Undeniably good cocktails - especially the Irish c...

Undeniably good cocktails - especially the Irish coffee. They also have a pretty good happy hour; maybe even the best happy hour oysters south of Upstate. The food is not as good but still better than you might expect. Whether it's small plates to accompany the drinks or a full meal, there is a decent selection of food and most of it is pretty good. However, the flip side is that everything outside of HH is pretty expensive ($15 standard NYC cocktail +). Also, after being featured as one of the 'best bars in America', they got too cool for school. From the need for reservations for a table to the pointless velvet rope (even when the upstairs is empty), its recent pretension has taken some of the fun out of it.