5th Ave-53rd St
VE
The 50 nearest of the 137 bars within half a mile of 5th Ave-53rd St, as New York on Tap listed them around 2008.
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La GrenouillePickRestaurant
3 E. 52d St. · under 0.1 mi
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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21 ClubPick
21 W. 52nd St. · 0.1 mi
Closed
Oak bar, leather banquettes, tuxdedoed waiters. It's as expensive as it looks.
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30 W. 52nd St. · 0.1 mi
No license found in 2026
Like Madame X this Indian themed lounge manages to walk the narrow line between cheesy and sexy, and somehow manages to be both at the same time. Burning incence, red on red décor, pillows everywhere, waitresses in slinky silk sarongs, and Bollywood flicks on the TV all contribute to a laughably tacky, but actually quite sultry environ.
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15 W. 54th St. · 0.1 mi
Closed; now Il Gattopardo
The former Aquavit space is now home to this celeb heavy scene to be seen restaurant and lounge.
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Salon De Ning (Peninsula Hotel)
700 5th Ave. · 0.1 mi
Same bar, now Pen Top
The roof deck at the Peninula Hotel shoots for 1930's Shanghai decadence and doesn't fall far from the mark. 23rd floor views of midtown and a
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44 W. 54th St. · 0.1 mi
No license found in 2026
Chain bar/restaurant with plenty of space, but litte in the way of atmosphere.
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Gotham Lounge (Peninsula Hotel)
700 5th Ave. · 0.1 mi
Still pouring
A small, simply appointed, vaguely Victorian cocktail lounge on the second floor of the Peninsula Hotel.
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33 W. 55th St. · 0.2 mi
A different business is licensed at this address: White Olives
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25 W. 51st St · 0.2 mi
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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Randolph's Lounge (Warwick Hotel)
65 W. 54th St. · 0.2 mi
Still pouring
The unmistakable feel of a very upscale hotel bar in the American Midwest leaves little to draw in those who aren't hotel guests.
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1285 6th Ave. · 0.2 mi
Closed; now Mastro's Steakhouse
This micro-brewery chain offers a platters of 5 sample size beers for $8.
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14 E. 47th St. · 0.3 mi
Still pouring
Chain bar/restaurant with plenty of space, but litte in the way of atmosphere.
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21 E.47th St. · 0.3 mi
Still pouring
An Irish pub popular with the after work crowd at JP Morgan, Deutcshe Bank, and Credit Suisse.
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125 E. 54th St. · 0.3 mi
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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109 E. 50th St. · 0.3 mi
Licensed here under a company name; may be the same bar
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Ty Lounge (Four Seasons Hotel)
57 E. 57th St. · 0.3 mi
Still pouring
The lobby lounge of the Four Season's Hotel has a roaring fireplace and makes a mean Manhattan, of course the $20 price tag is pretty mean as well.
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40 E. 58th St. · 0.3 mi
Closed
This 18 and over gay bar draws a young gaysian and latino crowd and the old white men who love to buy them drinks, tokens of affection, cars…
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160 W. 54th St. · 0.3 mi
A different business is licensed at this address: Bartley Dunne's
If you need to catch a footie match in midtown just keep your out for this two story Irish castle.
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541 Lexington Ave. · 0.3 mi
Closed
Bar as Rube Goldberg device - manager hires bartenders with big boobs, attracting traders with big wallets, which in turn brings in Upper East Side girls with big aspirations.
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The GrandPick
41 E. 58th St · 0.3 mi
No license found in 2026
You can't help but feel like a rockstar dining at 4am in this sexy 8,000 square-foot subterannean lair. Just be careful not to drink like one or those $20 cocktails could make for a very expensive night.
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1409 6th Ave. · 0.3 mi
Closed
Restaurant as theme park. Don't come here for the food, come here to scare your 12 year old, or come here because you and your girlfriend are cornballs, or come here because you and your friends just ate a batch of pot brownies.
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151 E. 50th St. · 0.3 mi
Closed; now Empire Steak House
Nikki's clubs have been successful in South Beach, St. Barts, and Cabo but will this white on white aesthetic and copacabana theme translate to NYC?
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137 E. 55th St. · 0.3 mi
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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768 5th Ave. · 0.3 mi
Closed; now The Oak Bar
Temporarily closed as part of the renovation of the Plaza Hotel. Set to open again Spring 2008.