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The Vault at Pfaffs: What's better than drinking with the likes of literary superstars like Walt Whitman, Ada Clare and Mark Twain? Drinking their delicious namesake cocktails at their age-old regular night spot, The Vault at Pfaff's. Try Twain's Thyme (rum, house-made falernum, fresh lemon and lime juice, and fresh thyme, $16), while you are transported back in time by the ambiance of this 150-year-old bar. Reserve the Fieldstone room next to the aged wall holding up this underground speakeasy for some privacy, or relax with the dapper, if not overly posh, clientele on handmade sofas and chairs. Order off the newspaper-printed menu, rife with historic tidbits like the unfinished poem Whitman wrote about the bar, and pair any one of top-quality wines or spirits with duck sliders ($14) or truffle mac 'n cheese ($12). However you spend your night at Pfaff's, you're sure to make the ghosts of one-time New York socialites proud, and work toward being a modern-day socialite yourself.
Reviewed: 4/30/2011
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