Being at Backbar feels like you’re hanging out in a garage converted into a living room, except instead of being some shitty man cave it’s a great bar. The mixology-intensive team offers a seasonal menu of classics, moderns, and mocktails — this summer includes the Suffering Venture Swizzle with rum, arrack, mole bitters, and wine and the Bananakin Skywalker, an unlikely combo of Scotch, bananas, citrus, and maple that avoids easy prequel jokes by not being served in a jar (let that sink in). Drinks come together with fat-washed spirits, homemade brines and shrubs, and house-infused everything, but make no mistake: This is a high-end cocktail bar for people who don’t want to feel like they’re in a high-end cocktail bar, a place that keeps the inventive spirits without losing sight of the fact that cocktails are meant to help you wind down.