Financial District · Craft cocktails

The Dead Rabbit

It's the bar that put modern New York cocktail culture on the world map, and it still delivers - a genuinely fun, three-floor Irish pub-meets-cocktail-den with history and craft in equal measure.

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Neighbourhood
Financial District
Style
Craft cocktails
Known for
Three distinct floors - Taproom, Parlor, and a members' speakeasy - each with its own menu and mood · Hand-whipped Irish coffee service in the upstairs Parlor · A historic cocktail list researched from 19th-century recipe books, backed by 300-plus whiskeys
Prices
$$ · cocktails ~$14–17
Getting in
Walk-ins only. For the Taproom; recommended for the Parlor's Irish coffee service
Food
Full menu
Hours
Taproom Sun-Thu 11am-2am, Fri-Sat 11am-3am; Parlor Tue-Sat 5pm-1am, Sun 4pm-12am, per the official site (confirm current hours before going)
Recognition
Named The World's Best Bar at Tales of the Cocktail's Spirited Awards in 2016; still ranked on North America's 50 Best Bars (No. 57, 2025 list)
Address
30 Water St, New York, NY 10004

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Checked: Confirmed via the bar's official site (live hours, active contact info, no closure notice) and its continued placement (No. 57) on the 2025 North America's 50 Best Bars list, plus a March 2026 Time Out roundup that still features it. A direct 'Dead Rabbit closed 2026' search found nothing newer than a 2018 fire the bar fully recovered from. Checked Nov 2026.

Photo: The Dead Rabbit, from their website.

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