Airport bars used to be dark and depressing places where you could to waste a few hours while your flight was delayed.  Nowadays, that's all changed.  Especially in New York.

Thrillist ranked the Best Airport bars in the United States with some of New York's airports taking the lead.

John F. Kennedy International airport has a beer garden in Terminal 2, LaGuardia has a Biergarten and a Wibar, while Newark Liberty International airport has a whiskey bar.

JFK -

Queens, NY
BRKLYN Beer Garden (Terminal 2)
From Laurent Tourondel, the chef behind the BLT Steak, BLT Prime, and the rest of the BLT empire, BRKLYN Beer Garden rounds up a strong (yet small) selection of some of New York state’s best beers, from Brooklyn Sorachi Ace to Sixpoint Righteous Ale, all of which pair up with the food menu that, fittingly, dips into both British pub food (fish + chips) and German beer garden eats. (There are so many sausages, so grab the trio to sample.)

LaGuardia -

Queens, NY
Biergarten (Terminal C)
The other Queens airport also has an impressive beer garden-style bar, this one courtesy of Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery’s brewmaster. The 24-tap draft list has a duo of Oliver’s own beers (Sorachi Ace and the flagship Lager), a handful of other local beers, like the Bronx Pale Ale, and a solid lineup from heavy hitters like Allagash and Anchor. 

Wibar (Terminal D)

Once you stuff your face with Pat LaFrieda burgers and Neapolitan pizzas from Jim Lahey at Crust, it only makes sense to go to this wine bar, where they’re pouring over 100 wines by the glass. Well, 101 actually. The list is by Master Sommelier Roger Dagorn (one of only 190 in the world!), and they use one of those fancy WineEmotion serving systems so you’re not watching a dude look through his wine fridge for your obscure Slovakian ice wine. Oh, and they do craft beers, if Slovakian ice wine (and 100 others) aren’t really your thing. 

Newark Liberty International -

Newark, NY
Proof Whiskey Bar (Terminal C)
While NYC area airports, by nature of their size and traffic, have always had better food and drink options than most of America’s, the vast Port Authority revamp has made Newark Liberty a place I'd be willing to go hangout at for fun for the night. Of the new boozy choices (Oeno Wine Bar, from a Momofuku alum also gets a nod), head to Terminal C’s Proof Whiskey Bar. 

These bars sound like great places to waste some time!

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