Divey, spacious Chinatown original. These days, less opium den, more singer-songwriter.

Party like a rap star at Jay-Z's sports bar. Fisheye not included.

Five cans of beer for . Arcade games. Sportsbar done right.

Basement rec room goes for casual chic.

Dirty, dingy dive good for zero-pretense Brooklyn nights.

Upscale pool hall just off Union Square. 

Steady, sports bar-y tavern anchoring Smith.

Peeps from Alma provide a low-key space for indie and professional types to mingle.

For Great Lakes graduates who are finally pulling in an actual paycheck or whatever.

Great for ladies on the make—if you're looking for someone sporting tighter jeans than you, that is.

Foosball-lovin' after work pub with a family-style juke that's full of your neighbors' mix CDs, for better or worse.

Locals -- not boulevardiers -- make the scene at this mellow retro relic.

Bronx hophead HQ.

Bring your pup to this jukebox-and-billiards drinking den.

Mobsters lose to hipsters in the gentrification war, so you won't sleep with the fishes.

150-year old bar with classic wood details draws cool crowds of cognoscenti and ghosts.

Social spot for alkies, dirtballs, suits, and assorted EV neophytes.

Much to the chagrin of PATH riders, this rowdy haunt shares the block with the Christopher Street PATH station.

Beer + free personal pie = a good time.

A cramped but worthy respite from Amsterdam's frat bar row.

Mourn the memory of punk among a like-minded crowd.

Warehouse-turned-bar with a 1000 sq. ft. patio and public grill to boot.

Emerald Isle neighborhood lifer stays strong, does not give in to the power of the skinny jean.

Formerly O.W. (as in Oscar Wilde), this is the least interesting of the Upper East Side gay venues. The Chelsea-generic bar’s most enticing feature is the patio out back. Come after work for happy hour and mingle with friendly enough retail queens a