Clemente Bar has taken over what used to be part of the upstairs private dining room of Daniel Humm’s three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park. It’s named after artist Francesco Clemente and features a collection of his works. Beverage director Sebastian Tollius has put together a list of technical cocktails (go for the saffron martini!), using an entirely vegan pantry of ingredients to complement the food side.

Don’t be fooled by the name. Super Burrito’s third (and first Manhattan) location is very much a bar with plenty of bar stools and a retro theme. But needless to say, it’s the rare going-out spot in New York that can also claim to serve one of the city’s most important burritos.

If you’re looking for a cocktail bar that won’t break the bank, El Camino (from the team that brought you nearby Electric Burrito) is the new spot you should be after. Prices range from $13 to $15 for drinks like a coconut margarita, which, sadly, is worth celebrating in today’s world of cocktails that can hover above $20.

Helmed by Iain Townsend Griffiths and Oliver Cleary (owner of Brooklyn’s Minnows Bar), Bar Snack is serving up elevated takes on classic drinks. With “snack” in the name, expect a beverage program with food-inspired drinks. The dirty martini is seasoned with roast chicken; the Negroni is modeled after a salad, flavored with nectarine and basil; and the old-fashioned meets Ben and Jerry’s classic “Phish Food” with marshmallow fluff syrup. The funky and dimly lit wood-paneled space is completed with a fully disco ball-tiled bathroom. It’s an unpretentious spot to bring a group of friends.

The co-founder of an acclaimed Barcelona dive Two Schmucks, opened an offshoot cocktail bar in New York. Schmuck is a reflection of the owners’ backgrounds, a European-style bar with Middle Eastern touches, as they both describe it, seen through the drinks, food, and decor. For cocktails, this means high-quality culinary approaches to drinks that are easy to understand. Thankfully, it’s mostly walk-ins.

This Mexican cocktail bar is run by a former employee of Ghost Donkey (who's currently a James Beard finalist), a popular bar in the East Village that closed during the pandemic. The bar stays open until 2 a.m. or later every night with a rowdy crowd that chases mezcal shots with beef consommé. Cocktails, like a green mango martini and a mole Negroni, start at around $20.

Downtown bar hitmaker Jon Neidich has been on a streak the past few months: He opened medieval Monsieur with Baz Luhrmann and refurbished dive bar essential Lucy’s, adding to his growing list of nightlife spots, which already included the Nines and Le Dive. This week, he debuts Bar Bianchi, a bar and restaurant made to look like the kind of leisurely hangouts in Milan where you’d be drinking a spritz with a cigarette in the other hand, only this street seating faces Houston Street. There’s also a full menu here with options bigger than just bar snacks, ranging from tuna tonnato carpaccio to cacio e pepe and veal Milanese for two.

Leave it to the Baby’s All Right team to open two new bars within a couple of weeks of each other. Funny Bar is located on the Lower East Side, a great going out spot with plenty of room for groups, that, in addition to being a bar, touts an affordably priced steak frites deal. Night Club 101, slightly further uptown in the East Village, brings a similar young going-out crowd to a massive bi-level space with multiple bars and rooms. Here, you can go dancing and also see a show performed. The latter holds the torch as the former home of the legendary 1980s nightclub Pyramid Club.

From the team behind the Fly, Cervo’s, and Hart’s comes Eel Bar: While Cervo’s nods to Portugal, Eel Bar takes its cue from Basque influences, with boquerones and tinned fish from the group’s Minnow brand, along with dishes like meatballs with fries and rotating specials. The lighting here is perfectly sexy, making it work for either a group hangout or a date that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

This is the latest see-and-be-seen bar to hit Lower Manhattan, this one from a group of partners that includes the owner of the wine bar Casetta, and the restaurant Casino, alongside Daniel and Evan Bennett of Babs and Mimi, and Jonas Lafortezza. Bar Oliver has a drink menu of French and Spanish wines, brews, and a compelling collection of vermouth. Gildas, grilled eggplant, Montauk shrimp, torilla, and mushrooms are listed among pinxtos and small plates. Walk-ins encouraged.

Orion Bar debuted last year from Irene Yoo, a master soju swirler, and her husband Nick Dodge. The menu lists drinks like the Melona, named for the honeydew-flavored Korean ice cream, or a cocktail with gochugaru (Korean red pepper). For food, there’s a patty melt with kimchi and tteokbokki with Parmesan. Yoo told Eater: “We wanted to be that in between: somewhere between drinking in Koreatown and an American dive bar.” It fits the bill.