Fish Market
111 South St (FiDi)
Go-to order: Vodka soda and lime, or any draft beer
Excuse me whereas I reveal Condé Nast Traveler’s present comfortable hour spot, however credit score the place credit score is due. Our workplaces within the Financial District could make it troublesome to discover a low-cost boozer close by (stunning that the finance fits don’t desire the identical sticky-floor institutions that media employees are drawn to), however because of a former Traveler teammate Sebastian Modak, we discovered our strategy to Fish Market a number of years in the past, and it has develop into the de facto vacation spot for vacation events, going-away events, and random Thursdays since. The drinks are low-cost (do not ask for non-alcoholic something, they do not have it), free pictures of Jameson are supplied on the half-hour (and sure, the bartender will take one with each desk), and the bar meals is Malaysian, because of the proprietor’s mom’s recipes, that means you may absorb your poor decisions with tasty stuffed eggplant, shrimp dumplings, and scallion pancakes. They just lately mounted the entrance door so there’s an precise deal with on it, however I type of miss having to elevate the underside with my shoe, then attain up excessive to drag it open. —Megan Spurrell
Anchored Inn
57 Waterbury St (Bushwick/East Williamsburg)
Go-to order: Miller High Life and the Carmen Fries
The Anchored Inn’s theme track may very well be (*20*). This nautical-themed watering gap is the type of dive you need: nice beer choice, wonderful bar meals, pool, sizzling individuals, and out of doors picnic tables that hit year-round. On any given stunning day, you’re strolling into Anchored’s first, refined barroom, and sitting down for loaded “Carmen fries” that come dripping in Oaxacan cheese, bacon, chipotle mayo, and extra. You wish to take it additional? No drawback in any way, simply pop into the subsequent room the place they’ve received punk rock going with two huge pool tables, arcade video games, and a genuinely cool crowd. “A place to get fed and get drunk” is what Anchored Inn calls itself. That rocks. What extra might you need in life? —Bridget Knowles