The Molly Pitcher Club is on 9th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, named after the Revolutionary War figure who, by most accounts, was exactly the kind of person who would have enjoyed a good drink after a battle. The bar makes the prohibition-era theme work through exposed brick and soft lighting rather than through the more aggressive nostalgia that sinks a lot of bars in this category.

The cocktail menu has enough range that you're not locked into rye and bitters all night, and the kitchen covers appetizers through entrees for anyone who wants food alongside the drinks. Tuesday through Thursday runs dinner hours only; Friday runs late, and the weekend brunch from eleven turns the space into something different that still holds the same character.

At under fifty seats it functions as a genuine neighborhood bar for Hell's Kitchen, which is not a neighborhood known for having enough of those. That local usefulness is what keeps it from feeling like a concept rather than a place.