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The Best NightlifeBest 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. The acoustics and sightlines aren't great, but you can't do better for consistent 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. Leave it to that supreme mixologist Audrey Saunders to open a club where the cocktails are unbeatable. 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 amongst 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 Bar with a View: Rise Bar, in the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park Hotel. With views of Lady Liberty, New York Harbor, and incredible sunsets, this bar is worth seeking out even if you're not staying here. Best Exclusive Bar: Rose Bar, in the Gramercy Park Hotel. This magnificent room with its Schnabel originals, incredible sound system, lush seating, beautiful people, and very 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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