If there's anything we learned from American Horror Story, it's that someone else's nightmare may just be your dream come true (actually we're too scared to watch the show—but that house looks really pretty!). After being shuttered for a while following a raid and a liquor license snafu, Coco66 is for rent. About that liquor license—back in July it was noted that the bar's owner, David Kelleran, had been operating without one, and one promoter familiar with the place declared, "They'll never get a liquor license there again. [Kelleran's] family owns the building, so no one is going to buy it from him and get a license. It's majorly screwed, for many years at least." more ›

When the Dark Room first opened on Ludlow Street in the summer of 2004, it was a different era of the Lower East Side. Like, an era where you'd see Interpol's Carlos D hanging around at bars and everyone was meeting up with "Michael Caine" in the bathroom, and Pianos didn't totally suck. So, granted the Dark Room has probably significantly changed in terms of what kind of people it draws these days, rumors that it's closing is sort tugging at our former self's drunken heartstrings. According to Bowery Boogie, the place may shutter sooner rather than later: more ›

After a thrilling semi-final win over France, the USA women's soccer team is playing Japan in the World Cup final tomorrow. And the Village Pourhouse is ready, with a free "Red, White And Blue" shot whenever the team scores a goal for people wearing Team USA gear (reservations necessary). Also ready: The Back Nine Grill in Rochester, NY which is co-owned by the brother of Team USA player Abby Wambach. Matt Wambach told the Post, "I expect we’ll have between 1,000 and 1,500 people here to cheer her on. We actually had to rearrange the whole layout of the restaurant to accommodate the crowds — and all the television crews that want to be here." more ›

Earlier today, we received a tip that Williamsburg bar Royal Oak—or, as the locals might know it, Royal Joke, had "closed suddenly" for reasons unexplained. A longstanding fixture in the Williamsburg dance party circuit, the bar was once described as a "beautiful hideaway...with a laid-back, stylish crowd," though more recently as a "douche-magnet—attracting morons from near and far." They have disconnected their phone and taken down their website. more ›

The litigious Yoko Ono is once again trying to protect her late husband's name, by suing a Lennon-themed bar in Scotland. According to NME, Ono has threatened to sue the bar's owner, Mike Craig, for copyright infringement, and her lawyer has already been in touch. more ›

Now where will we go for our $2 PBRs? The NYPD shuttered longtime Lower East Side mainstay Welcome to the Johnson's last night. The dive bar was cited for illegally serving alcohol to minors. More and more, it seems that if you throw a dart at a map of LES bars, it's bound to have been shuttered at some point for that reason. more ›

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We've all had our fair share of less-than-stellar nights at the bar, but it's always good to avoid making a few simple mistakes: don't try to get high in the bathroom, don't start a fight with the bartender, don't call 911 on yourself, and definitely don't lie down on the pool table. Because if you do, you might very well end up in the newspaper. more ›

Williamsburg's Duane Reade moved into their new spot on Bedford Avenue (located right across from mainstay King's Pharmacy) late last year, only to be met by angry young locals and their boycotting. So Duane Reade decided to take a few tips from that sleezy frat boy at the end of the bar, and get those locals nice and drunk. It won't be long before they're all waking up surrounded by Duane Reade-branded bags filled with Duane Readed-branded items and wondering what happened last night. Poor King's Pharmacy, always such a nice guy. more ›

A beer deliveryman dropping of Bud Lite to Williamsburg's Lucky Dog is now suing that establishment after allegedly being attacked by a dog there! According to the NY Post, Edward O'Farril claims he was "traumatized" when the Bedford Avenue bar's pet pit bull "viciously attacked him" as he was bringing in some kegs this summer. He told them he was bit on the thigh while he "was just working, minding my business. It was chained up and it got me anyway." more ›

Chinatown bar Apotheke was in the headlines earlier this year after owner Albert Trummer was busted for lighting his bar on fire—something he denied, despite there being plenty of video and photographic evidence that this is a normal occurrence at the establishment. Well, turns out Trummer is just co-owner, and now he's being sued by the other co-owner, Heather Tierney. more ›

If you've ever been to that drop-dead gorgeous Prospect Heights cocktail lounge Weather Up, you know how darn exciting it is that the owner, Kathryn Weatherup, is opening up a second location in Tribeca. The new Weather Up, expected to open at 159 Duane Street next month, will have the same vaulted tile ceilings like the original, and also offer a daily selection of oysters and caviar. Plus french fries! And it gets better. The Times has the scoop on the ice operation at Weather Up, and it's gonna make the half-assed ice at every other bar taste like paddy water. more ›

After brutally stabbing and killing an off-duty bartender, as well as injuring a bartender, outside of the Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, suspect Daniel Pagan has now been charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. According to NY1, police believe that Pagan "became enraged when he thought [Chai Eun] Hillmann came into physical contact with his wife," so he allegedly attacked Hillmann, who died from his wounds. more ›

In the early hours of Thursday morning, two employees of the Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn were stabbed at the newish bar, located at 603 Vanderbilt Avenue. News 12 reports that one man was killed and another is in stable condition, and that police have arrested one suspect. According to a post on the Brooklynian message board, there was some form of altercation between a dog-walker and a bar patron and bartender. The Branded Saloon's Facebook page confirms that employee Chai Eun J Hillmann was killed and another employee named Daniel is in stable condition. The bar will hold a candlelight vigil on Saturday at 8 p.m. [Via Brownstoner] more ›

Five bystanders were shot during a wild gun fight that took place last night outside a Long Island bar. The shooting started around 2 a.m., when an argument between two men in La Hamaca bar in Bay Shore spilled outside into the parking lot. "We believe that they were shooting at each other and these people got hit inadvertently," said Suffolk County Det. Sgt. William Rand. Three woman, ages 19, 21, and 24, were all shot in the leg, and treated at Bay Shore's Southside Hospital. Two men, ages 19 and 27, were hit in the thigh and calf, and treated at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. Police are still searching for the gunmen. more ›

Yesterday, the funeral was held for Michael DiMaria, the Hicksville resident who was killed while two other men were fighting in a Boston bar last week. A beer glass was thrown at DiMaria's group and shattered—one of the shards punctured his jugular vein. Newsday reports, "So many people packed the pews of the Holy Family Church.. that even the overflow chairs weren't enough to accommodate the crowd." The 23-year-old had just started a job on Wall Street, and Rev. Gerald Gentleman said, "We have justified anger at this senseless act, which was not an accident but an awful choice." The man who threw the glass was charged with manslaughter and is being held on $75,000 bail and the pub has stopped using glass vessels for the time being. more ›

Has anyone noticed that it's getting tougher for poor, ostracized smokers to feed their insidious monkey in the outdoor areas at bars? We're not just talking about sidewalk tables out front, but also the last frontier of state-sanctioned nicotine consumption: the bar backyard. Over the course of this summer, we've noticed increased smoking restrictions and even prohibitions in the backyards of several bars in Brooklyn, and some bar owners tell us the Health Department is cracking down. Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of DOH reprisal, one proprietor told us how the smoked sausage gets made: more ›

Queens resident Ellen Lee has pleaded guilty to forging signatures and falsifying information on over 170 liquor license applications, and faces up to four years in prison. Lee was hired by immigrants who were looking to open bars and needed help with State Liquor Authority paperwork. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told the Daily News, "False documents like the ones filed by the defendant lead directly to the establishment of bars in areas where they do not belong." It's unclear where exactly these bars were established, because according to some, bars don't belong anywhere in this city. more ›

Argentina fans packed into a Hell's Kitchen bar to watch the Germany-Argentina game yesterday were furious to find one fan dressed as what the Post calls "their opponent's biggest fan": Adolf Hitler. Fan Steve Staso allegedly walked into Café Andalucia with a taped-on mustache and a swastika armband, saluting fellow Germany supporters. One bar-goer said, "I said, 'Why are you doing this?' and he said it was funny. I said, 'Is genocide funny? Is history funny?'" History can be funny sometimes, but genocide is not. more ›

This morning, South African Tourism and Consul General Fikile Magubane of South Africa visited Nasdaq in Times Square and rang the opening bell, to celebrate the opening day of the 2010 FIFA World Cup which just began in South Africa. Right now, South Africa and Mexico are tied 0-0 at halftime in the first game of the tournament. Apparently referees are brushing up—in advance of tomorrow's USA-England match (2:30 p.m. EST; schedule)—on English slang "so that players won't be able to verbally abuse each other behind the officials' backs." The Daily Show's Jon Oliver took aim at the Yankee-Brit "rivalry" last night: more ›

Earlier this year Vogue editrix Anna Wintour was rallying against a developer's condo plan, and now the Daily News reports that her battle cries aren't ending there, as she's now aimed her cold stare at a Jamaican eatery near her home. Yep, NIMBYs: so hot right now. more ›