Visit their Facebook page Barrage This Hell’s Kitchen lounge entices with au courant accouterments and outrageous drinks. When celebs like Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and Cher start making cameos the neighborhood is more than willing to welcome a new bar to the area. Read Next | Find the best LGBTQ events in New York this Week Hell’s Kitchen/Midtown West Atlas Social Club Josh Wood, Benjamin Maisani, Pablo Raimondi, and Asi Mazar hit a home run with the starry opening of the Hells Kitchen hotspot. Daily Happy Hour runs from 4-8 and Saturday nights RAMPAGE party brings all kinds of cute boys to the East Village. Phoenix The typically-crowded Phoenix holds video games, a pool table, a jukebox and a diverse crowd in an exposed-brick space as uncomplicated as its vibe. Daily drink specials and events include Work It! Wednesday, Tommy G’s Legendary Monday Night Party, and Tuesday night bear parties. Visit their Facebook Page Nowhere Ultra-mellow East Villager with distressed rustic décor, a pool table and what may be the smallest back room ever. The infamous and popular “Playpen Mondays” draw naughty boys and nightlife glitterati. A and B, NYCĬ The Cock Longtime late-night haven for naughty go-go boys and those in search of debauched shenanigans. Drag Race viewing parties, Drink & Draw, Knitting, and Cabaret (of course!) 505 E. Think backstage of an actual Berlin Cabaret where anything goes. Cumming teamed up with Benjamin Maisani, Darren Dryden and Daniel Nardicio for this sassy new adventure. Read Next | NYC Bath Houses Are Back, and Gay Men Are Cruising Them Once MoreĮast Village Club Cumming Willkommen, Bienvenue, New York! Alan Cumming opened the swank new East Village performance-based club and everyone’s invited. Their concept is simple: people meeting people. This neighborhood bar has a masculine industrial décor, a hot staff, and draws all kinds of men (especially local muscle bears) and boasts not distractions – sports, porn, dancers or otherwise. Rebar Sexy Chelsea hangout where G Lounge (may she rest in peace) used to be. Who are those cuties behind the bar? Pop in to get meet and get to know them (you already follow them on IG, right?). between Tenth and Eleventh Aves., NYCĮ Gym At this popular after work sports bar, a team of plasma-screen TVs broadcasting the hottest games, a pool table and a basement dugout. Some of its popular events include Foot Fetish Mondays, Wednesday Jockstrap Night, and Frisky Saturdays. between Fifth and Sixth Aves., NYCī The Eagle This dark and cruisy leather-and-Levi’s clubs boasts a great rooftop deck. Hottest bartenders in town? See for yourself! 37 W. A long bar faces a pizza oven dispensing mouth-watering pies to munch on while watching “the game”. Visit their Facebook Page Boxers Chelsea A big gay sports bar outfitted with flat-screens broadcasting all manner of games, multiple counters, pool tables and a smoking patio out back. Rumor has it Rupaul paid visit to possibly “scout” Bob the Drag Queen at this classic watering hole.
These are our picks for the best gay bars all over NYC, broken down by neighborhood, including tips on where you can find great drink specials, which venues feature fabulous drag queens and amazing live music, and what spaces have DJ spinning and plenty of room reasons to dance? Raise your glass: it’s time for a night on the town in the greatest city in the world! Chelsea Barracuda This Chelsea lounge features cool music, cute crowds, wild drag shows and talent competitions hosted on the tiny stage in the rear. Though the age of the gay dance club seems to be over, there are still plenty of fun bars. New York City nightlife is among the best LGBTQ scenes in the world, and it extends well beyond classic gay neighborhoods such as Chelsea and the West Village to areas including the East Village/LES, Hell’s Kitchen, the Upper West Side and over those bridges and tunnels into the outer boroughs.