Two Doors Down

Sometimes, you drink a nice cocktail at a nice bar, and then go somewhere else to lose your dignity. But why bother moving from one place to another, when you could stay where you are, and just head downstairs? At Two Doors Down, a Lower East Side bar from the Cafe Balearica team (another two-floor destination), you can do just that. Upstairs, there’s moody lighting and big booths, and it’s a pleasantly quiet spot for a midweek first date, where you can fill any silences with old Kendrick and sips of a well-made cocktail. But on the weekends the downstairs comes into play. This is where you can listen to a DJ, dance under a disco ball, and forget all about the mediocre date you had upstairs the last time you were here.