The Merry Hour
← New York Edition No. 03

Cocktail Trail · Citywide

The Five Borough Trail

$$$

First season

New York, NY

Merry Hour cocktails lined up at a Five Borough Trail stop in New York, each built to the same national spec
Merry Hour cocktails lined up at a Five Borough Trail stop in New York, each built to the same national spec

Why we pour here

One bar per borough, all five pouring the same exclusive weekly card, one very ambitious afternoon. Subway directions on the back.

Wildly overreaching and completely charming — five bartenders, one national spec, five different reads on it. Nobody finishes it in a day; almost everybody finishes it by January.

Find it

Starts at 25 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

DirectionsVenue site & reservations

Reservations are handled by the venue. The Merry Hour takes no bookings.

Elsewhere in New York

No. 01Bar

The Tinsel Parlor

This week's Merry Hour cocktail built to spec at The Tinsel Parlor in New York, served up with an expressed twist

Eight hundred square feet, eight seats at the stick, and the most exacting pour of this season's menu in Manhattan.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

Silver Rain$22

gin, dry vermouth, silver birch

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No. 02Restaurant

The Holly Oyster House

A Merry Hour cocktail served ice-cold on the marble raw bar at The Holly Oyster House in New York

A raw bar pouring this season's exclusive card beside a by-the-glass Champagne list that goes deeper than it has any right to.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

Cold Snap$20

vodka, oyster brine, dill

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No. 03Bar

Belfry & Bough

A hot Merry Hour cocktail served in a pre-heated glass mug at Belfry & Bough in Brooklyn

Brooklyn's hot-drinks specialists, and the only room in the Heights with this season's exclusive menu behind the bar.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

Vespers$17

rum, brown butter, cardamom

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