Phoenix

This incredibly swinging bar always has great beers on tap, songs on the jukebox, and hotties wandering around the pool table. Check it out!

Pieces

Over ten years in business, Pieces features individual performers, special events, Karaoke sing-a-longs, costume contests, pool tournaments, body contests, fund raising events, the almost world famous annual event "the 12 Drags of Christmas" and many more events.

The Eagle

While it isn't the original article—what is in this city?—the second iteration of The Eagle, New York's premiere leather bar, continues the tradition of having the hottest men, the greatest atmosphere, and the assless-est chaps. Perennial cruising underscores a calendar of themed...

The Monster

A friendly street-level piano bar with a weird mirrored staircase leading to a late-night dance floor for the writhe-worthy patrons.

Eastern Bloc

The Soviet Union lives on—or has been revived, at least—at the former Wonder Bar. A smallish temple of cameraderie, or should we say comrade-rie?

The Duplex

Over 50 years on the spot, and at the epicenter of historic Stonewall, the Duplex is both piano bar and cabaret. Whether a happy hour drink or an evening show, the Duplex has something for everyone, and at rather reasonable prices.

Barrage

Friendly and approachable gay crowd, minus the attitude of Chelsea bars. Happy hour cruising and striking decor. It's the place where Hell's Kitchen meets the sexy biz-class Europeans and midtown-smitten tourists waiting for layovers to begin and end.

Barracuda

Barracuda remains a perennial Chelsea favorite, not least due to its continuously-changing decor. A long sleek bar gives way to a lounge with pool table at back, and drag shows are offered five nights weekly (Sundays through Thursdays). The shows feature incredible talent, and fr...

Therapy Bar

A really luxe two-story bar with hip decor and tranquil blonde wood, lots of cuties from Midtown and beyond hang out here for happy hour, exciting therapeutic cocktails and the evening shows. Favorite cutie Scott Nevins hosts a variety of events, and beloved drag queen divas make...

Vlada

In this sleek and stylish space you'll find a great crowd, plus a really cool frozen-ice bar that makes you want to try one or more of the various vodka concoctions you'll see above the bar. What's prettier here—the crowd or the drinks? Tough to say.

Cubbyhole

Tremendously fun place in the West Village with hundreds of crazy props hanging from the ceiling. Aside from their city-wide renown for being both the best lesbian bar and the best neighborhood bar, they also offer the Sunday Drunch, which is billed as the "drunkest Sunday b...

Marie's Crisis Cafe

New York' original piano bar; there's always a song being sung aloud here.

Metropolitan

It would figure that Williamsburg's premiere gay bar would have only a MySpace page as its website—ah, the ironic retro internet—and this award-winning gay and lesbian oriented bar is one of the most popular in the borough, even moreso during the warm weather months due to its am...

G Lounge

Great music, nice atmosphere and that cool round bar make G a perennial favorite in Chelsea. Weekday happy hour specials and weekend crowds pack the place.

Posh

A great Hell's Kitchen location plus winning crowd and no attitude make this a super GLBT destination.

The Cock

With The Urge out of business—the two used to sit in adjacent spaces—The Cock has risen to become the undisputed, filthiest temple of sleaze the East Village has to offer, featuring a variety of DJs blasting everything under the sun, sometimes projecting video over its small stag...

Secret Lounge

Smallish space that is supposed to evade public notice while doling out house music.

XES Bar/Lounge

A relative newcomer to the Chelsea scene, XES has both a bar and lounge area, as well as crucial backyard patio for outdoor drinking and smoking. With happy hour specials, free evening shows (think drag) and an exceptionally friendly staff, it's a nice neighborhood place to hang ...

The Abbey

Gym Bar

It might seem like an oxymoron, but this new sports bar in Chelsea does attract a large gay crowd to watch its big flat-screen TVs and each other. With simple bare-brick walls, a variety of beers on tap, and a smoking area outside, happy hour and drink specials keep them coming ...

Stonewall Inn

Townhouse

We've been to scary gay bars all over the world, and unless you're a lover of show tunes, a sugar daddy, or looking for a sugar daddy, chances are you'll find the Townhouse a tad frightening. On the other hand, if you show up already drunk you'll have a fine time.

Westside Tavern

Popular Chelsea watering hole.