Welcome to the Bars Heatmap, a guide to the hottest places to grab a dirty martini in New York City right now. After subsisting on takeout drinks served from plastic cups for the first year of the pandemic, the city’s cocktail and dive bars are back in full swing, reinventing classics and cashing in on nostalgia.
New to the list in March: Bar Nena, a bar beneath the Mexican restaurant Jajaja, and Hellbender, from the owners of Rolo’s in Ridgewood.
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