No Need to BYO Snuggie to This Roof Bar

How many times have you arrived at a roof party only to realize that you left your Snuggie at home? Probably never, but just in case, this winter the rooftop garden bar 230 Fifth has you covered. Literally. Owner Steven Greenberg has purchased 1,000 Snuggie-esque fleece hooded robes for outdoor use at the Flatiron district lounge. He tells us this is the third year he's supplied them to guests; during the first season he bought 300, and by spring they were all gone due to theft. He then restocked with 500 last year, but by the end only 300 remained. But instead of lining the robes with GPS-rigged explosives programmed to detonate a block away, Greenberg just bought another thousand. So don't feel too bad if you wake up back at home still wearing yours.

Greenberg also says he's nearly doubled the number of heaters to over 100, and introduced a new menu of "thermally hot cocktails." In addition to classics like Hot Apple Cider with Apple Pucker, 230 Fifth serves a Hot Cherry Cider with Three Olives Cherry Vodka, a "Wired" Quadruple Espresso topped with Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka, and a Triple Hot Chocolate with Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur. The beauty is that you can consume all of these drinks in one night and, since the faux-Snuggie robe also doubles as a bib, there's no need worry about the usual after-effects.

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By John Del Signore in Food on November 17, 2009 3:40 PM

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jjazznola

WTF is a Snuggie? Never mind, I don't think I want to know!

Snoopy

If the chicks are so hot there, why would anyone need to wear a faux-snuggie?

pinball29

That shithole charges $9.00 for a tiny glass of draft beer. With the money theyre raking in, they can afford to buy all the Snuggies they want. And the douchebags that filled the place the one time I went there all looked like they would steal a used snuggie and think it was cool. The worst place ever.

semarr

Bed bugs.

mochi227

+ cigarette burns

NannyState

+ microscopic vomit flecks

jules1000

+ lice

gothamguy

and most likely urine.

JenChungsBaby

If your bar can afford to run 100 space heaters and give everyone a robe then you're overpaying for your drinks and should go elsewhere.

Snoopy

What? $84 for a BudLite (bottle) is too much?

duckumu

you have no idea -- parties of 6+ there are required to buy at least one bottle of liquor. at $250 a bottle.

whitecastlerock

The recession is over! Fleecie robes for all! YIPPPPEEEEEEE

TheMactastic

yeah, those aren't Snuggies at all though.

They're red robes. Pretty sure there were no Snuggies 3 years ago anyway.

Comic Book Guy

yeah, reading comprehension fail: "Owner Steven Greenberg has purchased 1,000 Snuggie-esque fleece hooded robes."

TheMactastic

Blog Title Fail.

Truthfully I didn't read the article after seeing these were NOT snuggies and that the article was about 230 (douche central station)

Angelheaded Hipster

Its hard to come up with a worse place or a worse crowd than 230. i'd go to that norwood sports bar where they had the shootout last weekend first---and have a much better time

Abbott

I'd have to agree. My office is down the block and just walking past the line of people waiting to get in is enough to know that I will never be paying $15 to have a drink on their roof. I'm sure the douches that love this place can't think of anything better than wearing a snuggie though.