Keens

Keens

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72 W 36th St.
New York
NY
10018
Midtown
(212) 947-3636

Keens is cool - really cool. So cool that most patrons come for the after-work drinks and skip the chops. But, if you actually make it to a table or a private group room you will find that the drinks are mixed to perfection and the steaks are cooked to divinity. Think of it: the Bachelor can hobnob with New York’s cosmopolitan professionals - of which many are characteristically quite attractive and ready to mingle - then come back down to earth with a glass of vino and an awesome slab of beef. Is this heaven? No, it’s midtown.

The bar is known for mixing one of the best Manhattans in all of, well... Manhattan.

The Good: 
Keens has been around for over a century. That’s, like, older than your grandparents! They know what they’re doing.
The Bad: 
There are better steaks in New York City, but Esquire’s list of the best bars in America is short, and Keens is on it.
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Price: $$$$

Signature dish: The prime rib is Keens’ most famous dish, but the mutton chop is the meal that will make this meal go down as legendary. Mutton: dinner for real men.

Attire: Jeans and a collar shirt. T-shirts not recommended, but jackets not required.

Vibe: Somewhere between high-end fancy-schmancy and dive bar. You choose.

What’s next?: Top of the Strand, Brendan’s Bar + Grill, lobby bar at The Ace Hotel (no lobby in America is cooler), 230 Fifth Rooftop, karaoke in Little Korea, NY Health Spa (look it up).