The Speaky Trail

Night Runs / New York, New York

Below Fourteenth

Manhattan — five stops under 14th Street

The canonical crawl: the room that started the revival, the room with no menu, and the room that has been pouring since Prohibition. Walkable, sequential, unforgiving.

5 stops · about 5 hours

  1. 1Please Don't Tell

    East Village · New York, NY

    Call at three sharp for the booth. Order the Benton's Old Fashioned and nothing else.

    Order: Benton's Old Fashioned

  2. 2Angel's Share

    East Village · New York, NY

    Read the rules, sit down, stay quiet. Watch the stirring.

    Order: Shiso-leaf gimlet

  3. 3Attaboy

    Lower East Side · New York, NY

    No menu. Say "something long and bitter" and mean it.

    Order: Bartender's choice — no menu

  4. 4The Back Room

    Lower East Side · New York, NY

    The alley, the iron stairs, the teacups. This is the oldest room on the run.

    Order: Whiskey served in a teacup

  5. 5Little Branch

    West Village · New York, NY

    Downstairs, late, with a trio. A Gin Rickey and the walk home.

    Order: Gin Rickey