Out Of Town Guests
52 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Out Of Town Guests” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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230 FifthPick
230 5th Ave. · Rose Hill
Still pouring
With a view like this you can forgive all of this roof deck bars flaws.
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230 FifthPick
230 5th Ave. · Rose Hill
Still pouring
With a view like this you can forgive all of this roof deck bars flaws.
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230 FifthPick
230 5th Ave. · Rose Hill
Still pouring
With a view like this you can forgive all of this roof deck bars flaws.
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230 FifthPick
230 5th Ave. · Rose Hill
Still pouring
With a view like this you can forgive all of this roof deck bars flaws.
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210 W. 55th St. · Midtown West
Closed; now PHD Terrace
The drinks are exorbitant, but the wrap around rooftop view of Manhattan is priceless. Sleek and sexy Ava can be an impressive spot to take out of town guests or a date, but expect the place to be slammed on weekends.
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137 E. 55th St. · Midtown East
No license found in 2026
The space is almost above reproach. A restaurant, bar, lounge all decked to the nines with Arabian flair. There's even a game room with a pool table, poker board, and a PS3. Unfortunately enjoyment of it requires the mental exercise of blocking out the Hamptons mate or die crowd, and forgeting you're drinking a $9 Corona.
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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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89 Mercer St. · SoHo/Little Italy
No license found in 2026
Impress your friends from out of town, sure the place isn't actually hip, but man does it look the part. And the bathrooms will give them a story to tell their friends back home.
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315 W. 44th St. · Hells Kitchen
Still pouring
Unbeatable talent, accoustics and sitelines make this famed jazz joint a popular tourist choice. Steep cover charges and drink minimums mean you'll leave with the feeling that you've gotten exactly what you paid for.
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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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Bowery BallroomPick
6 Delancey St. · Lower East Side
Still pouring
The best music venue in the city - hands down, and the likely locale of your favorite band's best set ever.
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Broadway Lounge (Marriott Marquis)Pick
1535 Broadway · Midtown West
Still pouring
A large prototypical hotel bar where you easily imagine you were in any city in the US were it not for the floor to ceiling windows overlooking Times Square.But that in and of itself is reason enough to go.
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Cafe Wha?Pick
115 MacDougal St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
Home to the best cover band in the city. Which may not sound like much of a recommendation, but trust us. It is.
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1626 Broadway · Midtown West
Closed; now SPIN Midtown
If you can handle the tourists this 300 seat Times Square comedy club attracts some of the biggest names in the biz.
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ClandestinoPick
35 Canal St. · Chinatown
Still pouring
Low key, quiet and cozy, a perfect spot for a tête à tête.
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10 Columbus Circle · Hells Kitchen
A different business is licensed at this address
Head up the escalators to the 4th floor and into the frosted glass box. Buy a prepaid card and help yourself using the automated terminals to 2oz tastings. If you like what you got, you can buy a bottle to take with you.
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353 W. 14th St · West Village
No license found in 2026
Huge upscale comedy club has a $25 cover, but no drink minimum. Unfortunately with 320 seats the place frequently can feel half empty which can dampen the vibe.
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Corner BistroPick
331 W. 4th St. · West Village
Still pouring
Always a great time, always cheap, always too crowded to stand. Boasts some of the cheapest and best burgers in the city, but order them at the bar and save yourself the queue.
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1394 York Ave. · Upper East Side
Closed
The home of real beer in New York City.
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Death & CoPick
433 E 6th St · East Village
Still pouring
Anyone with a love for classic mixology will find themselves moved by the spirits in this tomb-like temple to tippling.
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10 Columbus Circle · Hells Kitchen
Still pouring
This polished and classy venue is one of the best places to catch modern jazz in the city. The soul food is above par and the view of Central Park is nothing short of spectacular.
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1472 Broadway · Midtown West
Closed; now H&M
It's Times Square so it is of course, uttely, completely insane. But if you love sports, and sports bars, how can you not love a sports bar on steroids.
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389 Broome St. · Chinatown
Closed; now Broome St. Project
GoldBar does oppulence rather well. Gold ceilings, gold chandeliers, gold tables, gold curtains, gold walls covered in tiny gold skulls all add up to a significant wow factor. Unfortunatly they also add up to an environment about as comfortable and welcoming as a bank vault. A standard cocktail will run $14, and the door policy can be brutal.
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302 Broome St. · Chinatown
Closed
The palpable sexuality of this spot, may make you wonder if the environs have somehow been imbued with the spiritual essense of the thousands of orgasms experienced in this former Chinatown massage parlor.
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Joe's PubPick
425 Lafayette St. · NoHo
Still pouring
The intimacy, ambience and accoustics of Joe's Pub is such that missing your favorite artist here is a tragedy.
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25 W. 51st St · Midtown West
Closed
A genuine taste of the suburban Southwest. The food here is easily on par with TGI Friday's and the cocktails would give anything at Hooters a run for its money. Best yet they've got the city's first mechanical bull, the perfect after dinner stomach mixer.
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La EsquinaPick
106 Kenmare St. · NoLita
Still pouring
It's hard not to feel like a secret agent as you lead your friends into the unasssuming taqueria on the corner of Kenmare and Cleveland, through the dingy grey employees only door in the back, down through the kitchen and into the catacomb like space that is La Esquina.
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La GrenouillePickRestaurant
3 E. 52d St. · Midtown East
Closed; now Quanjude
Practically a platonic ideal of elegance. There's a good reason why La Grenouille has been around for over 50 years
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15 E. 7th St. · East Village
Still pouring
Tourist trap, New York landmark, or the quintessential drinking man’s saloon, take your pick.
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176 Mulberry St. · NoLita
Still pouring
Formerly Mare Chiaro, a Little Italy institution opened in 1908, it has recently beeen rechristened the Mulberry Street Bar and bedecked with no less than 8 plasma screens.
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347 W. 36th St. · Chelsea
No license found in 2026
Two teams battle for improv suppremacy at this "Whose line is it anyway" style competion. Unlike nearly every other comedy choice in the city there's no drink minimums, no age limits, and it's a totally clean show.
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Next Door at La Lanterna di VittorioPick
129 MacDougal St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
Head to the back and down the stairs of La Lanterna di Vittorio to find a wine and jazz bar that's about as warm and romantic a location as you could imagine.
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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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PDTPick
113 St. Marks Pl · East Village
Still pouring
Short for Please Don't Tell, the bar is accessed by heading down the stairs into Crif Dogs then into a phone booth. Press the intercom button and cross your fingers that they let you in because for all the nonsense it's actually a pretty decent bar.
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Peter LugerPickRestaurant
178 Broadway · East Village
Still pouring
Rated #1 steakhouse by Zagat readers 20 years and running. Make your reservations well in advance.
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281 Lafayette St. · NoLita
Closed; now Gospel
Although its days of being the hottest spot around have past, the sexy atmosphere ensures that you can't help but feel cool just being here.
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1000 5th Ave · Upper East Side
Closed
With free music, a bar, a sculpture garden and awesome views why is it you've never been?
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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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The View Lounge (Marriott Marquis)
1535 Broadway · Midtown West
Still pouring
Remarkable for one reason and one reason only, but man is it a doozy. This bar is on the 48th floor of the Marriott Marquis and it's smack dab in the middle of Times Square, and oh yeah, it rotates .
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Vol de NuitPick
148 W. 4th St. · Greenwich Village
Still pouring
A treasure just off 4th St, a European style tavern serving Pomme Frites and Belgian ales.
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567 Hudson St. · West Village
Still pouring
First opened in 1880 and most famous as the bar where Dylan Thomas drank himself to death.
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.
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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Harry's at Water Taxi BeachPick
Borden and 2nd St. · Long Island City
Closed
Truckloads of sand trucked in from Jersey create a beach scene with views of Manhattan.
Already closed by 2009
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Chumley'sClosed by 2009
86 Bedford St. · West Village
Closed; now The Eighty Six
A well hidden former prohibition speakeasy where the drinks are still all microbrews. After a chimney collapse there are now only two walls standing. There's no ceiling. No floors. Although there are plans to rebuild by Fall 2008.
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Double HappinessPickClosed by 2009
173 Mott St. · NoLita
Closed; now Shoo Shoo Nolita
Leading your friends down the secluded staircase and into this delicious candle lit basement lair will doubtless impress.
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Hawaiian Tropic ZoneClosed by 2009
729 7th Avenue · Midtown West
Closed; now 729 Seventh Avenue office building
A gigantic, Times Square, jungle and bikini themed restaurant and lounge. Think of it like an expensive, upscale Hooters, or Scores without the tits.
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Luna ParkClosed by 2009
N. Union Square Park 17th St. · Union Square/ Flatiron
Closed
The drinks are exorbitant and the place heaves with humanity on weekends, but you'll soon forget to care after a few cocktails surrounded by all the beautiful people on a crisp summer night.
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View Lounge (Marriot Marquis)PickClosed by 2009
1535 Broadway · Midtown West
Still pouring
Yes. It's a tourist trap. Forget that. Move on. It's a rotating lounge overlooking Times Square. Have a beer. Avoid the food. Relax and have your breath taken away.