Since nightclub-related shootings are not exactly a rare occurrence here in New York, so maybe it isn't the best idea to name your new Meatpacking joint after a firearms? And yet here we are, but a few days away from the opening of Gunbar a "dive-bar-inspired-lounge" where "Lower East Side meets Eastern London." Who knows what that even means, but hey! They have an on-site tattoo parlor? Is that even legal?

The SLA has yet to get back to us on the legality of getting inked in a place that specializes in helping you make bad decisions. In the meantime we're still focused on the name. Gunbar—really? Maybe they mean to reference the district in New South Wales? Otherwise it seems like the owners are just writing the tabloid's tragic headlines for them in advance.

Then again, it isn't like the Meatpacking District isn't already filled with ridiculous bars. So if you don't feel like paying $22 for a "watermelon kiss," why not wander down the road and get sick tat of two watermelons kissing?

55 Gansevoort St.