Milk and Honey

Bars, Taverns & Cocktail Lounges

The list of rules is posted in the bathroom and includes a ban on men wearing hats indoors, and a request that gentlemen not approach ladies with whom they didn't arrive. Ladies can request an introduction from the bartender if they so desire.

In years past, would-be guests had to work their connections to find the bar's unlisted (and constantly changing) phone number and address, then call no more than a day in advance for a reservation. In 2009, after a temporary shuttering, the number was made available (though reservations are still required).

Though freshly relocated to a “hard-to-spot” Flatiron address, this pioneer of the speakeasy movement still showcases “incredible mixologists” crafting “out-of-this-world” bespoke cocktails “to your taste and preferences”; the new digs are roomier but still “dim” and “intimate”, with snug back booths where “you feel like you’re the only people in the joint.”

A bar that acts like a speakeasy? You need an appointment to get in? The door is unmarked? Well, at first the rumors swirled around fashionable Milk and Honey, but once the press covered it, the secret was out: This is an enjoyable place, with admirable service and phenonmenal drinks. But since everyone seemingly knows about it now, what's the big secret? We won't tell! At list we're giving you...

Sasha's not-so-secret secret spot. (It wasn't a secret when that girl on the PATH train knew about it, and it's not secret now that it's gone legit and moved to the Flatiron.) Read the rules. Do not ask the ladies for digits. Email for reservations into this promised land. The reward for all the hoop jumping? Impeccable atmosphere, succulent strawberries in honey, and quite possibly the city's...

Once buzzed through the unmarked door of this ""tailor shop,"" the lucky few enter a sanctum of hushed reverence. The dimly lit space, which feels trapped in time, has several deep, cozy banquettes...

Milk & Honey opened in New York in January 2000 and is located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Entrance is by referral and appointment only. Many New Yorkers assume that M&H is an urban myth but access is easy for London members seven nights a week until 4am.