1. The Beatrice Inn: Against all odds (including a recent community board mutiny), this West Village sin bin is not over yet — and still has the best Dark and Stormies ($12) for your money. Kate Moss dance-floor grind-downs at no extra charge.
2. Depending on whether bankers prefer to drown their sorrows or save whatever's left for an even rainier day, The Libertine — a newly minted bar in the Gild Hall hotel just around the corner from Wall Street — has either really good or really bad timing.
3. This month, the team behind The Spotted Pig gets its sea legs with the John Dory, a fish restaurant with everything from char-grilled squid to the eponymous Dory.
4. '21' has already shrunk its lunch menu to reflect the slimmer times and its mahogany bar to fit more tables. If the $34 wild turkey sandwich is still too expensive, here's a concept: one martini, you lush.
