Best of Lounge 2014 - Winners

Lounger Number One 2014

 

The Loungerati have voted via Survey Monkey for the 2014 Best of Lounge Awards and the results are in:

Lounge Scene Awards 

Best Burlesque Act or Performer: A FIRST TIME TIE!!!! NEW YORK BURLESUE FESTIVAL - ANGIE PONTANI and WASSABUCCO 10TH ANNIVERSARY)

Honorable Mention: Drunken Dragon Festival at Macao Trading Co., The Return of the Slipper Room

 

Diane L. Naegel Award for Best Lounge or Vintage Event: THE SALON AT PLAYERS CLUB

Honorable Mention: Club Wit's Monthly Jazz Age Party at Flute, Jazz Age Picnic at Governor's Island

 

Viva La Musica Award for Best Jazz, Lounge, or Swing Band: MICHAEL ARENELLA AND THE DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Honorable Mention: Dandy Wellington and His Band, Terry Waldo - Piano Man

 

Most Sought After Ingredient for the Home Bar: GREEN SPOT IRISH SINGLE POT WHISKEY

Honorable Mention: Death and Company Cocktail Book, Amaro Montenegro

 

Best Dressed Lounger: EFF BLANGIARDO of Loungerati

Honorable Mention: Dandy Wellington (Song and Dance man), Queen Esther (Belle of the Ball)

 

Cocktail Bars and Lounges

Best New Cocktail Bar or Lounge: THE GILROY (New York)

Honorable mention:  The Happiest Hour (New York), Boilermaker (New York)

Best New York Cocktail Bar or Lounge: ATTABOY (New York)

Honorable Mention: Clover Club (Brooklyn), The Dead Rabbit (New York)

 

Best Barfood: TUNA TARTARE at CRIMSON AND RYE (New York)

Honorable Mention: Oyster Happy Hour at Dead Rabbit (New York), Chicken Soup at Employees Only (New York)

Best of the NY Hotel Bars: THE RUM HOUSE at EDISON HOTEL (New York)

Honorable Mention: Elephant Bar at NoMad Hotel (New York), Lantern's Keep at the Iroquois Hotel (New York)

 

David A. Embury Award for Best Cocktail of 2014: OLD OSCAR (Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Amaro Montenegro, Campari, Ancho Reyes, Aztec Chocolate Bitters)  by Francis Verrall for THE GILROY (New York)

Honorable Mention: The Man About Town at Crimson and Rye (New York), The Stinger at The Dead Rabbit (New York)

 

Editor and Staff Picks:

Best Seat in the House: Parlour Bar Seat at THE DEAD RABBIT (New York)

Honorable mention: Corner bar seat at The Gilroy (New York), Seat F12 (aka F14) at Clover Club (Brooklyn)

 

Best Cocktail for the Road: DARK AND BITTER (Victor King Dark Stout and Ramazzotti Amaro) BOILERMAKER (New York)

Honorable Mention: The Old Pal at The Gilroy (New York), The Irish Coffee at The Dead Rabbit (New York)

Best Saloon: BOILERMAKER (NEW YORK)

Honorable Mention: American Whiskey (New York), Hudson Malone (New York)

Best of the Internationals: ARTESIAN BAR at LANGHAM HOTEL (London)

Honorable Mention:  American Bar at the Savoy Hotel (London), Sherry Butt (Paris)

Best Dive aka "The Gutter Award": SUBWAY INN (New York)

Honorable Mention: Memory Motel (Montauk), American Trash (New York)

Don't Bruise the Ice Award for Best Ice Program: HAND CARVED ICE AT RARE BAR (TAICHUNG, TAIWAN)

Honorable Mention: The Dead Rabbit (New York), Sherry Butt (Paris)

 

Brian F. Paynter Award for Lounger Number One: EFF BLANGIARDO - A SICILIAN
Honorable Mention: Joe "Leisure Master" Desmond (Rhum Rhum Room), Bernie Courtines (Loungerati)