The dark, yet warm, wooden bar with a low and cozy seating area offers a comfortable atmosphere for libations. The bartender will offer a genuine hello, pour a well-balanced beverage. The Parlour Old-Fashioned is an obvious go-to, but try an improved sherry cocktail for low-alcohol and light-on-its feet cocktail.

An internationally acclaimed restaurant deserves a cocktail program of the same caliber. With variations of such classics as the gimlet, old fashioned and negroni, this menu is unpretentious and impressively precise. Ask for the captain’s list for the top, top shelf treatment.

This sleek bar at the base of the new Hewing hotel is a perfect place to relax over a game of pool or linger with a Manhattan. The cocktail list is short, but order any classic and the bar staff here will render a flawless drink.

The larger of downtown's cocktail dens, Constantine offers a dark romantic temple of beverage with a vast library of spirits, liqueurs, and other ingredients for mixing a wonderful cocktail. The staff is hospitable and fun as hell. Visit for adventurous cocktails and fantastic bar snacks like a diner burger that makes for great one-handed eating.

Upstairs sibling to Constantine, the rooms couldn’t be more different. Monello is airy sophistication with excellent classic cocktails. Connected to the Ivy Hotel, you can valet for free when eating dinner here. However, the best seats in the house are the slim line of bar stools. Try the Settler’s Negroni for in intriguing mix of worldly and Minnesota’s backyard with Cappelletti Vino Aperitivo, locally made Gamle Ode Dill Aquavit, Punt e Mes, and Orange Bitters.

This shimmering glass and light filled restaurant is an astounding feat of historical architecture that has been meticulously preserved. The curved bar at the front of the restaurant is the perfect vantage point to experience the room. Order a Telephone Call From Istanbul, an elaborate set up involving a flame and filling the glass with chai smoke. The smooth proprietary whiskey makes for a slow sipper for savoring the view and this balanced cocktail.