3Steps (CLOSED)

Young professionals and first-daters gather at the butcher-block bar inside this subterranean Gramercy groggery. There, black-clad bartenders muddle fruity and herbed cocktails—like the citrus-mint martini and mellow cucumber Cosmo—to order. The cut-rate happy hour (Mon–Fri 5–9pm) finds drinks discounted to $4, fostering a loquacious, toasting crowd.