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Legendary Gogo Dive Pussycat Lounge Returns After a Six-Year Catnap

Posted on June 1, 2017February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

Nine lives, indeed! The legendary Pussycat Lounge has quietly reopened after six years of uncertainty. I haven’t yet read Meet Me in the Bathroom, the…

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Lit’s Follow-Up Inside of the McKibbin Lofts Finally Opens Friday

Posted on December 8, 2016March 23, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

Believe it or not, it’s been nearly three years since we broke news that legendary dive Lit Lounge would make a comeback, of sorts, underneath the…

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Lakeside Lounge Owner Releases a Musical Homage to His Old Dive

Posted on June 21, 2016March 26, 2021 by Luisa Rollenhagen

When the Lakeside Lounge closed in April 2012, East Villagers mourned the loss of another quintessential dive bar in the rapidly changing neighborhood. For Eric…

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The Cock Slips Into Lit’s Old Home, Gets ‘Bigger, Longer, Harder’

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Daniel Maurer

The Cock has moved its trademark neon rooster up a few blocks and it’s now glowing/crowing atop the former home of Lit Lounge. After going…

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Coyote Ugly Is Now Way Less Ugly (Yep, Even the Bathrooms)

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Nicole Disser

Coyote Ugly hosted its grand reopening on Wednesday night after the bar closed its doors last Tuesday for renovations.

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At Bushwick’s Newest Outdoor Drinking Destination, Your Phone Will Never Die

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Daniel Maurer

Finally, Bushwick has a watering hole with personal USB ports and outlets built right into the bar, so your iPhone won’t die while you’re ‘gramming…

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Bye Bye, Blarney Cove: An Irish Holdover Packs Up the Shillelagh

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Stephen Hirst

Sometime around 1977, Father Time ducked into the Blarney Cove on East 14th Street and never bothered to start the clock back up when he…

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