BAR GOTO

Bar Goto is an award-winning cocktail bar on the Lower East Side at 245 Eldridge Street, where owner Kenta Goto infuses modern cocktails with playful Japanese influences. Drawing expertise from years at World's 50 Best Bars regular Pegu Club, Goto crafts drinks featuring distinctive flavors of matcha, sake, and shochu alongside Japanese comfort food including spicy miso sauces and okonomiyaki. The intimate 30-seat space exudes understated elegance with amber lighting, dark walls, and wooden fixtures. Operating walk-in only with happy hour specials from 5pm-6pm daily, Bar Goto is open Tuesday through Sunday from 5pm onward, offering a refined yet approachable drinking destination.