New York’s Best Dark

and Stormy’s

By Maria Haymandou

What’s in a “dark and stormy”?

Dark rum!Ginger beer!Lime juice

The Rum House

• Gosling’s Black Seal rum, ginger beer and lime!

• Features nightly live jazz music

228 W 47th St

Smith & Mills

• A bar with a Bauhaus-inspired interior!

• A delicious dark and stormy with muddled ginger and fresh lime juice

71 N Moore St

Botanica Bar

• A dark, stylish LES spot with excellent happy hour deals and artful cocktails!

• Dark and stormy’s use fresh ginger paste and only cost $8 during happy hour

47 E Houston St

Blueprint

• A cocktail bar in the space of a former Thai restaurant !

• There are nine creative cocktails, including an expertly crafted dark and stormy

196 5th Ave (Brooklyn)

Battery Harris• A Caribbean-

inspired restaurant and bar with a transporting beachy decor!

• Offers both a frozen version of a dark and stormy and the classic version on the rocks

64 Frost St (Brooklyn)

Glady’s

• A Caribbean spot with exceptional jerk chicken and a fantastic cocktail menu!

• Frozen dark and stormy’s churned in-house

788 Franklin Ave (Brooklyn)

Solomon and Kuff

• A Harlem restaurant and rum bar that serves over 100 international varieties of rum!

• Their dark and stormy uses two types of rum and house-made ginger beer

2331 12th Ave

Little Branch

An underground West Village speakeasy with a complete menu of intricate cocktails

22 7th Ave S

Miss Lily’s 7A Cafe

• Solid Jamaican-inspired dishes like jerk ramen!

• Sells a frozen dark and stormy with organic ginger and a float of Black Seal rum

109 Avenue A

Réunion

• A tiki-inspired spot with a big yellow surfboard!

• A classic dark and stormy with Black Seal rum and spicy fresh ginger

357 W 44th St