It was 232 years ago on July 26 that New York State ratified the United States Constitution, becoming the 11th state to do so.  Therefore, July 26^th is a great day to drink some New York State beer and eat some New York State food.  If coronavirus were not around, we would suggest a visit to Manhattan’s Local & Vine, located at 282 Hudson Street in West Soho.

Were it not for COVID-19, our NYC Bar of the Day: Standings Bar, located at 43 East 7th Street in Manhattan’s East Village.

Were it not for COVID-19, our NYC French Wine Bar of the Day:
Jadis, located at 42 Rivington Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

July 12 is the day for the second go-around of the semi-annual Manhattanhenge event (the other date is May 30). Due to COVID-19, we won’t be able to witness the phenomenon this year. We’re re-running our 2019 Manhattanhenge photos below; this is the view from Union Square looking west along 14th Street.

Happy 244th Birthday to the good ol’ USA. Our NYC Bar of the Day: Fraunces Tavern, located at 54 Pearl Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. We look forward to returning there once all this COVID madness is behind us.

O Canada!  If bars were open for business these days, our pick today would be Ontario Bar, located at 559 Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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!