Welcome to the Cocktail Heatmap, a guide to the hottest places to grab a dirty martini — okay fine, maybe an ironic Dirty Shirley — 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 bars are back in full swing, reinventing classics and cashing in on nostalgia.
New to the list in March: Beyond the Pale, a cocktail bar with a trio of Irish relatives and a Don Angie alum, as well as Jac’s on Bond, a new bar from the team behind the Smile and Pebble Bar.
Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.
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