Neighborhood dive bar in the Meat Packing Districtīabbo: 110 Waverly Pl. Neighborhood restaurant focused on offering a healthy Mexican-inspired menuĪutomatic Slim’s: 733 Washington St.
the antithesis of a typical sports barĪtla: 372 Lafayette St. Historic internationally recognized jazz & blues nightclub since 1937Īrts & Crafts Beer Parlor: 26 W. Romantic Italian restaurant with extensive wine listĪrthur’s Tavern: 57 Grove St. Rustic Italian wine bar specializing in unique Italian tapas or CicchettiĪrt Bar: 52 Eighth Ave. Wine bar f eaturing over 180 bottles & 30 wines by the glassĪnton’s: 570 Hudson St. Romantic cocktail bar featuring a whiskey and bourbon library, and a rotating selection of craft beersĪnfora: 34 Eighth Ave. (between Sullivan & Thompson St.) (212) 677-2290īi-level craft beer bar featuring 40 drafts on 60 taps and 50 eclectic bottlesĪmelie: 22 W. 3rd St.) (212) 420-4777Ĭhampagne bar pairing oysters, caviar and Kobe beef carpaccioĪmity Hall: 80 W. (between 10th & Charles St.) (212) 989-2100Īirs Champagne Parlor: 127 MacDougal St. In our continuous efforts to “connect the fun to the fun people”, we present our MurphGuide directory of the best bars in Greenwich Village: The Bars of Greenwich VillageĪgave: 140 Seventh Ave. Several live music venues are world renowned from the Village’s history as the cradle of Bohemian and beat generation and 1960s counter-culture. Courts and the historic district of the West Village. Points of interest include Washington Square Park, NYU, the W. and from Broadway west to the Hudson River. It is the part of Manhattan below 14th St.
Definitely worth checking out.Greenwich Village is an historic neighborhood in New York City. Rockbar is off a lot of the LGBTQ community’s radar, which makes it a little more interesting than most Village bars…you never quite know what you’ll find there. Way down Christopher Street, toward the river, is this remote but worthy hangout for drag shows, RuPaul’s Drag Race viewings, Musical Mondays, and bear parties. 114 Christopher Street (between Bedford and Bleecker Streets) Rockbar Even in bars, they’re generally looking at their phones!) One thing that hasn’t changed since the ’70s, though, is that you’ll rarely find a drag queen there, so Ty’s serves as a sort of fascinating palate cleanser between lip-synch extravaganzas elsewhere. (Few people go to bars to hook up anymore they simply go to their apps. Now it’s evolved into just a casual neighborhood bar without much of a sexual charge to it. This small, long-running lounge across the street from the Hangar was a big pickup place for leather queens and other macho types way back in the 1970s, when post-Stonewall sexual liberation kicked in big time. Photo courtesy of Cubbyhole Bar NYC/Facebook Ty’s 53 Christopher Street (between Seventh Avenue South and Waverly Place)
Amid all the levity, a wonderful sense of history hangs in the air, as opposed to most other bars, where it's primarily air freshener. Yes, it’s still there! And it’s landmarked! The two-level place is a busy, buzzy, unpretentious hangout, with events like Monday’s Drag Bingo with Kenny Dash, Tuesday’s drag contest called Polish the Queen, and crowded Saturday night dance parties. As part of the festivities, here are 10 West Village bars to check out, each one a perfect place to party on this monumental occasion. This June 28 marks the 50 th anniversary of that day, and NYC will be filled with all manner of celebrations and activities throughout the month, especially on Pride Day, June 30. As a result, the community continued to organize, fight back, and grow in visibility through the years. At the Stonewall Inn in New York’s West Village, when the cops were conducting one of their customary abusive raids of a gay bar, the customers rebelled, leading to the legendary Stonewall riots-anti-oppression demonstrations that gave the queer community a valuable sense of unity and strength. On June 28, 1969, the LGBTQ community fought back and changed everything.