If you’re looking to get some drinking in New York, and find yourself in Chelsea, the Art Bar is a refreshing hang-out, serving pretense-free gin and tonic, draft beer, or Martini – at human prices, and drawing in a pleasant mix of tipplers who use honey more often than vinegar to get by you on their way to the bar. The front room, with its circular banquettes and classic everyman bar picks up in volume by mid-evening. So perhaps opt for the back room, with its low lighting, working fireplace, and flickering candles – plus a Pop Art “Last Supper” hanging on the wall – where you’ll be able to whisper sweet nothings and get dazed well into the night without a lot of traffic spoiling the mood.