Our favorite Manhattan bar opening of 2023

The first Manhattan location of TALEA brewery.  We’ve visited TALEA’s Brooklyn locations, both the original Williamsburg location as well as the slightly newer Cobble Hill location and we enjoyed both spots.  The Manhattan location, located in the heart of the West Village at 102 Christopher Street, is a great addition to any West Village NYC beer bar crawl.  The West Village location opens at 10am daily and offers about 20 beers.  We look forward to returning here in 2024 and beyond!

December 5 marks the 90th anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the United States

December 5, 2023 marks the 90th anniversary of the end of U.S. Prohibition. On this date in 1933, Utah became the 36th U.S. state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution (achieving the required 75% of states to approve the amendment). This ratification overturned the 18th Amendment, which outlawed alcohol in the United States.

How will you be marking the anniversary today?

Our thoughts on Labor Day 2023

Because it marks the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day always brings a bit of sadness to us at Pub Crawl NYC.  Summer in NYC offers many opportunities of beautiful weather for NYC pub crawls and other city exploration.  September is still a good weather month in NYC and, if lucky, October can be as well.  But, those two months just aren’t quite the same as June, July and August.  Either way, we look forward to a few more NYC bar crawls in the months ahead.  Happy Autumn!

New NYC Bar Alert in Manhattan’s Chinatown

During a recent NYC pub crawl, we learned about Cellar 36, a wine bar that recently opened at 36 Market Street, between Madison and Henry (this spot is on the same block as the bar Mr. Fong’s).  During our visit, wines by the glass numbered around a dozen, with numerous more available by the bottle.  Oysters, cheese plates and other elevated wine bar snacks are available for food.  Happy Hour occurs from 5-7pm.  We look forward to returning here.