The Dizzy Fizz's Top 10 NYC Cocktail Bars to Open in 2009

December 28, 2009

Cocktail Culture, Dizzy Recaps, Openings

This was really tough to narrow down, but in no particular order (not to sound like a kindergarten teacher, but they're all Number 1!), I found that these amazing new cocktail bars made NYC a better place to drink in 2009:

Dutch Kills, 27-24 Jackson Ave., Long Island City.
Prime Meats, 465 Court St., Brooklyn.
Fort Defiance, 365 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn.
Rye House, 11 W. 17th St.
The Summit Bar, 133 Ave. C.
Mayahuel, 304 E. 6th St.
Raines Law Room, 48 W. 17th St.
Roneria Caracas, 291 Grand St., Brooklyn.
Highlands, 150 W. 10th St.
Ward III, 111 Reade St.

*Honorable Mentions: Bar Celona, 118 S. 4th St., Brooklyn.; Minetta Tavern, 113 MacDougal St.; The Jane Hotel, 113 Jane St.

Selena Ricks-Good

Selena Ricks-Good is a New York-based writer and digital strategist with more than 15 years in journalism, brand development, and content marketing. Her writing on food, drinks, travel, and culture has appeared in CBS New York, Time Out New York, Village Voice, and Thrillist. She founded Little Good Life to fill the gap she kept hitting in her own life: thoughtful, opinionated travel writing for families whose kids are past the stroller years. She lives in New York with her husband and a travel-soccer-playing teenage son who has firm opinions about crudo, boba, and pizza.

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