Copper Shaker

This is the rare late-night spot that takes the drink as seriously at midnight as it does at happy hour — the old fashioneds have hardware to prove it, and the back bar runs to roughly 200 whiskies plus a deep tequila and mezcal shelf. Go if you want a real craft cocktail (or a genuinely good plate of food) at an hour when most kitchens have long gone dark. Skip it if you're after a thumping dance-floor club or bottle service; this is a bartender's bar with a gastropub attached, not a nightclub, and the crowd leans toward people who actually read the menu.

A weeknight around 10 or 11pm — late enough that the after-dinner crowd has thinned, early enough that the bartenders have time to actually build you something off-menu, with the kitchen still open behind them.

Don't order off the list — tell the bartender a spirit you like and a flavor you're chasing, and let them raid the 700-label back bar. With an award-winning old fashioned program and 200 whiskies to pull from, the best drink of the night is the one they make up for you.

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