This Manhattan bar strives to be the best bar in the Financial District

Located on the third floor of the Moxy NYC Downtown hotel, Recreation has made itself at home in the heart of the Financial District . The goal was to bring the fun to the traditional bar scene but also have an elevated cocktail and food experience for its patrons.

When you first walk into Recreation, you are greeted by Bubba, an 8-foot-tall bear who is often clad in pop culture regalia. As you explore the space, you not only find tons of seating, but also a half-court basketball hoop at regulation height, skeeball machines, a foosball machine, arcade-style games and board games.“We have a half-court hoop experience, which we also use as an untraditional kind of flex meeting space which gets booked quite often.

The bar also has Prosecco on draft to top off any Spritz-style drinks. Knudsen told amNewYork that the choices behind the cocktails on draft were driven almost entirely by the customer base. “Each Sunday we have an influencer that hosts a table at brunch, so it’s kind of a play on ‘under the influence’ both through New York’s taste-maker influencers but also it being very booze-forward with martini cocktail trees, mimosa towers, and a disco punch bowl that serves 4-6 people,” said Knudsen. “We brought in a real kind of playfulness with the food. In place of a bacon egg and cheese, we do a pork belly egg and cheese. We do a waffle and wings, which is a riff on chicken and waffles.

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