a good bar would have a lot of beers on tap, quite a few in the bottle domestic and imported.

a very good juke box

bartenders with low cut shirts.

very little food were talking best pubs/bars not chain restaurants.

a good selection of hard liquor

in New York city coyote ugly is the best bar. there are some in midtown like the pignwhistle.
in the suburbs sutters mill a great bar, Irelands, shamrocks, chugging Rhino
these are great bars.