Located on the second floor of 58 East 34th Street, The Cash Bar is another speakeasy/cocktail type place. Fairly small and intimate, The Cash Bar feels like a good date place. As the name implies, the space has a ubiquitous cash theme, from the wall paper to the little pile of fake $100 bills in the middle of the room. It’s something a little different for the immediate surrounding neighborhood. Worth a visit next time you are nearby.
April 1 has arrived and that means that the enjoyable, warmer NYC pub crawling weather is just around the corner! (Let’s hope so, anyway).
Here’s a photo of the great Irish Pub, Kinsale Tavern. Located at 1672 Third Avenue (between 93rd and 94th Streets)
New bars keep opening and we need to get to them. So, in that vein, here are a few spots on our radar. In Manhattan, we still have to visit Hudson Common in the Hudson Hotel. Over in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, we gather that a new beer bar, Torst, has opened recently. The buzz has been high about Torst, so we can’t wait to see for ourselves. Just slightly south and east from Torst in Williamsburg is Roebling Sporting Club. And, in Long Island City, Queens, we look forward to visiting Opendoor. As always, we’ll keep you posted on our findings. Which recently-opened spots do you suggest we visit?
Well, Winston’s didn’t last too long. Not really surprising either. Even the wealthy out-of-town visitors and wealthy locals probably were not gonna frequent a place whose least expensive drink cost $20 (and bottles of wine/champage up to the tens of thousands). Perhaps we finally know just how pricey a bar can be before it’s just too expensive. Or, perhaps the fine folks at the Gansevoort hotel on Park Avenue just wanted to try their hands at an upscale sports bar. So, the Windsor picks up from where Winston’s left off. The layout is almost identical. The tables have changed and numerous TV panels abound the place. Regular readers know our feelings on upscale sports bars. But, if you’re nearby, The Windsor is worth a visit.
Over the past several days, we’ve had the opportunity to visit several spots, some of the recently-opened variety. The wine bars include Hell’s Kitchen’s Wine Escape and Nolita’s Clos New York. We also visited East Village’s Wise Men and LES’ Beverly’s and Up Stairs Bar. We’ll provide more details in forthcoming posts. In short, we liked Wine Escape, Wise Men and Beverly’s. The other two were okay, but there are numerous other spots we need to hit before we return to those two.
Located at 530 Second Avenue, Vanguard Wine Bar diversifies the bar offerings in this section of Kips Bay. Down a few steps from Second Avenue, Vanguard offers numerous wines by bottle and glass, as well as good wine bar food. Our favorite was the cheddar cheese dip. Amazing stuff. The space has the main bar in the center and offers seating along the sides of the space. Definitely worth a visit next time you’re in that part of town.
We hope everyone had a safe and fun St. Patrick’s Day.
Here are a few new bars in Manhattan we’re looking forward to visiting: The new location of Milk & Honey on East 23rd Street, Wine Escape on West 44th Street in Hell’s Kitchen and Wise Men on the Bowery in the East Village.
Here are a few new bars in Brooklyn we’re looking forward to visiting: Torst on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Pork Slope on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope and Lavender Lake on Carroll Street in Carroll Gardens.
As always, we’ll keep you informed after we visit these and other spots.
If you’re looking for a St. Patrick’s NYC bar crawl today, check out these options:
In Manhattan, sponsored by pubcrawls.com: http://www.pubcrawls.com/saint-paddys-pub-crawl-new-york.php
In Astoria, Queens, sponsored by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/events/Astorias-Official-St-Paddys-Weekend-Kick-Off-Party-3-15-13
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sponsored by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/events/Williamsburg-Official-St-Paddys-Weekend-Kick-Off-Party-3-15-13