Best Make-Out Bars In New York: HuffPost Editors' Picks

In light of certain approaching holidays, we decided to ask our coworkers where they thought the best make-out bars in New York were, and we cobbled together this list out of our scientific survey.

What constitutes a good make-out bar, you ask? We follow a few criteria.

Is it somewhere good for meeting someone to make out with?
Yes, sure.

Is it somewhere good for making out with someone you already know?
Sure it is! But why make out in a bar with someone you already know?

That's it. Some people like darkness and privacy, some require open spaces, others need to be enveloped by feathered burlesque dancers. But the most important finding of our office survey: if you've ever wanted to make out with a HuffPoster, just go to Union Pool.

So! Browse our list, and add your own suggestions and anecdotes in the comments, below.

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[jettajedi42]

07:24 PM on 02/14/2012

I'm sorry HP but did you say the Subway Inn is a good make out spot??? Really? Ha! I guess you would have included Mars Bar if they were still open. Pathetic.

[Syracuse HouseParties]

08:40 AM on 02/14/2012

LOL if you want to find a bar you can make out at just check out Fiestafrog.com lol. You can where the college students are going out that night or you can just find out whats the best bar special. http://www.FiestaFrog.com

[ennui the third]

01:21 PM on 02/12/2012

Another reason why manhattan is really so dumb.

[Trilby]

10:45 AM on 02/12/2012

A make-out bar? Seriously? That's even a thing? Sh*t like this makes me glad I'm old.

[DavidEvan]

10:12 AM on 02/12/2012

There's something sad about this to me. Maybe I'm just an old fashioned romantic.

[rlpl02]

07:43 AM on 02/12/2012

That story reminds me of a Law and Order episode where a lady killed someone who had proof of her trist in a place like that and now that she was older and had a kid she did not want that surfacing.

I think its interesting that they put " if you've ever wanted to make out with a HuffPoster, just go to Union Pool" in the story because now the quality of the writing makes sense. They're probably writing or copying between moans and changing condoms. Journalism at its finest, no doubt.

[Lisa Hamner]

07:22 AM on 02/12/2012

I LOVE the Subway Inn. I used to work around the corner and it is the grossest little hole in the wall that time forgot. Really cheap drinks, good jukebox and great bartenders. I once saw a, um- I am trying to put this correctly: I saw a small person, a miniature man help himself to at least 50 of the free condoms at the front door. I would not ever consider making out with anyone HERE, but the sight of that small, dirty man stepping out of that bar with so much positivity in his hands gives me hope for myself. Not that I am a small dirty man, but we all need hope that there is love out there.

[victorria]

07:10 AM on 02/12/2012

the idea of making out w/an appealing stranger [ the low lighting plays a Big part in just 'how appealing' said stranger may be ] may be alluring to some --that is those that have a teenagers point of view. in spite of what my adult kids believe, i can actually remember high school and the boy/girl happenings.

but as an adult, i can't ignore some Absolute facts such as: can any one spell 'STD'?

and the attitude of 'well he/she is a real stranger and we will never see each other again' well, the odds aren't always 'for' us. the next time you go to an important job interview, and There They Are -- on the other side of the desk is the Stranger. or the new family moving in next door to you....you get my drift.

so those that enjoy the make-out places and believe in true anomynimity are mentally impaired -- they are still in 'high school'.

however, going there to meet up with your boy/girlfriend/spouse could be a blast!! dress up as mysterious and 'strange' as you can, then arrive separately, gradually 'notice' each other, initially not attracted to each other, and then etc., etc., ETC.

now That could be fun [and safe, too].

[mooch206]

07:09 AM on 02/12/2012

GROSS, seriously, it's like watching grandpop lay one on a young woman, eeewww.
We really don't need to see a close up of this.

[usmaels1]

02:29 AM on 02/12/2012

....''would you like to kiss me on the verenda?''....''No, the lips willbe fine''.....3 Amigos..remember that line by Chevy Chase?

[leachchild2012]

12:47 AM on 02/12/2012

HaHaHaHaHa!!!! Exact feeling!!! EEEEEEYYYUKKK

[leachchild2012]

12:45 AM on 02/12/2012

with bloomberg, I just put my finger in my own mouth eeeeeuuuuccchhh

[Johnnysmick]

12:43 AM on 02/12/2012

I just thru up a little in my mouth

[Carrie Titus]

12:22 AM on 02/12/2012

i love it

[redwingirish]

11:42 PM on 02/11/2012

Go to crawford kids in crawford texas!...Tell BUSHY-BOY to kiss your rosy red....nose!

[leachchild2012]

12:49 AM on 02/12/2012

& you go kiss Bloombergs! I'm sure press will love YOU!