🍸 NYC | Drank 8 Cocktails and Still Didn't Want to Leave 🍸

Hancy's Glass Chronicles Vol.4 | 📍Bar Contra - Where Every Drink is Dangerously Good Went in planning just "a light bite with some drinks" - after all, this spot used to be Michelin-starred Contra! But the moment our first round arrived, food became an afterthought. Ended up drinking 8 cocktails between two people - got "politely relocated" from our table to the bar... and kept going. 🥴 Not a single miss all night: 🧂 Saltair - Salty plum done right, served with a tiny beer chaser. Genius pairing! 🥤 Piscola - Smooth with a bitter kiss - like your most interesting friend in liquid form 🍓 Fantasy Island - Strawberry jam meets tomato juice with a smoky whisper. Weird? Yes. Delicious? Absolutely. 🍸 R&D rye whiskey + damson plum - Fruit sweetness tames the whiskey's bite. Nod-of-approval good. 🍊 Candarin Orange - Floral tequila martini that's crisp as a fresh sheet 🥃 SLY Stone - My order that became "I need one too" - salty, citrusy, fermented perfection 🥂 The Dropoff - Our "we've been moved to the bar" nightcap 🍽 Food Report: Prawns/wings/tomatoes/mushroom tart - Ambitious plating, underwhelming flavors 🍨 Potato Ice Cream Sundae - The shocking MVP! Light, subtly sweet with blueberry jam Honestly? Should've eaten at Spicy Village in Chinatown first, then spent all our money here on drinks. 💡 The Kicker: Bar Contra's cocktail program is helmed by Dave Arnold (of Liquid Intelligence fame). Suddenly those perfect drinks make sense! ✅ Final Verdict: Not where you go to eat, but absolutely where you go to drink. That rare bar where the bartenders are geniuses and the kitchen... tried its best? Left grinning like fools saying "Every. Single. Drink." while happily standing at the bar. #CocktailHeaven #HiddenGems #NYCNightlife #MixologyMagic #LiquidArt #NYCBars