A review of Grey Bar in Manhattan’s Flatiron District
Located at 43 West 26th Street, Grey Bar is in the same location as the former Gstaad. Essentially a sports bar (although not one of those super, upscale sports bars), Grey Bar offers numerous TVs and a spacious place to hang...
A review of Red Frog on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
Located at 2058 Broadway (between 70th and 71st Streets), Red Frog is the third wine bar location of the owners of Chelsea’s The Drunken Horse and Hell’s Kitchen’s Wine Escape. Small cozy spot offers about a dozen wines by the...
A review of Tir Na Nog, West 39th Street in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen
Located at 315 West 39th Street, Tir Na Nog is a bigger, though younger, sibling of the location on Eighth Avenue near Madison Square Garden. Tir Na Nog 39th Street has to be one of the biggest bars (size-wise) in Hell’s...
A review of Draught 55 in Manhattan’s Midtown East
Located at 245 E. 55th Street in Midtown East (or is it Sutton Place?), Draught 55 picks up in the location formerly known at Blackstone’s (and, before that, Jimmy Walker’s). Layout is practically identical to its previous...
A review of Manhattan’s Rogue & Canon
Located at 128 West Houston Street (in the old XR Bar space), Rogue & Canon is a new gastropub for the West Houston Street corridor that serves as the border between Greenwich Village and Soho. Sometimes when we go NYC bar...
A review of EVR in Midtown Manhattan
Located at 54 West 39th Street, EVR is a Midtown clubby/lounge-y type spot. Past the long bar area, there’s an elevated DJ booth and a lounge area with low-lying seating, along with a small lounge area on the second floor. ...
The repeal of U.S. Prohibition began on this date in 1933
On April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act became law, allowing the manufacture and sale of beer that was up to 4% alcohol-by-volume. It wasn’t until December 5, 1933 that the full repeal of Prohibition was complete.
A review of The Cash Bar in Manhattan’s Midtown South
Located on the second floor of 58 East 34th Street, The Cash Bar is another speakeasy/cocktail type place. Fairly small and intimate, The Cash Bar feels like a good date place. As the name implies, the space has a ubiquitous...
A review of The Windsor in Manhattan’s Murray Hill South
Well, Winston’s didn’t last too long. Not really surprising either. Even the wealthy out-of-town visitors and wealthy locals probably were not gonna frequent a place whose least expensive drink cost $20 (and bottles of...
A review of Vanguard Wine Bar in Manhattan’s Kips Bay
Located at 530 Second Avenue, Vanguard Wine Bar diversifies the bar offerings in this section of Kips Bay. Down a few steps from Second Avenue, Vanguard offers numerous wines by bottle and glass, as well as good wine bar food. ...