Best Places For A Bloody Mary In New York

The classic Bloody Mary recipe probably dates back to the 1920s. It includes vodka, tomato juice, Tobasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, a celery stalk, lemon and maybe horseradish and an olive or two. Without the horseradish, you can enjoy a traditional Bloody Mary. Without the alcohol, you will be sipping a Virgin Mary.

Any bar or restaurant can make this simple cocktail. But, for a twist on the original recipe, here are bars and restaurants in the state that create a very unique Bloody Mary.

The Colonial in Binghamton

The Large & In Charge Bloody Marge actually is a meal. It is served with mozzarella sticks, a slider, shrimp, wings, grilled cheese and veggies.

Buttermilk Channel in Brooklyn

This is a southern-inspired restaurant located in the Carroll Gardens section of the borough. The owners provide three versions of a Bloody Mary along with the classic. The Star of the Sea cocktail comes with celery and peppercorn-infused vodka. It is served with an oyster. Another version is made with whiskey topped with stout.

Trattoria Aroma in Buffalo

A Bloody Mary menu is offered every Sunday. Options include the Aroma Mary, the Buffalo Bloody and the Hail Caesar. The Ragin’ Cajun blends clamato, fire roasted pepper and old bay seasoning topped with shrimp, olives, celery and lemon. A Slim Jim tops it off.

Nick & Toni’s in East Hampton

This restaurant’s Bloody Board is available on Sundays until Memorial Day, when brunch service is suspended for the summer season. Pick and choose to make a unique Bloody Mary. Choice of vodka, a carafe of mix and glasses filled with garnishes such as pickled fiddlehead ferns and cherry bomb peppers.

Hammo’s Pub & Lodge in Hensonville

This place is hidden in a small town near the Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain ski areas. It offers an unbelievably delicious Bloody Mary and raw shrimp to top it off.

Cottage Cafe in Lake Placid

On Mirror Lake, this is the place to build a unique and delicious Bloody Mary. Here are some of the possibilities –

Alcohol: Ketel One, Belvedere, Bulleit Bourbon, Titos, Grey Goose, Stoli Cucumber, Deleon Platinum Tequila and Ardberg 10 Year.

Garnishes: celery, pickle, Spanish olives, spicy olives and spicy pickles.

Nostalgia Ale House & Wine Bar in Malta

The Sunday brunch menu includes a Bloody Mary Shrimp Cocktail. It is served with three shrimp soaking in the drink along with stuffed green olives.

Dirt Candy in Manhattan

The Bloody Carrie consists of grilled carrot juice, tomato, smoked habanero hot sauce, tequila and mezcal. It is served with a guajillo chili salt rim and pickles, carrots and tomatoes. The Jealous Mary is made with green tomato, kale juice, green Tabasco, vodka and garnished with pickled green tomatoes.

Sadelle’s in Manhattan

Located in the Soho district, this restaurant uses pickle juice. The drink is garnished with cornichons, celery and cherry tomatoes.

American Beauty Bistro in Massapequa

“The Ultimate” Bloody Mary in this community on the south shore of Long Island is topped with bacon strips and shrimp garnish. Customers can add straws of meat and consider the entire drink as brunch.

Phoenicia Diner in Phoenicia

Phoenicia is a wonderful town in the Catskill Mountains. The diner is known for its breakfast dishes and the morning meal can be juiced with its version of the Bloody Mary. Peace Vodka is distilled with pure Catskill mountain water, and that water is refreshing year-round.

Empire Brewing Company in Syracuse

Grabbing a beer is the natural instinct at a brewery, but consider this restaurant’s Bloody Mary drinks. The featured star on one version of the cocktail is red snapper.

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Mike Virgintino is the author of Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History, the story about America's theme park located in The Bronx. Published by Theme Park Press, it can be found on Amazon, eBay and Goodreads.