Brunch is supposed to be eaten at nice white tables on a sunny garden patio with stemware and fruit juice mixed with bubbly alcohol. There should be girls i...
There was a day not long ago that I convinced myself that I'd never see a show in a classy Brooklyn joint like this. I used to see shows I wanted to attend list...
I'm not certain when in its lifecycle a bar officially becomes a dive. I mean built as new establishments none aspire to dive status do they? Don't they just st...
There are more music spaces these days in Williamsburg than there are ironic mustaches on the M train. Even semi-hidden ones like this one. Squirrelled away...
They weren't kidding about that whole bridge thing. DUMBO is indeed under an overpass, its span spreading a shadow over everything in the thin gully that makes ...
It took me quite a while to get to a show here. It turns out that my first show was a special one—if you're into that kind of thing. As part of a work event, we...
There are all sorts of these venues in Manhattan that used to be something else and are now used for big, blow-out parties with music and dancing and celebs and...
Somehow I'd never seen a show here in all my time in NYC. I've also never been to CBGB's, but my time for that is clearly running out. I'm glad I finally made i...
Crap, I've seen a bunch of shows here. They've ranged from horrendously boring (Elliott Smith), to terrifically danceriffic (The Dismemberment Plan & Soul C...
We've been here for tons of concerts over the years. This is one of the biggest--if not the biggest--venues in New York City. It's a former dance hall/ballr...
Hipsters by the dozen gather in this funky space to watch acts on the periphery of the periphery. The fact that the joint is co-owned by Mr. Big himself, Chris ...
Have you ever walked into a party and realized you were in the wrong place? You know, that feeling that everyone knows each other. You know, you're the only one...
355 Amsterdam Ave.
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Apparently Saturday nights are all about the music at this joint. Dueling acoustic guitarists sing down- home tunes of loss...
Nothing says indie rock like the Bowery. (Nothing says stale piss quite like it either.) The Bowery Ballroom is indie and punk and experimental and all that stu...
If you haven't had a friend from high school's band play here (or a friend's friend), then you haven't truly lived. Mecca to the unsigned (and frequently untale...
If you are a fan of jazz or cool alternative music, then you have probably been to this small, legendary club. If you dig Ricky Martin, J Lo or Britney Spea...
It is rare for Mr. Hipster to review a place in which he has never been (there's a first for everything.) In this case, though, it seems warranted. There's noth...
Apparently there is a restaurant attached to this Irish bar. We had no idea. That aside, this bar is actually a decent facsimile of an Irish pub in the big city...
