The New York Bar 50

The 50 Most Iconic Cocktail Bars in New York City.

The exterior of the Lobby Bar at the Hotel Chelsea.

Each February for the past two years on The Mix, I have indulged in a little experiment, drawing on my decades of experience as a Gotham barfly to tally New York’s most emblematic mixed drinks. I called it “The New York 50,” settling upon that figure as a nice round number. Gotham has so many famous ti…