A sparkling jazz joint from Sunday to Wednesday, the subterranean hideaway (watch your step while descending) features some of the most inventive cocktails in New York. Owned by the same obsessive mixologist who brought Milk & Honey to the cocktail-obsessed throngs of upper echelon Manhattan, Little Branch features a similar cocktail menu – polished renditions of high-octane classics with the freshest of juices, made more special by hand-cut ice. The punches are potent, mojitos marvelous, caiprinhas killer, and daiquiris surprisingly subtle. Little Branch’s bar staff is trained to the hilt and smartly dressed – but be sure not to snap their suspenders while they shake your Manhattan.