Momofuku Ssäm Bar
I’m still not sure I know what a ssäm is, but I assume it’s some Asian (possibly Korean) wrap type thing that involves meat,…
East Village
WCOU Radio (a.k.a. Tile Bar)
My visit here was a short one. It basically involved stumbling in drunk from a night out elsewhere, ordering a beer with a couple…
Vazac’s (a.k.a. 7B / Horseshoe Bar)
Now this is a bar. Actually most visitors don’t even know the true name of this place — often calling it just 7B —…
The Thirsty Scholar
Maybe it’s not the most popular joint. Maybe it’s not the hippest joint. Maybe its name inspires more yawns than anything else, but this…
Tenth Street Lounge
[CLOSED] Despite this lounge’s velvet rope, $10 cover after 10:30PM and $6 bottled beers, it doesn’t draw the kind of clientele you would expect….
Telephone Bar and Grill
[CLOSED] Theme restaurants are weird. You got your WWF joint and your ESPN Zone, which are just flat out tourist traps based on successful businesses….
Swift Hibernian Lounge
I’m woefully deficient in my knowledge of seventeenth century Irish authors. I think Jonathan Swift wrote some television miniseries starring Ted Danson as some…
St. Mark’s Ale House
[CLOSED] We’re not sure there was a huge outcry for a brightly-lit sports bar in this neighborhood, but we’ll have to take their word…
St. Dymphna’s
Irish food gets a bad rap. Okay, so some of it is kinda watery and boiled, but for the most part, it’s hearty and…
Solas
There are certain bars out there that are only fun when you’re the one who brings the crowd. Solas is that kind of place….
The Smith – East Village
The Smith. The name alone tells you what you’re gonna get here. It’s trendy and crowded with young people who have no concept of…
Sing Sing Karaoke – St. Marks
I gotta say that I’m not usually a karaoke guy. In fact, the mere thought of karaoke makes my nards shrivel and a little…
Sin Sin
[CLOSED] I gotta say; I really don’t understand dj culture. “Spinning,” as they call it seems to me to just be some guys bringing…
Shoolbred’s
[CLOSED] I kept thinking this joint was called “Schoolbreds.” Which made me think of those Little School Boy cookies. Or those shortbread things, um,…
Sea Thai Bistro – East Village
[CLOSED] And this is why I don’t do delivery… While it may drive Mrs. Hipster completely insane–and somewhat limit the radius of our ordering…
San Loco – Avenue A
[CLOSED] Sometimes food ain’t pretty. Sometimes it isn’t presented on a white plate with swirled decorations and garnishes. Sometimes everything is sort of beige,…
Route 85a Bar
[CLOSED] There ain’t no party like an East Village basement party cuz the East Village basement party don’t stop! Actually, you usually need people…
Resto Leon
[CLOSED] Apparently this is a French restaurant. We stumbled in for drinks, and were treated to a small, brick space with friendly staff and…
Plan B
[CLOSED] If this is Plan B, maybe they should move on to plan C or D or Z. I guess Drinkland was bought by…
Pisces
[CLOSED] We’ve come to the conclusion that the only people who don’t like fish are hyperactive five-year-olds whose basic diet consists of fruit roll-ups…
Paul’s Palace (a.k.a. Paul’s Da Burger Joint)
Thank God for the greasepit. Thank God for the unpretentious, no holds barred dump. Thank God for cranky waitresses who will endlessly berate the…
Orson’s
[CLOSED] Don’t go there. It’s closed. And that ain’t no fun for anybody. [MF] 175 2nd Ave. 212/475-1530
The No Malice Palace
The No Malice Palace is one of those desperate contradictions that just begs to be exploited–exploited by a punk like Mr. Hipster who has…
Nightingale Bar
[CLOSED] Addendum [cuz things change] This place is still apparently called Nightingale, but is now a snoozy lounge, and not the dive it once…