New York is one of the best places for nightlife on the planet the world's 50 best bars 2022
just announced and the Big Apple has more listings than any other sea today I'll be
visiting some of New York's top entries to see if they're really world class overstory
is 34th on the top 50 lists and elevating the game to new heights considering they're
on the 64th floor of a Wall Street skyscraper today's co-host chai grew up in New York City
loves to go out and I don't know for you what makes a great cocktail bar a good vibe location
and I will have to say 50 50 drinks Vibes and drinks 50 50. I need a good drink if you're
looking in the Empire State Building right now actually I'm getting those vibes real
classic [Music]
my ears are popping so we're going on an observation deck here we are oh wow look at that color
New Jersey never looked so beautiful and you know what you got the the wraparound roof
too we we're not forgetting about Brooklyn or Queens either this is really really nice
this is like if the One World observation deck was Outdoors you'd get views like this
overstory has been open for a little over a year what makes us different certainly the
space is is pretty beautiful we are not a basement cocktail bar in the East Village
lots of times when you have bars on the top of a building you'll have a mediocre drink
and a nice Ambiance we kind of fire on all cylinders incredible cocktails incredible
people making drinks and a beautiful space I'm gonna have the terrible fashion through
a Montego sleigh foreign ERS of an ounce of lime juice cordial a little bit of vegan [Music]
Terror old fashioned here the Montego sleigh [Music] a lot of people say to me should I
get tickets for an observation deck really Savvy tourists will spend that money I wanted
to cocktails and not need admission this is this is a view this is definitely observation
deck worthy view cheers
oh that's refreshing who it's like whiskey honey salty it's it's amazing this is good
with like steak really really good you go with a lot of things I mean I got this tequila
with with mango flavor got even a little mango chip on top I mean I always respect cocktail
bars that are like highly ranked the amount of precision they put into the drinks and
looking at this view we can deal with it it's worth it it's worth it cheers cheers who is
this for what's the vibe for you this is more for I would say start of the girls night like
you know you want to get dressed up go have dinner I would definitely stop here first
before going and having dinner somewhere else this will be definitely a go-to first pit
stop [Music] listen but this has to be one of the best old-fashioned I ever had it doesn't
even taste like tequila old-fashioned doesn't even have tequila in it it's that good it's
really really good um
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how was that your face says it off excellent little appetizers here little light bites
for their cocktails like that's the way to do it too much alcohol without food give me
trouble and the night just started all right we're gonna try the barbecue pork bow buns
here let's see what this is about
nice and savory this is very very good to taste the barbecue just a little little spice
to it yeah it's definitely good they've got Saga downstairs which is a two Michelin star
restaurants I think they said they combine a lot of their services so the foodier for
a cocktail bar actually is impressing me a lot honestly best food for a cocktail bar
I I have and trust me I go out a lot less food I have I paid attention to most of the
tables everyone runs outside for a few minutes to take pictures it's a requirement here loyal
served in caviar thank you wow that looks nice that's the glory of New York City you
can drink 24 cocktails on a rooftop eat caviar and walk down the street of Dollar Pizza later
on that's not gonna fill you up but it might not fill you up but yeah [Music] this taste
expensive melts in your mouth this is really really good not much of a caviar person but
an overstory I can turn into one
everything we've had business [Music]
I cannot get used to eating Seafood like this because I could go broke easily yeah Katana
kitten ranked number nine on the world's best list this is like walking into an underground
Japanese dive bar all right I'm digging this Vibe right away I'm getting this like 80s
meets Tokyo thing you imagine how much dollar bills are in there you know how those dollar
posts got there it's pretty cool there's more money up here I think this definitely takes
away that notion that cocktail bars have to be some stuffy pretentious plays like look
around you they're having fun here I love the Japanese movie posters here in many ways
we're still trying to be a neighborhood Dive Bar you know we have options like you can
get a beer in a shot here we call it a boilermaker we'd like to be a place where people feel
welcome and like they can gather here and like regardless of whether it's your first
time or you're like 30th let's say oh I'm gonna try the hinoki martini let's do a Toki
High while you sold me on it okay
foreign
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couldn't tell by all the Japanese writing on the walls the owners Japanese that is the
theme here like hanging out with friends in Tokyo after work I've been to Tokyo they've
got these amazing little hidden bars and I think that's the vibe they're going for here
I think they hit the nail on the head I like this a lot I haven't been to Tokyo but this
is cool I would definitely want to visit Tokyo now and if you can't get to Tokyo and have
a high ball it's the next best thing cheers all right
really refreshing and just simple it's like a simple high ball whiskey it's like one of
the best cocktails to get here they have a machine for it which isn't even that common
in New York City to see a highball machine and how's yours all that prep it's strong
strong first word strong but very very good it's refreshing too um I could smell it which
is amazing smell it yeah I smell it about it it's pretty cool so they put some Aroma
on it when she was making it too do you notice a difference going to a spot like this where
it's like a high-end cocktail versus like a typical New York City Bar you think it's
worth the extra money in absolutely absolutely the reason why is is because let's just say
like a dive bar it's so much more people you know you're not gonna find drinks like this
nobody's gonna put so much thought into a drink it's literally Jack Coke here you go
yeah and that's pretty much it this one you actually have you saw everything she just
went through it was magic it's like oh okay there's more so definitely definitely worth
it oh two of these and I'm gonna have to get carried out of here double chicken please
rank number six on the list the highest in New York City highest new entry on the list
and probably the most popular cocktail bar in the city right now look at this line behind
me you've got to make a reservation about one week out to even have a chance of getting
in here and they have some of the most inventive drinks you've ever heard of all right where
do we go we're in foreign
so you've got two distinctive Vibes in here you have the front room which has pre-made
cocktails on Taps and then in the back it's got more of that speakeasies got more of that
hit Vibe and then you have cocktails which are themed after food which I don't know if
I've ever seen that in New York City before let alone anywhere you ever heard of that
you're excited for that I'm gonna have the cold pizza first I really want to try the
French Toast French toast and this is the mango sticky rice the whole pizza is gonna
have a edible rice paper wrapper on top it's printed with edible ink so your whole drink
is going to be edible but the French toast that is going to be an espresso Martini Oreo
we make them in-house also took a sip of the drink bite of the cookies to put the drink
think about I was having you know your cocktails cheers thank you this is like brunch in a
cocktail but we're gonna go with it
ah that went down so smooth I couldn't even tell there was alcohol in there this is a
super comforting drink like I want to be sitting in front of a little fireplace right now like
this is actually a cocktail with character this drink is called a cold pizza I'm a New
Yorker so I had to try this let's see this is surprisingly really really good this drink
has tequila basil tomato parmesan egg whites it's everything you have in a pizza with alcohol
so honestly I'm surprised how good it tastes because I would have never thought of a drink
like this either this dust taste like a pizza you had in your fridge you wake up hungover
and you're like you know what let me grab that definitely but it's good we ordered the
popcorn chicken they're called double chicken please for a reason they're really well known
for their Fried Chicken so you kind of have to order something that has the Fried Chicken
a sandwich or this with their cocktails let's try it out let's see
you get it
I would come here just if they were a chicken place yeah amazing spicy peppery I don't even
want to talk you're having a moment right now huh it's my happy dancing who didn't notice
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