who is more gay - the man who plays the board games - or the man who insults the board game player - zen koan
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
both
― ilx robot (jergins), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
11th st bar doesn't seem to get crowded until really late tho it isn't really cheap imo -- but it also has big tables in the backroom, like mona's.
xpost i'm a lady, not a man!
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ now whos gay
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Max, don't you live on the A/C?
Oh man I like the 11th Bar, I just don't like walking over there -- too lazy. Even more so for Mona's.
― guys i need to eliminate this business associate and im really nervous (Laurel), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
hey schef, board games fuckin rule, put that in your pipe and smoke it
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, March 30, 2009 2:15 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
~~~~~gaaaaaay~~~~~~
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Monday, March 30, 2009 2:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
pretty sure i've heard this interaction verbatim between certain groups of my friends
― meat of beef (Jordan), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
yes i live on the a/c but im willing to transfer for a primo settlers spot
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ attitude bodes well for your success tonite imo sry i have nowhere else to rec i basically dont know where anything is
― Point being, I hate all of you. (Lamp), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
it's hardly even a walk to get to mona's or 11th st bar...? i mean it is like 2 blocks from the l train and just a few more over from union square.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i miss mona's. does richie still own it? i recall that he was trying to sell it a year or so ago.
― edb, Monday, 30 March 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that didn't happen afaik
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, you're right. You know I'm lazy.
― guys i need to eliminate this business associate and im really nervous (Laurel), Monday, 30 March 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i loved the attempt to spruce that place up - several years ago there was a what appeared to be an oriental rug, long and narrow like a runner, hung on the wall above the bar. awesome.
― edb, Monday, 30 March 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
there are new board games? oh just what we need
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
settler's of catan has been around for at least 10yrs, bill.
― ian, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
that's NEW
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
so set in your ways.
― ian, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
btw, i went to motor city for the first time tonight and am 99% sure i know the bartender from the record store--she's in a band with my co-worker's ex, but i can't remember he name.
― ian, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
not true -- i went to a honkytonk in Texas tnite!
xp
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
first time for everything, but the point remains, you are unwilling to give "new" boardgames a chance and that is SAD.
― ian, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
still so disappointed that motor city changed its pinball machine
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
settlers is almost 15 years old
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i would guess that the board game h8rs have never played it & u know what i would hate board games too if the only ones i knew were monopoly and risk which are fucking terrible but settlers is 100% fun times
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:15 (fifteen years ago) link
but whatever i bet u guys h8 magic cards too which makes ur opinions worthless ime
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
blue and gold seems to be pretty board game friendly - i mean they have a hand painted monopoly board on one of their tables
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
so has anyone been to the new brooklyn public house on dekalb - it is supposed to be a gastro pub which is apparently some horrible britishes terminology - are they into dork games i dont know
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
brooklyn public house's food was very basic and kinda gross. nothing gastro pub about it.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i have played a whole helluva lot of board games including yr precious girlfriend "settlers of catan" and they are just not a fun way to spend time imho. i am only down if it is a game of uno.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i like boggle.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
1) settlers of catan isnt my girlfriend, how could it be my girlfriend, when its a board game and not a person, not even a femal person
2) ur gay
3) i like boggle too
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i love all game of the world - settlers of catan is obv hugely dorky - u just hav to accept that going in
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yea i dont think i ever claimed 2 be anything but a dork, what with asking someone to recommend, a bar, to play a board game in, on, the internet
btw if ne1 wants 2 play we could prob use a 4th
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i have never heard of this game before
― tehresa, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
its german
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/pictures/SettlersOfCatan.11.29.06.jpg
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
ive only played once but i could brush up - a friend of mine plays online all the time - maybe ill give it a shot
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
here are some of the cool bros what play settlers of catan:
http://lansingboardgamers.com/home/Logs/2005-09-17/Settlers%20of%20Catan%20Sinking.jpg
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
its pretty easy to pick up. people get way "into" it and im not @ that level yet mostly b/c im not very good.
o i will totally wear my raging inferno button down when we play
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
<3 catan. the only people i know who are really addicted to it are girls though.
― meat of beef (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
which version do u play max
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
regular ol settlers. my dude in sf got the expanded edition so u can play w/ 5 or 6 ppl. ive heard mixed things abt 'seafarers' and 'knights' of catan
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
omfg stop ruining the bars thread guize
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
lol remember the good old days of the bars thread, before it was ruined by this settlers of catan talk
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
you have a dude in sci-fi?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
a friend was totally scoffing at people who play the original - i think hes into traders and barbarians
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
of COURSE he does
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
so what if i have a friend in sci fi
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Althought elements of this expansion were available separately from 2004 to 2007, this pack did not release in English until 2008. It combines elements of fishing, events, expanded trading, barbarian attacks, camel trains, and much more to make a more well-rounded playing experience.
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen 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
they have BBQ chicken, i dont know if it qualifies as "hot"? its certainly warm
― 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
A scene in the Mrs Maisel show shows them walking into a bar with a giant sign on the window reading "Kettle of Fish" and I was never a regular at the Kettle but I don't think that was the Kettle.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
i don't think i visited a bar on my own volition in 2017
― 龜, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
I (sorta) regret to inform you that my bar HiFi will be closing at the end of this calendar month, ending my 23 year tenure at 169 Avenue A. All parties booked before the end of the month will happen as planned. The story? Quite simply, the renovations we undertook a few years ago to reinvigorate the business were not successful in putting us back on a good financial footing.The generation of people who inhabit this neighborhood on weekends remain mostly indifferent to the place. HiFi seems to occupy a place square in the middle between “dive bar” and “mixologist paradise” — and while I hoped that would help us have a broad appeal to the newbies, it turns out that it translated as utilitarian (aka boring) to their tastes.
Can someone familiar with the current state of NYC bardom explain to me what he's talking about? What kind of bar do the people who live in the Brownies/HiFi neighborhood (or "inhabit it on weekends" -- are those different people?) now want? What does it mean for a bar to be "utilitarian" and why is that bad?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
I think he means they either want $13 cocktails or to be drinking with grandpas.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
$30 cocktails
― 龜, Friday, 5 January 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
I went to hi fi once in the past two years or so and despite the renovations(?) it still had the vibe of an old neighborhood place (which it was) and not really the kind of joint where 20 somethings would hang out given the multitude of options on Ave A, where there are more bars per block than almost anywhere else in manhattan. It did have a really cool, intimate space for music in the back.
― calstars, Friday, 5 January 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive)
If you don't mind going to the Upper East Side, Ethyl's Alcohol is the bomb. Excellent retro-oriented dj's plus go go dancers. Actually has quite an old East Village vibe.
― Josefa, Friday, 5 January 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit)
They were trying to portray the original location on MacDougal St. Now it's on Christopher St.
― Josefa, Friday, 5 January 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
for awhile, the Kettle of Fish was the old (second) Folk City.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 January 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
I was looking to see if Subway Soul Club is still around, but they host it in Gowanus now.
― Yerac, Friday, 5 January 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
should i go here before it closes?
http://gothamist.com/2018/12/21/chelsea_half_king_closing.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 December 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
White Horse tavern sold
Villagers have heard that “exactly as it is” pledge before about such historic places as the Waverly Inn and the Minetta Tavern, which were then turned into playpens for the rich and the vacuous. However, since the buildings contain 17 market-rate apartments it appears this deal is not so much to acquire a historic pub, but more a real estate transaction....
Author and radio host Malachy McCourt told me that he was prepared to lead a wake at the White Horse. When I asked him if he was serious he emailed me, “Yes I am serious about the gig. Peter Carlaftes of Three Rooms Press asked me to do it. He lives in the Village and is appalled at the destruction of the artistic life. So the answer is of course Yes! So Thursday, 21st March at 4 pm and only the God-guy knows what will happen, but let’s go for it!”
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/white-horse-greenwich-dylan-thomas-sold
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
When workers removed the bar from the former Grassroots Tavern (1975-2017) on St. Mark's Place last week, they discovered these old murals. I have no idea how old they old. The landmarked building dates to 1832. [Photos by Derek Berg] pic.twitter.com/rEPN7Ej2Zc— evgrieve (@evgrieve) May 21, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
i didn't even know that closed. haven't been in that neighborhood since forever
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link