Mad River Bar and Grill August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Another cookie-cutter UES bar and grill, with dark wood, a brass rail below the long bar and...
Ozone Bar and Lounge August 4, 2001[CLOSED] What’s with the lounge thing? What makes a place a bar and lounge as apposed to just...
Café Asean August 4, 2001[CLOSED] This is one of those many wonderful little places in Manhattan that makes you okay with the...
Cachette August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Don’t let the velvet rope fool you, this mellow bar is neither snobby nor exclusive. Also, don’t...
Otis August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Do you ever read reviews of a place, go there and wonder if you have walked into...
Jade Garden August 4, 2001[CLOSED] What else can we say about Jade Garden that hasn’t already be said by countless other midtown...
Jackson Hole – Second Avenue August 4, 2001[CLOSED] If you haven’t been to a Jackson Hole, you haven’t lived–lived through trying to digest one of...
Orchard Bar August 4, 2001[CLOSED] is now: 200 Orchard We don’t know what it is, but this is one of those places where...
Hi-Life Restaurant & Lounge August 4, 2001[CLOSED at this location] On a boringness scale from one to ten (one being the most boring), this...
Casimir August 4, 2001[CLOSED] No, it’s not one of those poofy sweaters that makes your neck sweat; it’s a cool downtown...
Gaf Bar August 4, 2001[CLOSED] There really are a lot of bars in this city that deserve the moniker “world’s biggest hole...
Harp Bar & Restaurant August 4, 2001[CLOSED] We have a test for you. We’ll blindfold you and drop you in any of the handful...
Sandy’s Place August 4, 2001[CLOSED] It is not often that we are actually depressed by a bar, but Sandy’s disturbing mix of...
O’Flanagan’s Ale House August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Though O’Flanagan’s isn’t going to win any gold stars for service, and has no discernible personality whatsoever, you...
Scruffy Duffy’s August 4, 2001[CLOSED] at this location Addendum [hey, things change] Okay, we admit that our original impression of this joint...
Sambuca August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Another one of those extremely uninventive family-style restaurants that delivers a lot of food, but not much...
Bubble Lounge August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Normally we don’t like to hang out in classy places, but we’ll make an exception for this...
Michael Jordan’s The Steak House N.Y.C. August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Perched atop the balcony overlooking Grand Central sits this cool steakhouse that seems to have about as...