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Cocktail Bar · Lower East Side

Attaboy

Behind an unmarked door at 134 Eldridge — the former home of the legendary Milk & Honey — Attaboy serves cocktails without a menu. You tell the bartender a spirit, a mood, or a memory, and something precise arrives minutes later. Two of its founders invented modern classics here: the Penicillin and the Paper Plane both trace to this address.

The room is small, loud, and democratic; there are no reservations, so ring the buzzer and give your name if it's full. Early evening is the easiest entry. It's the rare famous bar that still feels like a bar rather than a museum of itself, which is why industry people drink here on their nights off.