The Long Hall NYC, a new bar and restaurant, located at 58 East 34th Street in Midtown South (in the old Murray Bar space), is now open for business as of this writing. We don’t know much about the spot; we’ll have a review in this space after our initial visit.
The Malt House (of Greenwich Village fame) is opening its second location to the public on Tuesday, May 19. This one is in Manhattan’s Financial District at 9 Maiden Lane (between Broadway and Nassau Street). After we have a chance to visit Malt House’s new location, we will post our review. Stay tuned.
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Located at 211 Avenue A in Manhattan’s Alphabet City, the Spotted Owl is a recently-opened corner bar (NW corner of A and 13th) taking over from the spot that was formerly known as Destination (and Lucky Stiff’s prior to Destination). The Spotted Owl offers $4 draught beer and well-drink happy hour specials. The twelve tap beers are a mix of local and regional American craft offerings (see photo below). Food offerings include some Mexican and bistro fare. Overall, this is a great neighborhood spot and a good addition to any Avenue A NYC bar crawl.
Located at 159 West 26th Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea, Crompton Ale House is a new craft-beer bar / sports bar. Crompton offers 24 tap beers. The bar area takes up most of the spot (followed by a small dining area in back). Having opened during the first week of May, Crompton did a great job with design as the space feels as though it’s been around for a while. If you live/work near Crompton, you need to visit this spot. We look forward to returning here.
Our NYC Bar of the Day: Lake Street, located at 706 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Located at 204 West 55th Street (Between 7th Avenue and Broadway), Tanner Smith’s is both a cocktail bar and craftbeer bar for Midtown. Numerous house cocktails and 24 mostly-hard-to-find tap beers are the main draw here. The spot is bi-level with a fairly spacious first floor (the basement section was the bar formerly known as D’or), which is 2/3 bar area and a small seating area up a few steps in the back part of the first floor. Tanner Smith’s is a great spot for after-work drinks and for any Midtown West craftbeer bar crawl.
Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a safe and happy Cinco De Mayo!
On Saturday, May 2, pubcrawls.com is sponsoring its annual Cinco De Mayo NYC bar crawl. More details here: http://www.pubcrawls.com/events/cinco-de-mayo/derby-de-mayo-pub-crawl-new-york.php
Louisiana joined the Union on April 30, 1812. For a Louisiana-focused NYC bar crawl, we suggest including Ninth Ward at 180 Second Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village, Delta Grill at 700 Ninth Avenue and Bourbon Street Bar & Grill at 346 W. 46th Street; both in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.