Best Martini Bar - Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel
35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021
(212) 744-1600
An "old-school bar" with a lot of class at the Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side. There's live music (with cover after 9:30) and the murals on the wall are done by Ludwig Bemelmans (the author of the Madeline book series). They do various cocktails, with chatty barstaff - and a great "dark" location makes it a good date place too!
