Stout NYC to open a second Manhattan location in the Financial District
According to a recent story at DNAinfo.com, Stout NYC will be opening a location in the Financial District. This is very exciting because the only thing better than one location of Stout NYC is two locations of Stout NYC! Full...
New NYC bars on our radar
In Manhattan, we’re looking forward to visiting the cocktail bar, Attaboy on the LES. Attaboy’s location, 134 Eldridge Street, is the original location of Milk & Honey, the bar that started the speakeasy/artisnal...
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...