We came across a Thrillist feature recently, exhibiting their 33 best dive bars in the United States.  The link to the article is here: http://dld.bz/cUQyx.  Of these 33 bars, only two are located in New York City, both in Brooklyn (Sunset Park’s Irish Haven and Williamsburg’s Turkey’s Nest).  Alas, none listed in Manhattan.  True dive bars are nearly extinct in Manhattan nowadays.

We’ve been on a NYC bar crawling tear recently around Manhattan. We’ve had the opportunity to visit numerous bars, including such recently-opened spots as Chelsea’s One Star, LES’ Paulaner Brauhaus and Rochelle, UES’ The Supply House. All four spots are worth visiting. Upcoming reviews of these four and others forthcoming.

How will you mark today’s anniversary?

We recommend a pub crawl today as a way to mark the occasion!

Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Located at 1008 Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Bar Chord is another bar for the burgeoning Cortelyou Road NYC pub crawl.  Bar Chord is a chill neighborhood bar with a sizeable outdoor area.  The bar has a guitar-theme to it and offers live music several nights a week.  Eight draft beer offerings. Happy hour beer specials include $5 drafts and $2 cans.

Numerous bars have opened recently, or are about to open all around NYC.  Some of the spots we hope to include in an upcoming NYC pub crawl: On the Midtown East/Upper East Side border is The Jeffrey (311 E. 60th Street), another beer bar from the owner’s of Long Island City’s Alewife.  Further south in Manhattan’s Gramercy nabe is a new wine bar called Vitis La Vineria (284 Third Avenue).  Even further south on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, though not yet open (but we expect to be opening soon) Paulaner Brauhaus at 265 Bowery.  And over in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we look forward to the opening of Dirk the Norseman at 7 N. 15th Street, supposedly a brewpub/craft-beer bar.  As always, we will have reviews of these spots.

Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a safe and Happy Halloween.

With Halloween approaching, it’s time to share a few Halloween-appropriate bars for a pub crawl in NYC.  Our recommendations include the following:

Jeckyll & Hyde, 91 7th Avenue South in the West Village

Slaughtered Lamb, 182 West 4th Street, also in the West Village

White Horse Tavern, 567 Hudson Street, also in the West Village

Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen

Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street in (West) Soho.

All of these bars are Halloween-themed or have a famous ghost story of sorts attached to them.  The last three are also part of our favorite Old NYC pub crawl.