NYC First Date Spot Guide

15 Bars perfect to impress your date!

If you ask me, “where should I go for my 10th anniversary with my wife?” I won’t have a damn clue, but if you ask me “where should I go for a first date?” now that I have too many years of experience with! Here are my general rules for a first date, 1- I want it to just be drinks, don't get trapped into a never ending meal. 2- I want to make sure we can sit comfortably in an environment that isn’t completely dead, but has an energy to it. 3- It should be in a location easy for both of us! With that in mind, here is a list of all of my favorite spots to go on a first date. This is legit where I go, which is why they definitely lean heavy in Williamsburg spots, but a bunch in Manhattan too. 4- I want to make sure it’s a place Ill be comfortable at, so I do really want to go back to the same places over and over again, maybe it’s my anxiety, but I want to reduce as much stress as I can going into a date, so I can come off as best as I can.

Below is every spot with a brief description of why I like it, with each neighborhood highlighted, and a google map with every location. I apologize now to every past and future date that now knows I have probably been to that spot many times before with someone else…