Pouring Ribbons

Partly because there’s room here to move your limbs, and partly because the waiters here aren’t wearing suspenders or monocles, Pouring Ribbons is a speakeasy that doesn’t feel like a speakeasy. It’s on the second floor above a liquor store on Avenue B, and thanks to that deep East Village location, it’s also nowhere near as slammed as Death & Co. Come on a date when you want impressive cocktails, but you also want to hear each other talk.

photo credit: Noah Devereaux