Best Bar Food

Tapas and dinner items start coming out of the tiny kitchen at Harry's Bar & Tables at 4 p.m. -- which isn't too early to drink an Up All Night (raspberry vodka, Red Bull and a splash of cherry juice) or a Mercy Martini (Citron vodka, amaretto, orange juice, cranberry juice and a splash of triple sec). If you don't mind cigar and cigarette smoke (which gets heavier as the night gets later), there's nothing better than grabbing one of this bistro's black lacquered tables and making a meal out of a hummus duet (the red pepper version is addictive) and a delicate slice of beef tenderloin under a blanket of bubbling gorgonzola. An especially good chilled spinach-and-artichoke spread comes with Lavosh crackers and wedges of pita bread; the scampi is broiled in chiles, white wine and butter. A chocolate martini is one way to neatly cool off the palate after those spicy shrimp.