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The Long Island Bar
A restored corner-room classic with retro glow, strong cocktails, frozen drinks, and restraint instead of cocktail-bar vanity.
Why we ranked it a top bar:
At 110 Atlantic Avenue, The Long Island Bar glows with the melancholy charm of a restored memory. The sign, the booths, the bar itself—all suggest that someone found old New York in a drawer and polished it only enough to make it useful again. Its genius lies in restraint: a corner bar that refuses both dive-bar negligence and cocktail-bar vanity.
Who would like it: locals, martini drinkers, frozen-drink enthusiasts, couples who prefer booths to spectacle, and anyone allergic to fuss.
Drinks: cocktails, frozen drinks, classics, and the kind of strong, handsome pours that do not beg for applause.
Food: satisfying bar food rather than mere filler.
Crowd: neighborhood faithful, cocktail people off-duty, and tasteful wanderers from nearby brownstone blocks.
Best night: Thursday, especially before the weekend crowd fully swells.
Price: not confirmed in the report.
The report calls it a retro corner room and a regular fixture on NYC best-bar lists.