Drink Up: When Other People Help You Drink

Because our dollars don't ever pay for quite enough drinks, we're always looking for new dives, hook-ups, buybacks and, this week, we didn't have to look any further than Time Out New York. From this week til the end of the summer, the magazine has been getting its game on: Go to drinking establishments, find answers to trvia and/or take photos and win-- wait for it --a bar tab at one of the featured bars. And since 90% of the bars featured have cheap-ass options (avoid the Rise bar at the Battery Park Ritz Carlton if making rent is an issue), it's a win-win situation. This week starts with garden bars, an idea that goes down easy right now.

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