Sick of your ol’ faithful vodka tonic? Don’t you wish somehow, somewhere someone would create specialty cocktails with fresh and innovative ingredients that were customized to your tastebuds? Mixmaster Sasha Petraske has got you covered with his array of underground posh drinkeries across Manhattan. At Little Branch, his more relaxed speak-easy, Petraske combines traditional rules like decorum and composure with the notion that the customer is always right. Pick your poison at Little Branch and be presented with a veritable encyclopedia of drinks and flavors that can be paired with your liquor of choice. Don’t like anything on the gigantic menu? Resident mixmasters will customize your beverage until you are left satisfied. Still not impressed? Petraske has his staff consistently dapper in suspenders and crisp oxford shirts and has them there hours before opening to squeeze fresh lime juice and chill glasses to make sure each cocktail is served up just right.

GetWize: Like some jazz with your gin? Little Branch features jazz performers on Sunday through Thursday at 10pm playing styles of jazz that range from traditional to South American.