NY-Excerpts
McSorley’s Old Ale House
This originally appeared in Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York City. Founded in 1854, Mcsorley’s is New York’s oldest bar and because of this its slogan is, “We’ve been here since before you were born” Are you kidding me McSorley’s? You’ve been here since when my ancestors
The Abracadabra Superstore
When you walk into a place that’s playing ABBA, and you overhear one clerk asking another, “Can we rent out these clown shoes?” you know that there’s a high probability that you’re in the best store ever. Between the florescent purple, pink and green carpet (think Hammer pants from elementary
The Blarney Stone
photo courtesy of the fine people over at Midtown Lunch This is what I’m fucking talking about! The Overlook up the street wanted $4 for a PBR and here you can get a 22oz. glass of Sam Adams for $4. Shame on you Overlook, shame, shame (yes I’m wagging my
The Patriot Saloon
Anna gave her account of this place a few months back. I just thought I’d weigh in with mine as well: Recently liberated bras dangle from the ceiling, bearing silent witness to the mayhem below, while drunk young things struggle to hear each other’s pickup lines over intolerably loud country
Russ & Daughter’s in the Lower East Side
The above photo is from Greenwich Village Daily Photo Ok so you moved to New York from ________ and back there you really didn’t know a lot of Jewish people. Sure you went to that Rubinstein kid’s bar mitzvah in 7th grade, but other than him and a couple Chinese
Westville
A cute and tiny place, Westville is supposed to seem like a random restaurant in the countryside instead of a spot in the middle of Manhattan. It’s pretty hard to imagine yourself out of the West Village though when you look out the window and see a man in hot