Week of November 12 - 18

Bar Henry

Photograph: Jolie Ruben

Bar Henry
Cafe Henri owners Winston Kulok and Carole Bergman Kulok open this wine bar and American bistro in the brick-lined cellar that once housed Zinc Bar. Wine consultant John Slover (Cru, Blue Hill) has assembled a list of roughly 230 bottles of mostly old-world wines, which are broken into three sections: by-the-glass, market and reserve lists. To encourage tasting, drinkers can purchase half of any bottle on the market list—which, unlike the reserve selection, tends toward younger wines from lesser-known regions—for half price. Among the stiffer beverages are a series of cocktails named for Gotham’s famous Henrys, such as the Henry Hudson (rye and ginger ale), while the food menu covers standards like roasted chicken, steak and mushroom-barley soup. 90 W Houston St between La Guardia Pl and Thompson St (646-448-4559)

Traffic Bar & Lounge
The theme at this recently opened midtown sports bar is the traffic light: A trio of signature cocktails represent its three colors (a red Cosmo, a yellow cucumber lemonade and a green-apple martini). For game fans of any persuasion, 23 flat-screen TVs scattered throughout the modern bi-level space each show a different channel. 986 Second Ave between 52nd and 53rd Sts (212-813-1595)

Compiled by Daniel Gritzer

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