Where and how to warm up in New York this winter: top 10 city bars with cool cocktails

We drink ice martinis and soft drinks all year round. But there is something especially festive about hot cocktails, because they are associated with winter and Christmas. Edition Time-out told where this season you can try the best hot cocktails in New York.

1. The honey well

The underground Honey Well bar is especially cozy at this time of year, and some of its warmth comes from hot cocktails. His Hot Thotty is a drink made with lemon juice, agave, hibiscus, bourbon, cinnamon and orange. For serving, add a cinnamon stick or lemon wedges to the drink.

2. Leland Eating and Drinking House

In one of best restaurants in New York - Leland Eating and Drinking House - this season there are four types of hot drinks:

• hot cider with chili peppers;
• Mexican hot chocolate;
• mulled wine;
• cafe en fuego.

3. Dante Alighieri

The renowned “Dante” appears frequently on local national and international bar charts. It is also known for its many delicious drinks, including negronis, martinis and hot cocktails. We are partial to hot buttered rum, amontillado and English tea.

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4. Good judy

Good Judy offers a choice of two hot cocktails this season: hot cider with bourbon or rum, flavored with cardamom, allspice, cinnamon and cloves; and Hot Toddy with bourbon or rum, homemade honey syrup, lemon and cloves. Sip them at the ground floor bar, piano lounge, or patio before it gets too cold.

5. Legend

The Hot Zombie cocktail has rum, passion fruit, honey, lemon and absinthe. Drink it in the hall if you find a place in a popular establishment. Or get some fresh air in one of its two open spaces. Leyenda will add more warming cocktails to the menu on December 1st.

6. Sweet afton

Sweet Afton is one of the best bars in Astoria. It offers hot mulled wine with bourbon, spiced rum or apple brandy. The bar's interesting roof design makes it feel like you are sitting outdoors while enjoying a warm environment.

7. Dead Rabbit

Of course, one of the most visited Irish bars in New York offers excellent Irish coffee. Here he is especially adorable. World renowned Irish coffee from Dead Rabbit is a blend of java, Demerara sugar, whiskey and fresh whipped cream.

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8. Hütte (the establishment does not have a website, tel. 6469810764)

The ever-changing backyard design of the Schaller & Weber Hotel on the Upper East Side has reopened hot drink season since Thursday 4 November. The hotel is now a winter ski lodge. Hütte offers two varieties of mulled wine for the occasion.

• red mulled wine with anise, cinnamon and cloves;
• white mulled wine with cloves, orange, apple and anise.

9. Gansevoort Meatpacking

The newly refurbished Gansevoort Meatpacking in western Manhattan has an updated look and a new warming drink on the menu. Take it Outside is made with mescal, triple sec, chai tea, oat milk and agave syrup. It is served in a tall mug that is pleasant to hold in your hands in cold weather.

10. The Bar Downstairs and Kitchen

The Speakeasy-style restaurant and bar have recently opened under the Andaz Hotel. There is already a new cocktail on his menu. Based on Mexican hot chocolate, The Fellow contains tequila, or mezcal, and Chilean liqueur. Homemade cocoa mixture and frothed oat milk and a little mint are added to the cocktail.