Buffalo

Located in a former yoga studio on Lexington Avenue, Vera's antiquated décor and swanky cocktails (not to mention artisan pizza pies) make it a welcome alternative to Buffalo’s more divey nighttime offerings. Take a seat at the bar where waistcoated and mustached bartenders mix up libations like Neptune’s Trident, a potent mixture of dark spiced rum, Elderflower liqueur, house-made grenadine, coconut water and orange-spice bitters. The Blood and Sand, a blend of Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, Cherry Heering and fresh-squeezed orange juice, was invented in 1922 and two sips will take you back in time to Prohibition Days.