Wise Men in Noho.   (Photo: Thomas Prior for New York Magazine)

Wise Men
355 Bowery St., nr. Great Jones St.; 646-590-4244
Condé Nast heavies rub shoulders with the photographers and models whose destinies they control, as well as the bloggers who obsess about their every move, at Wise Men, a dimly lit den operated by photographer Danielle Levitt and S Magazine honcho Christina Chin. Memphis Group–inspired art designer Andy Harman used brash accents—like a single wall stickered to resemble the marbling of beef—in Wise Men’s aesthetic, but its greatest appeal is the basic-black tables, where, to LCD Soundsystem and New Order, groups of in-the-know night crawlers sip citrusy tequila cocktails ($12), chew on crab toast, and gossip about V magazine.