Restaurants Perfect For Raucous Party Atmosphere
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Catch
21 9th Ave, Meatpacking District, NYYou already know that we stay away from Meatpacking restaurant-club hybrids. Our idea of a good time does not include rubbing elbows with D-list celebs at Spice Market. Nor does it involve poppin’ bottles at Provocateur. But somehow, we ended up at Catch the other night, the new three story fish-topia opened by the Abe [...]
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Los Feliz
109 Ludlow St., Lower East Side, NYLa Esquina for the common folk, where the vibe and the drinks are the stars but with stellar food to boot. This cozy taqueria upstairs opens up into a raucous fiesta downstairs.
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Crif Dogs
113 Saint Marks Place, East Village, NYCrif Dogs exists to support the lifestyle of the young, drunk, cash-strapped and hungry. Open until 4am on the weekends and 2am during the week, this is an all hours Neighborhood Hang, ideal for Late Night Eats, cheap beers and a game of Ms. Pacman.
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Co.
290 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYCo. (aka Company) is the hip, quasi-new addition to the Sullivan St. Bakery monopoly, and features a more complete menu than other next level pizza-throbs like Motorino and Keste.
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The Dutch
113 Sullivan Street, SoHo, NYCelebrity Sighting is a pastime we don’t care for much. However, when Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly were seated at the table next to us at The Dutch last week, I kind of freaked out. The Captain and Lyla Garrity? As a life long Yankees fan and devout Coach Taylor supporter, this was almost too [...]
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Spitzer’s Corner
101 Rivington St., Lower East Side, NYOnce you get past the rigorous ID checking policy and the ridiculously wide bench seats that require a gymnastics routine to get in and out of…you are in for a treat. Spitzer’s is home to some of the best bar food in the city.
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Empellon
230 W. 4th Street, West Village, NYThere’s some Real Housewives caliber drama surrounding Chef Alex Stupak’s new West Village Mexican joint Empellon right about now. It all blew up last week when a blogger invited himself into Stupak’s kitchen only to accuse him of being a traitor to his craft (Stupak was formerly master pastry chef at wd-50). Stupak rightfully defended [...]
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Tiny’s
135 W. Broadway, Tribeca, NYTribeca is really f*cking cool. Just ask anyone who lives there, including Jay Z and imaginary Stang. When it comes to eating, that Tribeca coolness can be both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s a good thing when guys like Marco Canroa and Paul Grieco take their East Village wine bar Terroir and [...]
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Kingswood
121 W. 10th St., West Village, NYWow. How did we not know that Kingswood is such a scene? There are so many single ladies circling that bar that it feels like a perfume-laden shark tank. There’s blood in the water and I’m scared.
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Esperanto
145 Ave. C, East Village, NYA local Infatuation mainstay, Esperanto’s got that little something special that keeps it in heavy rotation despite average food.
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