Beauty Bar – New York January 15, 2020This bar originally opened at almost exactly the time I moved to NYC in 1995. Back then you...
Point Break NYC October 15, 2018[CLOSED] How in the ever loving hell could there be two bars in NYC that relate to a...
Johnny Utah’s April 11, 2009[CLOSED] You gotta worry about a joint that names itself after a Keanu Reeves character in Point Break....
Fat Annie’s Truck Stop (aka F.A.T.S.) April 6, 2008[CLOSED] Originally planning to go next door to Stout prior to seeing The Police pull out their walkers...
Kabin January 29, 2008[CLOSED] Loosely based on some sort of boat or log cabin theme (I couldn’t really tell), Kabin could...
Cafe Charbon January 14, 2006[CLOSED] Grenade! Sorry, I just felt like saying that for some reason. Maybe it’s because this joint resembles...
Film Center Cafe February 5, 2004[CLOSED] There is some sort of overwhelming sadness about this place. I can’t quite put my finger on...
Under the Volcano February 5, 2004[CLOSED] Named after a 1980’s movie about a bunch of munchkins who take over a hotel… What? That’s...
Hard Rock Cafe August 6, 2003[CLOSED at this location] So, we decided to go to a theme restaurant… and we ran smack-dab into...
Polly Esther’s June 9, 2002[CLOSED] Kill me. Kill me now. As if living through the seventies wasn’t bad enough, now we need...
Slaughtered Lamb June 9, 2002[CLOSED] Another useless theme restaurant gone horribly awry. Who told these people that death makes people hungry? Decorated...
Jekyll and Hyde Pub June 9, 2002[CLOSED] Ah, the dreaded theme restaurant. Nothing whets the appetite like being surrounded by Fonzi’s jacket, Gene Simmons’...
Korova Milk Bar August 4, 2001[CLOSED] If you’re not familiar with A Clockwork Orange you might not get what’s going on here. Is...
Telephone Bar and Grill August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Theme restaurants are weird. You got your WWF joint and your ESPN Zone, which are just flat out...
Barmacy February 26, 2000[CLOSED] One in a long line of NYC bars that used to be something else before the East...
Welcome to the Johnsons February 26, 2000Decorated to look like a 70’s rumpus room, this joint comes off looking more like the Delta Tau...
Luv Buzz February 26, 2000[CLOSED] Luv Buzz is supposed to be some sort of cyber singles bar, but comes off looking more...
Ski Bar December 1, 1999[CLOSED] If you like paying a cover, plastic shavings floating in your $7 beer and teenagers puking to...
