Michael McIlroy

Michael McIlroy is an Irish-born bartender and co-owner of Attaboy on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, which he opened with Sam Ross in 2013 in the former Milk & Honey space at 134 Eldridge Street. He began bartending in New York at Milk & Honey in 2005 under Sasha Petraske, and the pair later repurposed that space into Attaboy, a bar known for bespoke cocktails. McIlroy is also credited with creating the Greenpoint cocktail at Attaboy.