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  • Comic Book Guy

    Sunny's FTW.

  • grifforama

    Tom and Jerry's on Elizabeth.

  • carl_sagan

    - Blue & Gold in the East Village

    - Duck Duck in Williamsburg

    - Kabin in the East Village

    - Lucy's in the East Village

    - The Half King in Chelsea

    - The Wreck Room in Bushwick

  • jenon

    McCann's on Ditmars in Astoria.

    Faces and Names on 54th and 7th.

  • Snoopy

    The Ear Inn on Spring street. "More like it use to be than it ever was."

  • chuzzlewit

    The Golden Rivet



    Beach 42nd, Rockaway

  • jalcon

    flanneries on 14th st great pint of guiness



    stitch in fashion district (8th ave)



    and a vote for worst: Big Sleezy, I mean Easy on the UES

  • virgil

    please don't mention my local bar

    please don't mention my local bar

    please don't mention my local bar

    please don't mention my local bar

    please don't mention my local bar



    *whew*





  • matukonyc

    The R Bar, on the corner of Graham and Meeker in Williamsburg. Owned and operated and populated by neighborhoods natives.

  • cutlass

    1. Sonny's - Red Hook

    2. Alibi - Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill

    3. Mona's - Ave. B

    4. Montero - Atlantic Ave.

    5. Milano's - Houston St.



    Problem is, barely a bar is left in NY that doesn't get over-run most nights by twerps.

  • Jake Dobkin

    There's only one correct answer here, and that's Vig Bar on Spring Street. That place is the Cheers of Nolita.



    Runners up below Houston:

    Milady's

    Botanica

    Puck Fair

  • matty

    Thread success. Can't wait for the map.



    Thank you sponsored post!

  • Jen Chung

    Marshall Stack, for suds and snacks.



    And during the summer, I'm a fan of the West Side Boat Basin. It's crowded and noisy, but it's right by the water.

  • Heckler

    Montero's on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn Heights.



    Truly old school. Circa 1940's neon sign out front, weathered interior, cheap beer and spirits, and never, never crowded.



    And Charlie, the owner's son's dog, who is often in residence, is a good kisser.

  • Dave Hogarty

    I will totally back up the Harry Boland's recommendation on 9th St. and 5th Ave. It's a neighborhood joint with a heterogenous crowd. The bar staff could not be better and the owner is a super nice guy. It's like going into an older NYC; it's awesome.

  • loloside

    Definitely blue and gold in the east village. Love the pool table and juke. As well as the cold and cheap beer.

  • thefacts

    The Rainbow Room bar, the bar at the grill at the Four Season, the Carlyle, the bar at the Harvard Club

  • loloside

    East Village-Blue&Gold. Love the pool table and juke. And cheap ass cold beers.

  • schizofriendly

    Three way tie:



    1. Sunny's — Red Hook



    2. Freddy's — Prospect Heights



    3. Pete's Waterfront Alehouse — Brooklyn Heights

  • WhatsMyNameAgain

    --Can I get a hell yea?

  • WhatsMyNameAgain

    Inwood



    Piper's Kilt - Broadway btw 207 & 212 St.



    Directions: A to 207. Exit at 207 & Broadway. Piper's Kilt located at 207 & Broadway.



    Awesome burgers!



    Cheap beer!

  • Nick S

    Bar BQ in South Slope! YEAH!

  • ladywarfield

    spuyten duyvil in williamsburg

  • desolationrower1

    Harry Boland's, at 9th St and 5th Ave. in Park Slope, is one of the few NYC watering holes that can still legitimately be called a "neighborhood bar."

  • John Del Signore

    No contest: Sunny's on Conover Street in Red Hook.

  • tom traubert

    Although, I should note, that the Night Cafe now falls into the nostalgia category.

  • tom traubert

    Night Cafe.

  • Dave Hogarty

    Local 138 is evil isn't it? Didn't they wait for the guys to establish themselves on the street and give them the boot once their lease was up, opening their own bar called Local 138?

  • greekscholar

    botanica, fish bar, lucy's, lolita, grassroots.

  • zoofroy

    Hey, don't forget Local 138 on Ludlow. It may be the one of the few places left down that way that's not unbearably hip on weekends.

  • matty

    "matty, do you mean the gowanus yacht club?"



    yes. sorry about that.



    Gowanus Yacht Club

    323 Smith St

    Brooklyn, NY 11231

    Phone: (718) 246-1321

  • Gwinny

    The Marshall Stack on the Lower East Side. Great vibe, yummy snacks and a cool owner (Matt).

  • irishenglish

    I always loved old town bar on 18th street

    and Grassroots on St Marks street

  • Robert Doosh

    Freddy's Back Room

    Kili

  • mtd

    Loreley is a Lower East Side favorite of mine too.

    Cubby Hole in the West Village.

    Duck Duck in Williamsburg.

  • Dave Hogarty

    Sheer sentimentality: it's gotta be the Grassroots Tavern on St. Mark's.



    Getting drunk in a family-friendly atmosphere in Brooklyn: The Lighthouse Tavern on 5th Ave., Park Slope



    Regularly Undisappointing: 7B, but everyone knows that.



    Best Place to Accidentally Stumble into Future Employers and Co-workers: The Magician on rivington



    Best Place to Feel Old and Drink Way too Much: Cherry Tavern in the East Village



    Best Place to Meet the Bartender you're Crushing on While He or She is Not Working: Black & White in Gramercy



    Best Place to Decide to Just End it All: Brady's on 82nd St. and 2nd Ave.

  • nomnomnom

    matty, do you mean the gowanus yacht club?

  • matty

    Everytime I go to NYC in the summer I hit up the Gowanus Lounge.



    Somehow I can always get a seat and the beers overfloweth.



    Def one of my favorite places.

  • spiritross

    Legends Bar & Grill



    BBQ, Beers, Dennis Leary hangout

    it won't cost you your first born child



    true New York still lives



    7104 35th Ave

    Jackson Heights in Queens

  • taltime

    I've always favored Ace Bar in alphabet city. Skee Ball and Pool tables!

  • jackdonaghy

    Loreley on the Lower East Side. Great beer, very reasonable prices, and an outdoor beer garden.

  • whantmoore

    one of my fav places is hanger bar on 3rdst between c and b. Its a cool bar with a happy hour till 9 what more can you ask for

  • nomnomnom

    it's not in my neighborhood, but i've always like the white horse tavern in the west village. closer to me, i like MUG's in williamsburg.

  • calvin

    i've always been a big fan of 11th street bar on 11th street between avenues a and b. it is laid back atmosphere, never pretentious, and never overcrowded.

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