Superbueno

"This Mexican cocktail bar is run by a former employee of Ghost Donkey, a popular bar in the East Village that closed during the pandemic. The bar stays open until 2 a.m. or later every night with a rowdy crowd that chases mezcal shots with beef consommé. Cocktails, like a green mango martini and a mole negroni, start at around $20." - Eater Staff

"While it might not technically rehydrate you, Superbueno’s smoky, salty, pineapple smoothie-like Adobada Bam Bam is an exceptionally thirst-quenching drink. Spiked with mezcal, falernum, and adobada spices it definitely feels like you’re replacing electrolytes with every sip, as you glow under the neon lights and luchador masks of this high-energy East Village bar." - will hartman, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick

"Superbueno in New York’s East Village offers a salted plum and tamarind milk punch created by owner Ignacio “Nacho” Jimenez, who uses sugarcane-based charanda and ayuuk, plum and tamarind syrup, floral lojana tea, lemon, and milk. The mixture is strained four times and sprinkled with salt, resulting in a light vermillion cocktail that is just a hair hazier than a glass of ice-cold water." - BySam Stone

"This Mexican American cocktail destination on a busy corner of Manhattan's East Village always feels like a party. Its warm energy and creative drinks are hallmarks of co-owner Ignacio "Nacho" Jimenez, formerly of ground-breaking agave bar Ghost Donkey. Its tables and barstools are almost always packed with local loyalists, cocktail nerds, well-dressed people on second dates, and raucous groups whose happy hours inevitably turn into late nights. The free-wheeling drinks menu has a culinary bent and includes everything from a mezcal margarita and green mango martini to a large-format tepache cocktail made with shochu, yuzu, and chile de Arbol. Non-alcoholic drinks, like the guajillo-infused Chamoy y Soda, are similarly impressive, as is the bar food (Ensada-style fish tacos, potato flautas, and a crowd-pleasing birria grilled cheese to name a few.)" - Emily Saladino, Devra Ferst

"You will inevitably drink more than two cocktails at this Mexican-American bar on 1st and 1st. That’s OK, the party version of yourself will fit right in with the rest of the crowd, who all seem to be celebrating something. The drinks are all a little unexpected and go down easy. Yes, there’s a margarita, but it’s creamy and made with huitlacoche. And there’s a martini, but it’s pleasantly sour from green mango. Squeeze in a birria grilled cheese to soak up the alcohol, and end your night with an orange-pink salted plum milk punch—it happens to match the fluorescent sunset lighting." - bryan kim, kenny yang, neha talreja, will hartman