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The Best Nightlife
Best Performance Space: Carnegie Hall. One of the world's great performance spaces, with an array of world-class talent on display almost every night.
Best Free Cultural Event: Shakespeare in the Park. Imagine Shakespeare performed by stars, under the stars, in Central Park. No wonder it has become a New York institution.
Best Children's Theater: Paper Bag Players. For children ages 4 to 9, this group performs in the winter and offers tales told in imaginative and original ways.
Best Jazz Club: The Village Vanguard. Acoustics and sightlines aren't great, but you can't do better for good-quality jazz.
Best Rock Club: Mercury Lounge. This venue is intimate but not obscure. The Merc is the best for hard-edged rock 'n' roll.
Best Comedy Club: Gotham Comedy Club. Comfortable and sophisticated, this is where the best come to hone their acts.
Best Cocktail: Pegu Club, 77 W. Houston, 2nd floor. Supreme mixologist Audrey Saunders has opened a club where everything is top label and all juices and mixers are freshly made.
Best Pub: Ear Inn. An old hanger-on in chic SoHo, this old joint continues to survive among the lush lounges that surround it.
Best Dive Bar: Subway Inn. Sure, I know you came to New York to go to a dive bar. Enter the Subway Inn, and it's as if you stepped into a 1940s film noir -- minus the cigarette smoke, of course.
Best Beer Bar: Spuyten Dyvil. This Williamsburg, Brooklyn bar is ground zero for local beer geeks. Enjoy a draft at this place, which also features a great jukebox.
Best Bar with a View: Rise Bar, in the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park Hotel. With views of Lady Liberty, the harbor, and lovely sunsets.
Best Exclusive Bar: Rose Bar, in the Gramercy Park Hotel. This magnificent room with its Schnabel originals, incredible sound system, beautiful people, and expensive cocktails is worth groveling to enter.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
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