406 Broome St., New York, NY (Lafayette & Centre Sts.)
212.680.5600
www.brinkleysnyc.com
Brinkley’s Pub and Kitchen is a SoHo neighborhood staple. With a hip happy hour and jumbo flatscreen TVs behind the bar streaming European and American sports, it’s an über-popular gathering... Read More
158 Ludlow St., New York, NY (@ Stanton St.)
212.505.3733
www.pianosnyc.com
A former piano shop-turned-Lower East Side performance space with a Parisian-style protocol, Pianos is the type of space to host skyrocketing indie groups like Cold War Kids, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah... Read More
84 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY (@ Skillman Ave.)
718.609.0484
www.union-pool.com
Many a Brooklynite has his or her own memento from the old-fashioned photo booth at this divey bar formerly known as A-1 Pool and Pest Supply. Aquatic equipment and design remnants still give the... Read More
81 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY (Berry and Wythe St.)
718.384.1441
www.marlowandsons.com
There are two types of Manhattanites: the kind that ventures into the outer boroughs on occassion, and the kind that gasps in horror at the idea (‘What on earth is Williamsburg?!’). ... Read More
135 W Broadway, New York, NY (@ Duane Street)
212.374.1135
www.yelp.com/tinys
“Nothing is perfect, it’s all a little crooked,” owner Matt Abramcyk (Beatrice Inn, Bunker Club) told T Magazine of Tiny’s and the Bar Upstairs; his antidote to hard city living.... Read More
75 Clarkson St., New York, NY (@ Washington St.)
212.620.0101
www.westway.com
Just before the Hudson River on a desolate strip of the West Side Highway, a historically debaucherous venue once known as The West Side Gentleman’s Club has been commandeered by one of... Read More
114 Franklin St., New York, NY (@ West Broadway)
212.334.3633
www.yelp.com/theater-bar
It wouldn’t be called Theater Bar without theatrics, and theatrics does this Moulin Rouge-meets-La Vie En Rose “stage” have in spades. Albert Trummer from Apotheke sets a gallant scene with... Read More
116 Tenth Ave. New York, NY (West 17th & West 18th Sts.)
212.337.0054
www.avenue-newyork.com
Located on 10th Avenue to be exact, you’ll know it when you see a suited doorman carrying a list. Behind him, the velvet ropes to Noah Tepperberg’s 3,100 square foot supperclub. Come early (doors... Read More