Lucy’s August 24, 2020A classic East Village dive by any definition, Lucy’s has been a mainstay in the neighborhood for three...
B-Side December 29, 2013[CLOSED] Ordering the PBR and a shot special while it was still light outside somehow felt like I...
Parkside Lounge March 27, 2012I’m not certain when in its lifecycle a bar officially becomes a dive. I mean built as new...
Grassroots Tavern February 26, 2011[CLOSED] I somehow missed this joint all those years in my twenties trolling St. Marks Place with the...
Johnny’s Bar October 5, 2010You never know in the West Village. I stood outside Johnny’s in the sweltering pre-noon heat deciding what...
Walter’s Bar October 8, 2008I’m not really sure what to say about this place other than I think my fraternity basement might...
Ace Bar June 22, 2008Blah, blah it used to be good and now it sucks because people are actually coming to it...
Sweet Paradise Lounge March 10, 2008[CLOSED] It’s kind of like going to drink in Harry Potter’s storage closet under the stairs. Yeah, that’s...
Cheap Shots February 17, 2008[CLOSED] Hahahahaha, I get it! It’s a play on words! It’s like that place that used to be...
WCOU Radio (a.k.a. Tile Bar) January 20, 2008My visit here was a short one. It basically involved stumbling in drunk from a night out elsewhere,...
Cherry Tavern January 20, 2008Cherry Tavern is so dark and integrated into the fabric of the surrounding buildings that it feels more...
151 May 4, 2007[CLOSED] After I finished inking my tag,¡bobloblawlawblog!, on the subterranean door, I peaked my head inside the tiny,...
Bull Moose Saloon April 9, 2005[CLOSED] I swear this place was closed the first couple of times I thought about going in. The...
Siberia December 15, 2004[CLOSED] Apparently this place used to be down in the subway station. Somehow they’ve managed to move it...
Malachy’s Donegal Inn February 5, 2004There’s no sugarcoating it; this place is a dive. Granted, it’s a dive on the UWS and is...
Rudy’s Bar and Grill February 4, 2004What lurks in the dark, decaying recesses of Rudy’s? Well, besides the creepy customers and discarded, free hot...
The Library June 9, 2002What assholes dreamt this place up? To call this place a library is an insult to books everywhere....
Blue & Gold Tavern August 4, 2001Look ma, no pretension. Who said just because we live in Manhattan that we have to pay outrageous...
