent Care
Lacking personality or location the next best thing is a gimmick. They've come up with two number themed ones. No men under 25 are allowed in, and the number 925 in the name refers not to the address, but to the fact everything on the menu is $9, $2 or $5.
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32 Cliff St. · Financial district
No license found in 2026
The only beer pong table in the Financial District is at this popular Pace student hangout.
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356 Bowery · NoHo
Closed; now Yawning Cobra
The low-key lounge space attached to Marion's Continental has abandoned the name Marquee Lounge and now goes by Antik.
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Ara Wine BarPick
24 9th Ave. · MeatPacking District
Closed; now Kobrick Coffee Co.
Forget the front room and bring your friends straight to the back where you'll find a warm and comfy pillowfilled space that makes a welcome place to enjoy a glass of wine and the respite from the Meatpacking "be seen" scene.
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20 W. 38th St. · Chelsea
Closed; now The Westbury
Walking inside it's as if you've suddenly been magically transported around the world to a bog standard, always a bit too crowded, dull as you like pub in midtown Sydney.
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B BarPick
40 E. 4th St. · NoHo
Closed
Although its moment in the sun has past, the B Bar and Grill remains an E. Village fixture thanks to an outstanding outdoor space and clean and classic décor.
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B BarPick
40 E. 4th St. · NoHo
Closed
Although its moment in the sun has past, the B Bar and Grill remains an E. Village fixture thanks to an outstanding outdoor space and clean and classic décor.
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1069 2nd Ave. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
There are two distinct spaces at this wine bar. A standup area serving cheese and wine and adjoining DJ lounge. Skip the sparse lounge with an odd $2 fee to sit down, and head straight for the wine bar where you can size up the real draw here, the huge selection of Artisanal cheeses on display.
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11 Trinity Pl. · Financial district
Still pouring
A gritty downtown dive deli with top notch reubens and a solid pint of Guinness. Feels like NYC circa Taxi Driver.
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11 Trinity Pl. · Financial district
Still pouring
A gritty downtown dive deli with top notch reubens and a solid pint of Guinness. Feels like NYC circa Taxi Driver.
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233 E. 14th St. · East Village
Closed; now Coyote Ugly
There was a time not too long ago when bars like this confined themselves to the Upper East Side. This sharp counterpoint to Beauty Bar next door features giant plasma TVs, wings and burgers, and standing room only crowds.
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Blondies Sports Bar (East Side)
1770 2nd Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed
The king of sports bars in sports bar land.
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Boat Basin CafePick
W. 79th St. and the Hudson · Upper West Side
Closed
With grand vaulted stone ceilings and spectacular sunsets over the Hudson its no surprise this venue draws a huge after work crowd.
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181 W. 10th St · West Village
Still pouring
A player piano provides the soundtrack to this small, antique filled bar below the restaurant Bobo.
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299 Madison Ave. · Murray Hill
Still pouring
Flowers, stone railings and wrought iron and wicker furniture attract a more conservative crowd than many of the city's other roof decks bars, but at $7 for a Pilsner Urquel it's a veritable roof deck bargain.
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13 E. 1st St. · East Village
Closed; now Baar Baar
The homogenity craving residents of the Avalon Chrystie building finally have a wine bar to call their own. Plasma TVs, track lighting, and high top tables create an atmosphere as reassuringly generic as a Starbucks Coffee.
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Bridge CaféPick
279 Water St. · Financial district
Closed
In the early 19th century Water street was home to a nearly continuous string of saloons and brothels. The Bridge Café was one of the latter.
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Broadway Bar and Sky Deck (Novotel)
226 W. 52nd St. · Midtown West
Closed; now Beast & Butterflies
The view of Broadway from the 10th floor terrace combined with reasonably priced beers makes up for the fact that the bar itself could best be described as adequate.
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363 W. Broadway · SoHo/Little Italy
Still pouring
Solid food and a lively after work crowd has helped keep this neighborhood bar going for the last 25 years.
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219 E. 59th Street, · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
A popular and unobjectionable after work destination. 8 Flat screens, pool, darts, bar food and imperial pints.
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4 W. 22nd St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed; now Sagaponack
If Milo Minderbinder owned a bar this would be it. The theme is loosely WWII, but the after-work crush of mid-level managers and marketing interns, is best enjoyed by those who can easily set their better human instincts aside and just go for it.
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329 Lexington Ave. · Murray Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: The Junction
Votive candles, exposed brick, leather couches, and a working fireplace creates a rustic, living room aesthetic. Throw in stunning European waitresses and a vast selection of single malt scotches and you've got one of the best lounges in Murray Hill.
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329 Lexington Ave. · Murray Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: The Junction
Votive candles, exposed brick, leather couches, and a working fireplace creates a rustic, living room aesthetic. Throw in stunning European waitresses and a vast selection of single malt scotches and you've got one of the best lounges in Murray Hill.
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329 Lexington Ave. · Murray Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: The Junction
Votive candles, exposed brick, leather couches, and a working fireplace creates a rustic, living room aesthetic. Throw in stunning European waitresses and a vast selection of single malt scotches and you've got one of the best lounges in Murray Hill.
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35 Cooper Sq. · NoHo
Closed
Cheap drinks and food draw NYU students and Village Voice writers living hand to mouth.
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359 W. 54th St. · Hells Kitchen
Closed; now Cocktail Test Kitchen
There are smaller bars but they're made out of legos.
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248 W. 14th St · West Village
Closed; now Beatbox
If you loved waiting in line to be crammed into a space too small to dance at Dirty Disco, you'll love it's latest incarnation which has all that and a South Hamptons aesthetic.
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54 Prince St. · NoLita
No license found in 2026
Giant garage doors swing open and let the summer into this restaurant providing great street views, but the best people watching is downstairs in the lounge.
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29 Bedford St. · West Village
Closed; now Daily Provisions
A relaxed neighborhood restaurant with a sleek modern design and lively bar scene is a low-key counterpoint to Blue Ribbon across the street.
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210 W. 55th St. · Midtown West
Closed; now Dream Midtown by Hyatt
Tiny, ground floor hotel lounge feels bigger with the judicious use of mirrors. And with clientele as attractive as this being in close quarters doesn't seem like such a bad thing. Note: Head left at the aquarium.
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161 W. 54th St. · Midtown West
Still pouring
A good afterwork option. Friendlier and less touristy then most options in the area.
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54 Spring St · NoLita
Closed; now Genkiya Mart
A sports bar plain and simple. If there's a good game on the wall to wall projection screens there are few better places in the neighborhood to watch it. But failing that there's little to recommend.
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127 4th Ave · NoHo
Closed; now Nomé
Sure, the faux Roman columns at this popular after work spot help lend it a certain classical feel, but it's when you try and vie for the attentions of the bartender at the fifty foot long bar that you really feel like you're at the Roman forum.
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146 Beekman St · Financial district
Still pouring
Taking it's name from the faded advertisement painted on the façade of 146 Beekman this bar quickly became a local favorite and garned a crowd of afficianados as disparate as the neighborhood itself.
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18 W. 13th St. · MeatPacking District
Closed; now the Gansevoort Meatpacking hotel
Equal parts Miami and Japan this exquisite cabana garden still attracts the famous and beautiful but the door policy has relaxed.
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11 E. 36th St. · Murray Hill
Closed
It's big, it's crowded and there's no better bar for blocks in any direction. If you have to go to this area, this is the place you'll want to drink.
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115 Christopher St. · West Village
Closed; now Dandelion
This dimly lit Christopher Street bar packs with a hugely diverse crowd of tourists and locals of all ages and ethnicities.
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185 Duane St. · TriBeCa
Still pouring
This unlikely crab shack on the far end of Duane Street draws a lively after work Tribeca crowd.
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121 E. 17th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed; now Martiny's
This three story carriage house never made the city's landmarks list and so it became the extraordinarily elegant setting for this wine bar and restaurant. A seat at the bar provides a comfortable vantage to explore the 150 bottle wine menu.
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302 W. 51st St. · Hells Kitchen
A different business is licensed at this address: Dolly's
There's 20 beers on draft, but it lacks the impressive beer selection of its identically named sibling 5 blocks away on 46th.
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511 E. 6th St. · East Village
Closed
UESers stranded downtown will be happy to know there's a felt lined button-down home away from home.
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1202 St. Nicholas Ave. · Washington Heights
No license found in 2026
It's hard to imagine a more low key wine bar than this one. The enormous selection, inexpensive small plates, and friendly atmosphere seal its position as a hidden gem.
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430 Amsterdam Ave. · Upper West Side
Still pouring
Loud and raucous, the student crowd here's the same as the other big frat bars on this block, but at least Jake's has a backroom that's free of TVs, so you can try and score digits without the sickly plasma palor.
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206 W. 23rd St · Chelsea
Licensed here under the same name
Popular sports bar most notable for a location near Madison Square Garden.
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90 Greenwich Ave. · West Village
Still pouring
Tiny little hole in the wall in Little Britain that's popular with the Tea and Sympathy lads.
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88 9th Ave. · Chelsea
Closed; now Tao Downtown
An indoor / outdoor trattoria that turns into a velvet rope scene to be seen on summer weekends. On other occassions it's a perfectly relaxed albeit somewhat pricey spot to enjoy some goat cheese pizza with the smoking hot European tourists staying at the hotel.
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422 Hudson St. · West Village
Still pouring
Upmarket neighborhood wine bar has a selection of 150 world vintages.
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Liquid Assets (Millenium Hilton)
55 Church St. · Financial district
A different business is licensed at this address: Millenium Downtown New York
A big, popular hotel bar has all the atmosphere of the WTC pit across the street, but its location is commuter heaven.
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Lolita BarPick
266 Broome St. · Chinatown
Closed; now Emma Peel Room
Comfortable and off the beaten track Lolita Bar is that rare Manhattan bar where you could almost imagine you were in Brooklyn.
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1442 3rd Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed; now Tang by Mr. Sun
A mecca for the frat boys at heart. Start off the night with a little beer pong, then a few rounds of shots, and when your buzz gets going work your way to the dance floor and find someone's hip to hump arrhythmically to the sweet beats of Abba.
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240 W. 55th St. · Midtown West
Still pouring
Standard Irish bar and restaurant in touristville.
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493 3rd Ave. · Murray Hill
A different business is licensed at this address: Blue Haven
On a section of street lined with frat bars, this is the most palatable.
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84 7th Ave. S. · West Village
Closed
The mixx . One part Abba cranked to 11. Two parts groups of Hobokinites here for a Shecky's organized birthday party. Serve straight and garnish with a cover charge.
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729 3rd Ave. · Midtown East
Closed; now Rosie Dunn's
There's live traditional Irish music every Saturday and Sunday night at this midtown pub. Best yet you can bring your kid brother or jailbait girlfriend because they card at the bar.
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The OdeonPick
145 W. Broadway · TriBeCa
Still pouring
How is it that the restaurant featured in "Bright Lights Big City" managed to sell any food at all in the 80s when it’s a list crowd was ruining its appetite racking up lines in the bathroom? Ah yes, the bar. The Bar.
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72 Madison Ave. · Rose Hill
Closed; now Rocco Steakhouse
This upscale American restaurant has a large circular bar and a specialty cocktail list to attract an after work crowd.
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45 E. 18th St. · Grammercy
Still pouring
Since 1892 this former speakeasy just north of Union Square has been pitching pints to punters of all stripes. Nightly a crowd spanning generations and socioenomics fills the booths and saddles up to the 50 foot mahogany bar.
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129 Ave. C · East Village
No license found in 2026
AKA Duke's Bar. $3 daily happy hour specials 4-8pm.
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225 E. 44th St. · Midtown East
Still pouring
As one of the few dive bars in an area ruthlessly homogenized by after work crowds this benign bar almost feels edgey in comparison. You can get a bucket of 5 Sam Adams for $15 and pount of wings for $10 and there are 22 TVs to catch the game on.
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104 Greenwich St. · Financial district
No license found in 2026
Hugely popular latin club where the crowd dresses to impress and comes to dance. Hot is really the only word for it.
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369 W. 46th St. · Hells Kitchen
Still pouring
This bi-level gay bar is a slightly more low key option than Vlada Lounge. It's equally easy to have a conversation with friends or make new ones depending on your fancy. And if you feel like doing both your friends can take over one of the couches lining the wall near the bar and lure in passing hotties.
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265 W. 52nd St. · Midtown West
Still pouring
Refined after work venue enormously popular with Russian expats be they cabbies or investment bankers.
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350 E. 85th St. · Upper East Side
Still pouring
This friendly Irish pub is an oais on the Upper East Side. It's just far enough away from 2nd Avenue to maintain a neighborhood vibe. The service is efficient and personable. And they've got a basketball machine.
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33 Ave. B · East Village
Closed; now Limo Bar
This candlelit basement lounge below the corner restaurant SB3 is small, dark and true to it name - sexy. In an environment such as this the burlesque shows can be almost too hot to handle.
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191 Orchard St. · Lower East Side
Closed
A 1,500 SF year round Irish beer garden from the owners of 200 Orchard across the street. To ensure the perfect pint they flew in an expert from Ireland to calibrate the taps and achieve the perfect nitrogen levels in the Guinness. To ensure a Jersey crowd they blast G & R.
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2 St. Marks Pl. · East Village
Closed; now Ray's Pizza & Bagel Cafe
St Marks sports bar attracts a college crowd with it 24 beers on tap 7 TVs. For Monday night football here's where you want to be, but on Saturday night steer clear.
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192 3rd Ave. · Grammercy
Closed; now Triona's On Third
When the game's on it's as good as any place to watch it. When the game's not on it's as good as any place to watch a room full of helmuts swarm a couple of Jersey girls like flys on shit.
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137 Ave C · East Village
Closed
On weekend nights this friendly Australian BBQ restaurant turned late night pick-up scene packs its railroad digs with teeming humanity. Depending on the individual the result is either a palpable sexuality of flesh pressed to flesh or a mild agoraphobia.
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1629 2nd Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed; now Ethyl's
A prototypical Upper East Side bar. Reasonable, clean, attractive and vaguely soulless.
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171 Ave. C · East Village
Closed; now Madeline's Martini
This neighborhood drinking den hosts a variety of arts events many of which are booked through craigs list ads.
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115 Broadway · Financial district
Still pouring
This large, subteranean bar is located within a 1900's bank vault. It's a ghost town on weekends, but draws a huge and very loud after work crowd.
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204 Park Ave. S. · Grammercy
No license found in 2026
An attractive suited after work crowd mingles aggresively all the while protecting their martini's from one another's jostling. The resultings late night scene is one of amorous PDAs and a Grey Goose slicked floor.
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125 E. 54th St. · Midtown East
Closed
Swank basment lounge draws an after work and pre-theatre suit and tie crowd to yell over 80's music and swill $13 cocktails.
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VonPick
3 Bleecker St. · NoHo
Still pouring
A candle lit wine bar with plenty of room for standing, plentry of beer drinkers, and plenty of village singles looking for action.
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Wheeltapper Pub (Fitzpatrick Hotel)
141 E. 44th St. · Midtown East
Still pouring
Upscale Irish pub in the Fitzpatrick Hotel serves consistent if somewhat pricey comfort food to an after work and tourist crowd.
Brooklyn
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536 Driggs Ave. · Williamsburg North Side
Closed; now Bis Bas
A low key locals hang out. Sundays are gay nights, but the crowd is always fairly mixed.
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Alligator LoungePick
600 Metropolitan Ave. · East Williamsburg
Still pouring
Order a beer get a free brick oven pizza - not just a slice - a whole pizza.
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Alligator LoungePick
600 Metropolitan Ave. · East Williamsburg
Still pouring
Order a beer get a free brick oven pizza - not just a slice - a whole pizza.
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444 7th Ave. · South Slope
Closed; now American Cheez
An honest to goodness lounge, an Oasis in the south slope.
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297 Dekalb Ave. · Clinton Hill
No license found in 2026
Behind the darkened windows and low profile exterior is a DJ bar and dance party. On Wednesday nights it boasts only lesbian party for miles in any direction.
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885 4th Ave. · Sunset Park
A different business is licensed at this address: Minnie's
A uniquely Sunset Park kind of place. The place is big but the rooms are tight. The door policy on weekends is simultaneously too restrictive and not restrictive enough. And the theme is too tiki to be cool, but not tiki enough to be hip.
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618 St. John's Pl · Crown Heights
Still pouring
This former mechanic's garage has been transformed into a beautiful and welcoming bar with all the makings of a neighborhood classic. There's a dozen beers on tap and a great outdoor space to enjoy them in.
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Huckleberry BarPick
588 Grand St. · East Williamsburg
Closed; now The Last Call
Williamsburg is on its way to becoming the SoHo just east of the river. So a top-shelf cocktail and tapas bar like this is presumably quite safe from firebombing. However, the question still remains if the armies of gentrification have marched in enough numbers to keep them kitted out with home-made grenadine and goat cheese.
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282 Smith St. · Carroll Gardens
Closed; now Atlantic Halal Meat
What better name for a new upscale wine and whisky bar in Carroll Gardens than JakeWalk - the semi-paralytic walk caused by imbibing bad bootleg booze. Boasting an impressive 50 wines by the glass, 120 varieties of whisky, and 20 cured meats this attractive and dimly lit bar is taking a shot at the title for Carroll Garden's go to date spot.
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224 Franklin St. · Greenpoint
Closed
Patrons are lured to this 2,500SF crisp, industrial space with comfort food, 12 tap beers, and a 6 crap beers for $15 special.
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155 Atlantic Ave. · Brooklyn Heights
A different business is licensed at this address: Brado
There's good reason the Waterfront Ale House has been a Brooklyn Heights staple for over a decade. The food is consistently delicious and the 18 taps host a beer for every taste including cask conditioned ales.
Queens
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Bohemian Hall and Beer GardenPick
29-19 24th Ave. · Whitestone
Still pouring
There are few pleasures as singular as a crisp cold Czech lager and a kielbasa hot off the grill, enjoyed in this sun filled beer garden.
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50-04 Vernon Blvd · Long Island City
A different business is licensed at this address: On The Seven
It's not easy to pull off relaxed opulence. Have a seat on a leather bound stool, lean over the marble bar, sample a few oysters from the raw bar, a little foie gras, and mull over the puzzle of how dissimilar class is to pretense.
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35-15 Broadway · Astoria
Closed; now Madam Marie's
For Eastern Europeans this Croatian bar might be a home away from home, but to the visiting American the leather jackets, slicked hair, and dance music might make them a little homesick.
Staten Island
Already closed by 2009
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B1 Drink ClubClosed by 2009
139 E. 45th St. · Midtown East
A different business is licensed at this address: Uncle Charlies
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Baby Doll LoungeClosed by 2009
34 White St. · TriBeCa
A different business is licensed at this address: Petrarca
First opened in 1975 the Baby Doll Lounge went from topless to stopless during Giuliani's tenure, but thankfully freed the boobies again when he left office. Aside from the girls the big draws here are a bowling machine, Kiss pinball machine, and a free juke box.
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CrossroadsClosed by 2009
480 Amsterdam Ave · Upper West Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Avenue Bar And Kitchen
A loud and raucous crowd with a mean age somewhere just north of thirty fills this beer and shots joint. Thanks to an internet juke box you can expect to hear Bon Jovi at least a few times each night.
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Vera CruzPickClosed by 2009
195 Bedford Ave. · Williamsburg North Side
Still pouring
A long bar, back yard garden and a thriving happy hour scene make Vera Cruz and Bedford Avenue staple.