Hi I'm Sarah, and today I'm going to show you some of my favorite bars here in New
York City. From rooftop bars to more casual relaxing environments, I'm going
to cover everything today. So let's begin our journey through New York City's bar
scene.
You don't really need to go to the Empire State Building or the Freedom
Tower to get an incredible view of New York. You can have it in a bar. One of the
best bars to have an amazing view of the city is here at The Skylark.
It's practically a 360 view all through Midtown and they make high quality craft
cocktails here as well. This is a great bar to come see the view of New York
City and enjoy a delicious drink. You can't do that at the Empire State
Building, can you?
Deep in the heart of Chinatown you're going to find one of this area's most
unique bars. This is called Apothyke and it has a potions vibe in it, like a
chemistry lab. Their menus really unique because it's based on what effects the
cocktails have on you so you can choose from health and beauty, painkillers
stimulates, aphrodisiacs, euphoric enhancers, or stress relievers and it's really
really interesting. One of my favorite bars in New York City.
Here at Crocodile Lounge you can get a free pizza with every drink you order. I mean
talk about saving money in New York. What better way to do it than here? The drinks
aren't that expensive and the pizzas delicious. They also have games in the
back, like skee-ball and hunting games. Really great place to save some money
but also have a really good time in New York City. I got
which is happy hour price $6 and free pizza. That is such a good deal!
I'm here at Gallow Green, a rooftop garden bar here in New York and this place is a lovely
place for an urban escape from New York. You truly feel like you left the city
when you're here. They have a really unique atmosphere with the gardens, they have a
walking pathway, empty train car that you can sit in. In the summer it turns
into a garden but in the winter it's a lodge. No matter what time of year Gallow
Green is a really cool place to come. You see a lot of locals coming here after work.
I'm here at Rudy's, a historic dive bar here in New York City. And this place is known to be
rumored to be the first speakeasy in 1919. They also received the first liquor license
when Prohibition ended in 1933. It's been known to be a hangout spot for many
celebrities including Steely Dan, Paul McCarthy, Julia Roberts, Lauryn Hill
and Drew Barrymore, among many others. But this place is very popular
for a completely different reason and I'm going to have Luis from "Recipes with Luis", which is
a show within my channel talk about it because this is his favorite
place. Hot dogs. That's it. For any drink that you get here
you could actually get one free hot dog. My favorite meal by the way. It's
really a great place to bring on someone for a first date. I don't know it
it's going to be successful guys, but also the prices are very competitive.
Especially in the Times Square area and you can get the drinks for like $4 $5
Really, really good price. So I would recommend coming here. Let's get hotdogs!
They have their own beers at three dollars a pint.
A Rudy's Blonde and a Rudy's Red Ale. Pretty good. Not bad.
One of the most beautiful bars
here in New York is Jimmy at the James. I personally love this place
because they have a rooftop pool and they make incredible cocktails using
fresh ingredients that are grown from their own organic gardens. Jimmy at the
James is a contemporary interpretation of a classic pub with a 1970s New York
twist. Cocktails are based on classic American interpretations. Each expertly
prepared using syrups and bitters made in-house, fresh squeezed juices, and
garnishes and herbs that are picked french from their organic garden. When
you're up here to have both an inside and an outside. I'm here at the outside
but on the inside area they not only have a fireplace which is incredibly
unique to a rooftop bar, but they also have 14-foot windows with panoramic
views of Midtown, Wall Street, the Hudson River, and bridges that span all the way
to the East River. So no matter where you are here at Jimmy at the James there is anabsolutely
beautiful rooftop view.
I'm here at The Lately on 16th Street between 9th and 8th Ave and they have a
really chill laid-back atmosphere in the center of the club district. They also
serve fresh cocktails and beer on tap. I got a mezcal cocktail, which is my
favorite and as you can tell I finished the whole thing already before we even
filmed this section. That's how good it was. On the edges they have a smoked salt
which was a really nice touch. They also have grilled cheese, different snack
items, but one of the coolest parts about this bar is that there is a speakeasy
club in the back corner called Blue Light.
It's just a really interesting spot.
Of course I can't talk about New York's bar scene without mentioning speakeasies.
Now if you seen my other videos you know that I love speakeasies here in New York
especially Please Don't Tell, that's one of my favorites. But there are tons of
others some of the other great ones are Raines Law Room, Bathtub Gin and Employees Only.
They really serve excellent cocktails. I mean these will be the best
cocktails you can find. By the way, if you don't know what a speakeasy is it's a
secret bar. Back in the 1920s alcohol was actually illegal here in the United
States so in order to continue drinking, because who's gonna give that up,
right? They created hidden bars that required passwords to get in so a lot of
these speakeasies require a password or in general are just hard to find. But if
you want to get into Please Don't Tell head over to my video on secret spots in
New York and I show you the way that you can guarantee a reservation there. It's
hard to get in so if you follow my steps you can do it.
Here at The Garret they have a taco bar and also serve cocktails, such as a
charred pineapple jalapeno margarita that's frozen. They also have a
watermelon cilantro frozen margarita and the cool part about their tacos - it's
more of a gourmet style they make their own tortillas here and I just ate here
with a Guatemalan, a Mexican and a Puerto Rican, and all of them said these tacos
are legit. So I feel like though maybe I'm not qualified to say the tacos are legit?
Just saying, they said they're legit. So great tacos, great refreshing
cocktails for summer here at The Garret.
Thanks for joining me on my bar crawl through New York City. Now if you don't
mind I'm going to enjoy this delicious cocktail. If you like this video remember
to subscribe, follow me on instagram @sarahfunky, and I will see you next time.
Cheers to that, right? The video is done. I can finally drink this.