RankTheBar top bar info
Oddball
A retro-futurist bar where rotating punches, martinis, and odd signatures feel playful rather than sterile.
Why we ranked it a top bar:
At 188 Avenue B, Oddball looks toward the future by way of a retro hallucination. Its punches and martinis rotate with experimental curiosity, but the room does not feel like a laboratory. It feels like a party hosted by someone with taste, nerve, and perhaps a small collection of forbidden glassware.
Who would like it: experimental-drink lovers, East Village regulars, cocktail tinkerers, and people who enjoy bars that take risks.
Drinks: rotating experimental punches, martinis, and strange-but-serious signatures.
Food: not emphasized in the report.
Crowd: creative, downtown, curious, and unafraid of novelty.
Best night: Thursday.
Price: not confirmed in the report.
The report lists Oddball on Time Out’s 2026 citywide best-bars list and describes its retro-futurist cocktail style.