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New York has no shortage of bars that sell specialty cocktails for $15 or more. But one establishment is going a step beyond and offering a whiskey dinner Wednesday for $500 a head.

The event at Midtown’s Bryant Park Grill will feature pourings of Van Winkle, the cult-favorite bourbon line that is produced in limited quantities by Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Distillery in partnership with the Van Winkle family. The list price of the most exclusive Van Winkle offerings, such as the 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle, can run $270 a…