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The Best NYC Bars Where You Can Dance
15 spots where you can practice those dance moves you learned from YouTube.
20 Great LGBTQ Bars In NYC
Some of the greatest LGBTQ bars, and bars with LGBTQ nights, across the city.
The “Where Are People Going Out Now?” Guide
12 spots where you’ll want to hang out past your usual bedtime.
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Please Tell Me
Please Tell Me is a tiny bar in Williamsburg where you can catch a DJ playing hip hop and eat some crispy wings.
Hart Bar
The best part of this bar is the basement, where you can catch local artists and dance until 4am on weekends.
Danger Danger
As the zebra print carpet suggests, Danger Danger is fun, quirky, and perfect for late nights in Bushwick.
The Red Pavilion
With live music and performances, this Chinese teahouse and nightclub in Bushwick feels like a saloon in 1920s Shanghai.
20 Great LGBTQ Bars In NYC
Some of the greatest LGBTQ bars, and bars with LGBTQ nights, across the city.
Outer Heaven
Outer Heaven is a little club on the Lower East Side where you can dance to electronic music, get bottle service, and play a few vintage arcade games.
The Last Call
At The Last Call in Williamsburg you can eat yakitori and join a dance party underneath a disco ball.
Maison Close
At this French restaurant in Soho, you can have a fun night out at one of their raucous cabaret parties. Just don't bother coming in for the food.
La Noxe
A speakeasy hidden in a Chelsea subway station, La Noxe is a nice little spot for some low-key drinks. After 10:30pm, it turns into a party.
The Best NYC Bars Where You Can Dance
15 spots where you can practice those dance moves you learned from YouTube.
Wiggle Room
At Wiggle Room in the East Village, you can go back and forth between the chill bar area upstairs and the lively dance floor in the basement.
Republica
Republica is a three-story Dominican restaurant and bar on Dyckman where you can have a rooftop dinner or party until 4am.
Studio 151
Studio 151 is an East Village speakeasy serving late-night sushi with a four-seat omakase bar.
Somewhere Nowhere
Somewhere Nowhere is an indoor lounge and open-air rooftop designed with a magic-garden feel in mind. If you stop by before bottle service starts, it won't feel too clubby.
Cafe Balearica
Cafe Balearica is a two-story spot in Williamsburg with a casual cocktail bar on the ground floor and a club-like space in the basement where you can dance beneath a disco ball.
Ding-A-Ling
Ding-A-Ling is an East Village cocktail bar with a '70s theme, a late-night scene, and a small food menu with a few different hot dogs.
HaSalon
HaSalon is a party restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen where you can dance on tables after eating enjoyable but very expensive Israeli food.
Lagos Restaurant And Lounge
Lagos Restaurant and Lounge is a Midtown Nigerian restaurant with a lively atmosphere and great food.
Festac Grill
Festac Grill in Cypress Hills is a West African restaurant known for classic Nigerian dishes.
“I Just Want To F*cking Dance”
The usual suspects of dance-friendly bars and clubs in New York City, plus new spots you might not know about yet.
All Night Skate
All Night Skate by the Chauncey J train stop in Bed-Stuy will steal anyone’s heart who is fond of nostalgia, neon, and strong Painkillers.
Zona De Cuba
This Caribbean rooftop spot in the South Bronx has live salsa, palm trees and chandeliers, and a booth made from the back of an old-school Chevy.
La Fonda Boricua
La Fonda Boricua has been a staple of the Puerto Rican community in East Harlem since the 1990s, and they make some fantastic shrimp mofongo.
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Heaven or Las Vegas is a bar in Bushwick with a dance floor, lots of neon, and a bunch of stuffed animals hanging from the ceiling.
The Stumble Inn
When you want to feel like an undergrad and watch sports on the Upper East Side, head to The Stumble Inn.