It used to be that throwback drinking meant quaffing Prohibition-era cocktails and Hemingway sippers. But these days, we’re seeing an emphasis on even older traditions, and a…
Gone Daddy’s Gone, a Regular Remembers Her Favorite Bar
OK, we’re almost in the clear for anything New Year’s Eve-related. But before we hurdle head-first into 2017, there’s one more place we lost over…
You Can Slurp Booze Out of All of the Art at ‘Slow, Dimwitted Carnage’
Attending an art opening usually means agreeing to a trade-off: in exchange for free booze and the company of other humans, you won’t be seeing much,…
Can This New Bar Reduce the East Village’s ‘Douche Factor’?
When word first emerged that Abby Ehmann, an East Village party organizer and neighborhood chronicler who’s resided in the hood since 1989, would be opening a…
Goldie’s Rollin’ Out Glittery Vibes, ‘Like an Old Las Vegas Casino Carpet’
Ask anybody who’s not from the so-called flyover states to describe a Midwesterner and you’re absolutely going to hear some variation on the word “nice.” But…
Don’t Get Caught Mezcalin’ Around, Giddy Up to Greenpoint for an Agave-Soaked BBQ
Any discerning boozehound knows that tequila is sooo 2006– the alcoholic drink du jour is tequila’s smokier, sexier cousin: mezcal. And while United Staters’ newfound…
Albert Trummer Is All Fired Up About Sanatorium, a Place For ‘Healing With Alcohol’
Albert Trummer of Apothéke has finally opened his new bar on Avenue C, having dropped the rather hilarious working title of Mixers & Elixirs in favor of Sanatorium, a name…
Club Etiquette Zine Calls Out Dweebs and Creeps on the Scene
Whether it’s because of excessive boozing and very often drugging, lowered inhibitions or cover of night, maybe even social expectations or bro-on-bro insanity, the list goes…
New LES Resto to Serve Fancy Burgers, Upstairs a Speakeasy Named For a Busted Banker
If you were a fan of longtime watering hole Barramundi and its upstairs speakeasy, 2nd Floor on Clinton, we’re afraid you missed last call. The…
Greenpoint’s Barge Bar Is Ready For Swashbuckling
If you’ve been awake for the past 48 hours or so, you’re probably well aware that it is, in fact, the month of July which…