For the second year running, New York City's The Dead Rabbit has been ranked North America's best bar (and the world's second best) on the prestigious World's 50 Best Bars list.
In 2014, Business Insider named The Dead Rabbit the Best Bar In America, calling it "the place to be after work."
The Irish-American tavern is a well-kept secret of business folk working in the Financial District, though it draws a regular crowd of Irish tourists.
Owners Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry emigrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland, four years ago with dreams of opening a pub that reminded them of home. You won't find a neon Guinness sign in the window, nor are there shamrock lanyards around bartenders' necks.
The Dead Rabbit serves 145 varieties of Irish whiskey and 100% authenticity.
Buried in the sea of skyscrapers that make up New York's Financial District, a four-floor brick building on Water Street is home to the best bar in America: The Dead Rabbit.
It's an Irish tavern like few others. In New York, "a sports bar with a Guinness sign in the window calls itself Irish," one bubbly bartender tells me.
Dead Rabbit, which opened its doors just after Hurricane Sandy struck, tells the story of how the Irish integrated into New York in the 1800s. Its no-BS vibe radiates authenticity, from the sawdust on the floor to the stiff Irish whiskey punch ...
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