Caffe Dante poured espresso for Greenwich Village bohemians for a hundred years before Australian owners reinvented it in 2015 as an all-day aperitivo bar. The gamble worked: Dante was named the World's Best Bar in 2019, and its Negroni program — a full menu of variations on the classic — reset how New York drinks before dinner.
Come at golden hour for a garibaldi (Campari and 'fluffy' orange juice) or a chilled Negroni at a marble table, and stay for pasta if the mood holds. It's civilized without being stiff, and the corner location on MacDougal remains one of the Village's best people-watching perches.
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