# Best Cocktails in New York City (October 2026)

Cite as: Oligrail.ai, "Best Cocktails in New York City (October 2026)", https://oligrail.ai/nyc/best-cocktails/

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1. **Death & Co** — East Village and Union Square (10003) — Oligrail cocktails score **10.0** — East Village craft cocktail pioneer with James Beard honors (Jul 2026).
1. **Double Chicken Please** — Lower East Side and Chinatown (10002) — Oligrail cocktails score **10.0** — Lower East Side culinary-inspired cocktail lab ranked \#1 bar in North America & Eater NY top cocktail bar (Aug 2026).
1. **Katana Kitten** — West Village and Meatpacking (10014) — Oligrail cocktails score **10.0** — Masahiro Urushido's West Village Japanese-American highball & cocktail bar (Aug 2026).
4. **Attaboy** — Lower East Side and Chinatown (10002) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Lower East Side menu-free bespoke cocktail bar on Eldridge Street (Jul 2026).
4. **Bemelmans Bar** — Midtown East (10022) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Upper East Side Carlyle Hotel classic martini & piano bar (Jul 2026).
4. **Clover Club** — Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook (11231) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Julie Reiner's Cobble Hill Brooklyn cocktail institution on Smith Street (Jul 2026).
4. **Gage & Tollner** — Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO (11201) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Home to Sunken Harbor Club & Downtown Brooklyn's best classic cocktails (Aug 2026).
4. **Long Island Bar** — Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO (11201) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Named on Eater NY's and The Infatuation's best cocktail bars in Brooklyn (Aug 2026).
4. **Maison Premiere** — Williamsburg (11211) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Named on The New York Times' and Eater NY's best cocktail bars in NYC (Aug 2026).
4. **Superbueno** — East Village and Union Square (10003) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.5** — Named on Eater NY's and Time Out New York's best cocktail bars in NYC (Aug 2026).
11. **The Dead Rabbit** — Tribeca and Little Italy (10013) — Oligrail cocktails score **9.0** — Featured on Time Out New York's and Eater NY's essential NYC cocktail bars (Jul 2026).
12. **Commodore** — Williamsburg (11211) — Oligrail cocktails score **8.0** — Williamsburg Brooklyn frozen piña colada & tropical cocktail favorite (Jul 2026).
12. **Dutch Kills** — Long Island City (11101) — Oligrail cocktails score **8.0** — Long Island City Queens hand-cut ice cocktail saloon founded by Richard Boccato (Jul 2026).

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