Cornelius
Prices
Average drink: $10.
AmEx, MC, V.
Description
The sumptuous dark-wood aesthetic, collection of costly spirits and classed-up grub make the tremendous value found at Corneliuss tile-topped bar come as a pleasant surprise. Weekday happy hours featuring discounted drafts (try Kelsos orange-kissed St. Gowanus Belgian ale) and one-buck oysters are popular. But the real draw here is the 200-plus library of boutique liquors. The drink menus omission of descriptions can be maddening, but the bartenders will eagerly offer input or mix dead-on cocktails like the warming bourbon-and-bitters Steamboata maple-syrup-spiked riff on the Manhattan.
Hours
Mon–Fri 5pm–2am; Sat, Sun 3pm–2am.