meetup.com for us in NYC
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- JSK0
More like a communal table bar / dinner
http://nymag.com/listings/restau…
- ismith0
"If you consider going to Spitzers don't forget to bring your ID. I recently went to meet some friends. I forgot my ID and despite some pleading (I am married, late 20's) would not be let in. Fair enough. However, for some unexplainable reason, the bouncer still would not let me look whether my friends were there or not. I recall the bouncers, bar and waitresses being just as difficult and rude, making sure to check your stamp on your arm and ID (they think the joint is an exclusive club). Pity as on previous visits the food was good, but I am never going back there."
Sounds like I'm definitely not going then... :P
- e-pill0
we can always just meet at pianos like we have back in the day..
- any bar in manhattan especially LES will 100% card at the door.e-pill
- ech pianos...joelski
- except keyb... I tipped the bartender early and he gave me freebies the rest of the night til I had to leaveismith
- :Dismith
- though I was mildly paranoidismith
- haha yes keybar doesnt.. but i dont care if i am carded as my beard is covered in gray hair.e-pill
- idk e that mohawk could just be the difference. bouncers all over will be like idk, that one looks too young and rebellious, card him!ismith
- card him!ismith
- Key Bar really does rule.monospaced
- you still live upstairs from keybar?e-pill
- SoulFly0
i like pianos. had to go there once to see my friends band play.
- era4O40
The Magician
http://www.nycgo.com/?event=view…The Half Pint
http://www.thehalfpint.com/I KNOW the Half Pint doesn't check IDs and the bartenders there are all cool.
- joelski0
whats wrong with checking IDs....are you kids under 21?
- some of us are... most arent
so lets try to get everyone in..
or pic a spot that is good 4all.e-pill - ermm..hasn't it already been decided?joelski
- yes. but just in case there should be back ups.. its not like there isnt choice..e-pill
- it's alright, I won't be attending... and tom isn't here yet... have fun guys :Dismith
- aw. why not?era4O4
- some of us are... most arent
- monospaced0
My ID expired in September. If they don't let me in because of this bullsh!t, I'll be drinking across the street. Just because its expired doesn't mean that my age did; I mean, c'mon, it's a government issued ID that clearly states my age. Mouth breathers!
- jonturi0
reason spitzers is checkin id's is that they're on probation (most likely from an underage drinking incident). i had a great time there a month ago. no problems or attitude from staff. regardless it is a good spot to meet. if it turns ugly its quite close to several others. we will have a back up list ready to go...
- monospaced0
There's also the Essex Ale House as a backup. Small, nearby, but perfectly divey.
- digdre0
about that id checking..
what if yours friend is 21 and buys drinks for you?- i don't get it anyway, here you see 14yo drink beer on parties.. whats the deal for tourists.. pftdigdre
- you have to be 21 to enter the bar, not just to drink. under 21 not admitted.e-pill
- not all bars IDs, also happy hour or earlier same place that IDs doesnt during daytime.e-pill
- ok.. i'll fix myself in.. fake id. loldigdre
- i gonna grow myself a bearddigdre
- if they're carding, they card everyone, unless you're like 50. my 39yo friend got kicked out for joking that he was older than the bouncerscenek
- ...bouncer. they don't usually have a sense of humor.scenek
- jonturi0
*side note - Friday 2/5 @ 11p - Gordon Bennett Pub - Bburg
few friends having b-days and we're doing a party. drop on by if your in the area. http://www.gordonbennettbar.com/…otherwise, see you on 2/11
- e-pill0
i miss living in the city.. if the weather for the 11th is like today, i wont be making it to the city at all as the commute for me is insane, and its not worth it for me, since last year at this time i lost 6+ months of my life.. not worth it for that again, so in case the weather is icey/ snow ill see you guys when digs comes around in the spring time..
if i dont make it have fun, and please someone take pics, my hands shake and i cant do it, one of you guys are phototographers make it happen!! geez last like 7 meet ups with no pics..
my stawner memory fades me.. i need pics and so do the people not attending..
:P
- jonturi0
additional locations to navigate to after Spitzers:
marshall stack - 66 rivington
epsteins - 82 stanton
essex ale house (closed?) - 179 essex
east side co bar - 49 essex
pianos - 158 ludlow
slipper room - 167 orchard
169 bar - 169 east bway
happy ending - 302 broome
magician - 118 rivington- i havent been to most of those places since the fatty parties that tara promoted..e-pill
- thats like 10 years ago..e-pill
- yeah. Loreley. that german beer place...jonturi
- that place had the perfect alley across the street for smoking..e-pill
- in fact it is to me one of 3 only alleys in manhattan that i am aware of.e-pill
- joelski0
I have spoken to Spitzers they have given us a area ...so its confirmed...
- e-pill0
so, joelski, i assume you found a place to stay.. can you say where? you dont have to give streets or specifics, its just we as new yorkers put a lot of effort in helping you or try to help you get here or make your transition here easier, but without closure to know if you made it, well.. what happened?
- ahh dude...yeah I found a place...on orchard.....from graigs list moved in with a guy called cameronkrone.comjoelski
- NOW I JUST NEED A JOBjoelski
- joseprieto0
alright lets do this!!!!!
- monospaced0
Lemme guess, you live in the East Village/LES joelski?
- robotron3k0
can I hang out with drunk frat boys at Spitzers? thats all I want to know...
- better chance in the Upper 80's for that but they've been migrating southward for yearsjonturi
- joelski0
okay kids I am posting it on DIK
- ummmmmmmm...WTF is DIK?monospaced
- please no.
we are our own community.
we are nters.e-pill - DIK = design is kinkye-pill
- NOOOOOO!!! what the fuck is your problem?monospaced