"The Waiting Room: Tom & Jerry’s The Back-Up Plan: Botanica Bar While you mentally prepare yourself for the several-hundred-dollar bill you're going to receive after a dinner at Torrisi, might we suggest a relatively affordable drink at Tom & Jerry’s? It’s 0.1 miles away from the Italian-ish Nolita hotspot, and it’s just sort of unremarkable in the best way. Bring cash and stick to beer at a table underneath a taxidermied deer head. Or, if you’re more of a frozen margarita person, try Botanica Bar—the frozen drinks are $11, and house cocktails are $12. " - willa moore
Kate Previte