This new upstairs cocktail den by Joaquin Simo and friends currently has a delightful hot cocktail that allows drinkers to choose their specific liquor. With pear brandy it comes off as the best hot cider around, and with mezcal it's something altogether more complex.

The triumphant return of Frej's Fredrik Berselius in that same space at Kinfolk Studios brings with it a cocktail menu by Berselius's new partner Eamon Rockey. Try Rockey's Warm Swedish Punsch, made with sweetfern, juniper, and Batavia Arrack.

The Lounge at Atera just opened below Matthew Lightner's two-Michelin-starred restaurant. The drink menu, developed by Brandon Duff in coordination with Lightner, includes the Winter Walnut, made with rye,navy strength rum, walnut liqueur, honey, orange bitters [Photo: M. Weber for Atera]

Daniel Boulud's Bowery restaurant currently has a drink called Chaud Time: cider with walnut-infused whiskey, sorel liqueur, and honey. It's both tasty and a French pun for language nerds.

The Library at the NoMad recently rolled out its winter menu, which includes a solid Christmas option—eggnog—but also the Coffee Cocktail with cognac, port, demerara, egg, and nutmeg.

The Littleneck guys opened The Pines less than three months ago, making this the first winter for the Baked Apple, made with bourbon, scotch, honey crisp apple, maple bitters, and fall herbs.

The First Date, a relative newcomer to the menu at Dave Arnold's way-forward-thinking bar at Momofuku Ssam, is solidly reminiscent of an old-fashioned but, with bourbon, dates, and bitters, it's a warming concoction for a chilly late autumn, early winter night out.

Crave Fishbar has a play on the Manhattan called—wait for it (or don't because it's in the headline of this section)—the Crabhattan. The Manhattan's already a good winter drink—strong and bitter and warming—but this one is made with rye, apple cider, Amaro, vermouth, and bitters, making it extra wintry.

Maison Premiere's winter cocktail menu rolls out next week. On it will be this seasonal play on a Pimm's Cub, made with Pimms, apple brandy, Cardamaro, ginger syrup, lime, mint, orange, and cherry.Rolls out next week.