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50 Favorite Bars of New York: My Book Is Available on Amazon! (order now)
Well, it’s been a long time coming, my friends, but it’s done. I turned in the final art and last…
Sunny’s Bar Group Art Show May 8
Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook Brooklyn hosts a three-artist show opening May 8, 2017 Sunny’s Bar is one of those…
Chumley’s Bar Reopened, and With SWANK
Well, it’s finally happened. Since it caved in on itself during renovation back in 2007, Chumley’s, the legendary speakeasy/literary dive/Greenwich…
The Night I Fell in Love With the Brooklyn Ice House
I like a lot of places. That’s me. I get attached to specific locales, like cats do. As my friend…
Montero’s Bar, J. G. Melon & Radegast Hall Prints For Sale
Montero’s Bar & Grill of Brooklyn Heights will be featured in my upcoming book Great Good Places of New York, along…
Brooklyn’s Great Good Places: More Exploration
I visited two radically different places one day last month, in two of Brooklyn’s great neighborhoods. I loved them both. Berg’n is…
Adobe Blues: A Taste of a Great Good Place
Adobe Blues is the kind of place that will surprise the hell out of you. [The following is a snippet…
Visiting Harlem: Get Up There and Do It
Visiting Harlem has been high on my to-do list as I’m working on my current project, a book covering favorite neighborhood bars,…
Williamsburg Bars: Lucky Dog & Greenpoint Tavern
Williamsburg bars are legion. After all, it’s one of the liveliest neighborhoods in Brooklyn and one of the early epicenters…