Dive bars are on the top of my awesome things list just slightly behind cupcake icing and dogs over 15 pounds. I'm always happy to discover a new one, or in the very least an older one that is new to me, and this weekend I did just that with 119 Bar in Union Square. When we arrived there was a guy smoking a cigarette outside who looked exasperated and told us it was dead boring and we’d be better off going anywhere else. I took this as a challenge and went in anyway. He was right, it was a ghost town, but on a Saturday night in New York this is kind of a relief. Anyway he came back after his cigarette and so did about 800 more people in the next half an hour, until the main room was filled with pretty much every person in NYC who enjoys dancing to bad and forgotten pop music (Ace of Base “The Sign” was a highlight), which is hands down my favorite kind of person. Will def be back again soon.
Monday, December 14, 2009
119: Holla!
Dive bars are on the top of my awesome things list just slightly behind cupcake icing and dogs over 15 pounds. I'm always happy to discover a new one, or in the very least an older one that is new to me, and this weekend I did just that with 119 Bar in Union Square. When we arrived there was a guy smoking a cigarette outside who looked exasperated and told us it was dead boring and we’d be better off going anywhere else. I took this as a challenge and went in anyway. He was right, it was a ghost town, but on a Saturday night in New York this is kind of a relief. Anyway he came back after his cigarette and so did about 800 more people in the next half an hour, until the main room was filled with pretty much every person in NYC who enjoys dancing to bad and forgotten pop music (Ace of Base “The Sign” was a highlight), which is hands down my favorite kind of person. Will def be back again soon.
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