Three Steps, New York

Three Steps - As if warning the wobbling, dazed liquor loose customer on the way out the door not to forget the three steps outside they named this new cocktail lounge "3 Steps" and the signs all around the exit and tables have the look of warning signs if not simple advertisements. "Despite taking three steps down to enter, 3Steps is a step up from your typical Manhattan bar. This extraordinary cocktail lounge offers a much-needed reprieve from the ostentatious club scene. It's the cool, hip spot that the typical New Yorker-used to over-crowded nightclubs, pretentious party-goers and velvet-rope madness-has been craving. 3 Steps is an upscale, mellow spot where a perfect cocktail is the key to a perfect night. The trendy, successful young crowd it attracts rivals that of its meatpacking counterparts-without overpriced bottle service and oversized bouncers. New York's newest best-kept secret is relying on its speakeasy-like mystique to attract the subtly sophisticated patrons it craves-those who crave a spot where mixology, and not a guest list, is the most important part of the night." Watch out for three steps located at 322 2nd Ave on Manhattan's Upper East Side.