Wine Bar

This Lower East Side Vietnamese wine bar serves small plates in close quarters, but the flavors are big.

This French wine bar is a great choice for a first date in Clinton Hill.

This Korean wine bar from the Rice Thief team makes great fried chicken and fusion-y shareable plates.

Pint-size Chinatown wine bar Sunn’s is comforting and inventive, with banchan worth seeking out.

Call them what you want. Happening. Cool. Busy. Lit. These are the most fun bars in NYC right now.

A wine bar in Gowanus with an impressively saucy fried chicken sandwich.

Everyone does small plates and natural wine. This modern classic does them better.

Put this cafe-by-day, wine-bar-by-night in your regular rotation if you live in Flatbush.

Word Of Mouth is a cafe, wine bar, and bookstore, as well as the unofficial co-working space for anyone with a 11238 zip code.

Wine bars don’t have to be pretentious, scary places. Here are our favorites.

Wildair is a casual wine bar on the Lower East Side, attached to the acclaimed tasting menu restaurant Contra.

At this San Sebastian-inspired spot in Two Bridges, camp out on a stool and pair some vermouth with a series of pintxos.

Get the tuna tartare with stracciatella for dinner at Smør’s all-day cafe in Clinton Hill.

One of those sexy little wine bars where you can drink chilled red and eat an artichoke.

Find natural wine and ice cream served across a cool marble counter on Forsyth Street.

You’ll find some of the best light bites in Little Italy inside this cozy, romantically lit wine bar.

Greenpoint loves a natural wine bar with a nice patio. Here’s another one to add into your rotation.

A mellow wine bar where you can drink something interesting and catch up with a friend.

Wipe off as much Rockaway Beach sand as possible and then head to this little wine bar.

From the folks behind Attaboy, a fun little spot for spritzes and sardines.

At With Others in Williamsburg, order some olives and a glass of slightly esoteric natural wine with a date.

This Crown Heights wine bar has a big backyard and milk and cookies for dessert.

This breezy wine bar serves exceptional seafood.

Try a duck confit momo or a pork belly pithivier at this unique Nepali-Filipino restaurant.

Sauced is an East Village Wine Bar with no menu and a back room with a stripper pole.