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, 2018How in the ever loving hell could there be two bars in NYC that relate to a semi-classic...
Réunion Surf Bar December 29, 2013This joint may as well be called Spicoli’s Hut or Freddy Shoop’s Pad (that’s a Summer School reference,...
Johnny Utah’s April 11, 2009You gotta worry about a joint that names itself after a Keanu Reeves character in Point Break. You...
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, 2002Another useless theme restaurant gone horribly awry. Who told these people that death makes people hungry? Decorated in...
Jekyll and Hyde Pub June 9, 2002Ah, the dreaded theme restaurant. Nothing whets the appetite like being surrounded by Fonzi’s jacket, Gene Simmons’ codpiece...
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...
