On a recent walk by the southeastern corner of Allen & Delancey Streets on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, it was noticed that some work was being done inside the establishment formerly known as White Slab Palace (we wrote about White Slab Palace’s closing in a post mentioning the paring down of the LES craft-beer focused NYC bar crawl).  The doors and windows were open and two people were working on the bar area.  The physical bar was still in the same place as before.  Do you know what is going into this spot?  Pub Crawl Brooklyn would like to know!  Share your comment here.

Check out these upcoming NYC pub crawls:

Saturday, May 5 in Manhattan, organized by pubcrawls.com: http://pubcrawls.com/events/cinco-de-mayo/cinco-de-mayo-pub-crawl-nyc.php

Saturday, May 5 in Manhattan, organized by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/newyork#/Cinco-de-Drinko-Bar-Crawl

Lakeside Lounge, located on Avenue B in Alphabet City, is closing for business on April 30.  Here is a recent New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/nyregion/gritty-musical-mainstay-will-close-in-the-east-village.html

A great spot, Lakeside Lounge’s closure is just another example of the impact of the demographic changes happening in the East Village/Alphabet City and a good chunk of Manhattan as a whole.  If you can, try and visit Lakeside Lounge one last time.

Lindy Promotions is having their annual Greenwich Village Spring Pub Crawl on Saturday, April 14th starting at 1pm.  For more info, see this: http://www.lindypromo.com/fliers/120414_VillageSpring.jpg

Check out these upcoming crawls:

March 16, 17 and 18 in Manhattan, organized by pubcrawls.com: http://pubcrawls.com/saint-pattys-pub-crawl-nyc.php

Saturday, March 17 in Manhattan, organized by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/newyork#/shamrock-shuffle-nyc

Saturday, March 17 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, organized by Murphguide.com: http://tickets.murphguide.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=15478

Did I omit a crawl?  If so, send me a comment here and I will gladly add the crawl to this list.

For those looking for Saint Patrick’s Day NYC bar crawls this weekend and next weekend, check out some of these upcoming events:

Saturday, March 10 at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, organized by Lindy Promotions: http://www.lindypromo.com/fliers/120310_SouthSt12.jpg

March 16, 17 and 18 in Manhattan, organized by pubcrawls.com: http://pubcrawls.com/saint-pattys-pub-crawl-nyc.php

Saturday, March 17 in Manhattan, organized by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/newyork#/shamrock-shuffle-nyc

Saturday, March 17 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, organized by Murphguide.com: http://tickets.murphguide.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=15478

Did I omit a crawl?  If so, send me a comment here and I will gladly add the crawl to this list.

Some new spots that have recently opened: Amelie, a wine bar in the Village; Vucciria, a wine bar/restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen (in the old Film Center Cafe space) and New York Beer Company, a beer bar in Hell’s Kitchen (around the corner from Vucciria).  Interestingly, the Beer Authority, another beer bar a few blocks south of New York Beer Company has been slated to open for a while.  A visit to its website indicates that the spot is “opening soon”, but no date has been given.  A telephone call does not provide any additional information.  Do you know the status of Beer Authority?  If so, please share!  Both New York Beer Company and Beer Authority will be welcomed additions to the Hell’s Kitchen NYC beer bar crawl.

I am so excited!

After being otherwise occupied the last couple of weekends, I am ready for a weekend of bar hopping around NYC.  I’m thinking of checking out a few recently-opened spots, such as New York Beer Company in Hell’s Kitchen and the new location of JBird on the Upper East Side.  If you have any suggestions of spots to hit, I’d like to hear from you.  As always, I’ll share with you some of the highlights from this weekend’s NYC bar crawl.