A recent article in Gothamist caught our attention. We believe, if handled properly, To-Go Booze sales becoming permanent will be a positive for the bar business. We’ll see what transpires in Albany.

In normal times, our pre-Memorial Day weekend post discusses our excitement for the weekend and the summer ahead.  Unfortunately, these are not normal times.  Among many other abnormalities, no bars will be open as normal for the foreseeable future.  However, we find some of today’s conventional wisdom about NYC never again being the exciting place it was pre-COVID a bit over the top.  Yes, for a while, NYC will not be the same “city that never sleeps”.  But NYC will evolve.  The city evolved after 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy.  The evolution post-COVID will take longer than the aftermath of those two tragic events.  But we’ll get there.  We look forward to the day when we can once again safely pub crawl around NYC.

If there were no coronavirus, it would be a great day to visit 1803, located at
82 Reade Street in Manhattan’s Tribeca. We look forward to visiting 1803 after all of this Covid-19 madness is over with.

Save water, drink beer!

It was 87 years ago today that the first part of repeal of Prohibition took place, making beer legal again in the United States.  How will you mark the occasion?

How will you celebrate Scottish Pride today? We wish we could visit one of Manhattan’s Caledonia Pub locations today. Alas, due to the coronavirus pandemic, such a visit will not be possible.

On this first full day of Spring, our NYC Bar of the Day: Spring Lounge, located at 48 Spring Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Although, in light of COVID-19, it’s unlikely that Spring Lounge will be open today or anytime in the near future. This is a distressing time.