just read the holiday cocktail lounge closed : (
― buzza, Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:24 (twelve years ago) link
^OK, I missed that
now, Lakeside Lounge -- we'll be turning off the lights soon.
http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2012/apr/23/lakeside-lounge-closing-after16-years-east-village/
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
Are there any non-awful bars in midtown east? I just want something that isn't 100% divey/old-man but doesn't have that "Ooh, happy hour, let's get appletinis" vibe
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
does Kips Bay count? this place was Ok as of a few years ago.
http://www.paddyreillysmusicbar.us/
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
I went there recently. It's Irishy. Also there's liable to be music a lot of nights, since that place is "the home of Irish music in NYC." Which is a draw for me, but not for all.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
like what streets in Midtown East? I'm at 44th around Grand Central and most everything around here blows. generic Irish bars with $8 pints. best one is probably O'Neill's at 45th and 3rd, decent happy hour. Perfect Pint around the corner on 45th is ok, multi-level with an open air roof bar, always mobbed though. those are my usual picks if I go out after work around here but like I said the prices are ridic. I'm hoping someone has a good answer for you actually.
there's also a relatively new german beer garden upstairs on 3rd Ave but I haven't tried it yet. Hofbrau Bierhaus.
― dmr, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Hurting, 3rd Ave is chock-a-block with Irish bars?? Molly's is a good one.
xp dmr otm
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't mind Irish bars, it's the Midtown prices that blow
― dmr, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I guess Irish bars are ok. I'm near that Hofbrau Bierhaus, want to try.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
ari works around grand central and theres nothing that weve ever been able to find
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in the low 50s on third. Every work happy hour I've ever gone to in this area has been in a miserable place.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
just embrace your inner bro
― iatee, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just saying, Molly's makes what is arguably the best cheeseburger in NY and it comes with a side of mashed potatoes.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
molly's is also like 25 blocks from hurting's office tho.but yeah it's great. they have good wings too.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
hey guys guess who left his credit card at commonwealth and only remembered when he stepped out of the g at court sq
― iatee, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
NNNOOOOOOOOO oh Iatee. You should have closed out your tab with me!
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
I very much agree with that statement
― iatee, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
blauggghhhh
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
so yeah I went back, it ended up only being an hour of my life cause I got lucky w/ trains but the moment of realization was pretty horrible
― iatee, Monday, 23 April 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
:( whatta drag. at least you got it back asap and didnt' forget for like, two days or something.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
i like that Hot Bird now has a bbq restaurant attached to it. that is v convenient, even if their fries are kinda wack.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
do they make hot chicken?
― mizzell, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
no :(but the pulled pork & brisket & sausages are all good.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
they have BBQ chicken, i dont know if it qualifies as "hot"? its certainly warm
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
but yeah its decent BBQ and not too pricey and theyll take it over to you at hot bird if u tell em where youre seating
tbh now that they have food i dont know why id go to any other bar this summer
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
i see hanging out in our future.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
real talk
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
wish hot bird opened earlier than 4, would like to just post up there every afternoon for 7-8 hrs and let ppl call on me
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
not a bar (but byob restaurant) but i love this place in y'alls neighborhood: http://www.uminom.com/
― bene_gesserit, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
nice. never been but on their website they call it a sister restaurant to Kuma Inn in the LES, I'm a fan.
― dmr, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
― max, Monday, April 23, 2012 1:20 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hot Chicken is Nashville-style spicy fried chicken.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
iirc peaches in bed stuy has hot chicken?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
which i guess isn't what the sign that gives hot bird its name is talking about since it says no frying. i just want a place called hot bird to have it.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
commodore in williamsburg does it, too.xp
huh, well the bbq place next to hot bird is owned by the peaches folks
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
so it's basically smoke joint? still a little mad at those guys for closing little piggy which was the best place to eat in the neighborhood for a while, but smoke joint is always packed so i guess they know what they're doing.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
i think its better than smoke joint but i havent eaten at smoke joint in a while. definitely cheaper.
― max, Monday, 23 April 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
anyone been to the revamped Holiday Lounge?
http://gothamist.com/2015/03/10/holiday_cocktail_lounge.php#photo-1
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 March 2015 12:04 (nine years ago) link
Excited to drop a lot of $$$ in NYC bars this weekend.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 April 2015 05:13 (nine years ago) link
tearing up a little at the mentions of the alibi, frank's and moe's
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 April 2015 06:27 (nine years ago) link
well i forgot to hit the Grassroots one last time
https://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-grassroots-tavern.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 January 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
rotten apple still got #barsraise up
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 January 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
Never went to grasslands but the Blue and Gold Bar was my steady many years ago
― calstars, Thursday, 4 January 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
I love how max started this thread looking for places to play board games
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 January 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
bar matchless is closing :(
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Thursday, 4 January 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
Shout out to the recent closing of Hi-Fi/Brownies.
― Yerac, Friday, 5 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
The old joke rings true about these places that are closing becoming either a Duane reade, a nail salon, or a bank
― calstars, Friday, 5 January 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
Recommend me a bar that has good low-key dance nights (as opposed to a club) and where you could conceivably start dancing earlier than midnight with a decent crowd there.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 5 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my measurement of whether new york is over or not is based on blue & gold staying open. think they own the building though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 5 January 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
NiceI also spotted it in the HBO show “the deuce”
― calstars, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link