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14 22 Midtown West is a glitter-splashed stroll down through the Theater District and into the illuminated capital of

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25 26 1 These images of midtown are how the rest of the world sees , but the area has so much more to offer. A refined taste of the City 30 high life, authentic as well as pre-fabricated — and not always as polished as you may think. Midtown 11 West nightlife ranges from the ultra-sophistication of the to the swanky Swing 46 and Flute. 13

4 28 Though the theater is the centerpiece of this 12 neighborhood, it’s far from the only option. 29 15 31 Experience the thrill of court-side seats at Madison 18

Square Garden and the throngs of ravenous, 16 blood-thirsty fans. Then try the awe-inspiring 7 23 2 Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. The car and 24 boat shows at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center. 20 A sight-seeing tour around Manhattan aboard the Circle Line. There is an endless list of things to do both night and day. 27

9 The unmistakable eye in this swirling neon storm of excitement is Times Square. Having undergone 21 a major face lift recently, the world-renowned crossroads is more inviting than ever for nightlife and theatergoers alike. Close and careful attention must be paid to selecting just the right pre- or post-theater dining experience. Should it be celebrity spotting at Sardi’s, or dinner and dancing at an exclusive supper club? Perhaps a small side-order of comedy with your evening, sir? It’s all here for the taking.

1 13 Commonwealth Brewery 24 Hotel) 2 44 (Royalton) 14 Copacabana 25 Revolution 3 Aquavit 15 Don t Tell Mama 26 Roseland 4 B. Smith s 16 Film Center Cafe 27 Russian Vodka Room 5 Bar 54 17 Flute 28 Savoy Lounge 6 Bar Nine 18 Jezebel 29 Supper Club 7 Birdland 19 Journey s Lounge 30 Swing 46 8 Bistro Latino (Essex House) 31 Vintage 9 Bryant Park Grill 20 Kit Kat Klub Whiskey Bar 10 Cafe Pappagallo 21 La Nueva Escuelita 32 () 11 Caroline s 22 Le Bar Bat Whiskey Park 26 New York @ Night 12 China Club 23 Oak Room (Algonquin ( Hotel) NY@Night 1st Edition.qxd 8/21/2006 1:21 PM Page 28

T ype of 21 Club B. Smith’s T ype of Establishment 21 West 771 8th Avenue @ Establishment Bar/Restaurant Between 5th & 6th Avenue (212) 247-2222 Bar/Restaurant Hours (212) 582-7200 Hours Daily 5:30pm- Despite popular belief, this is not a soul food Daily 12pm- 11 p m The navy-blue suits, white shirts and wing- restaurant. While grandma’s cooking up 11:30pm Drink Prices tips that abound are the first hints that the smothered chicken and cornbread some- Drink Prices $$$$ $$$ clientele at the 21 Club is very well-heeled. place else, B. Smith’s is perfecting a simply Food “We get a lot of the Fortune 500 type,” said a roasted breast of chicken, rubbed with herbs Food New American Eclectic general manager of the multilevel restaurant and shallots ($13.95). Mmmmm. A little hoity Nearest that’s been around since 1929. With ten Nearest Subway toity, yes, but the restaurant is in the heart of Subway B,D,F,Q to function rooms, approximately 15,000 bottles the Theater District and the Broadway-goers C,E to Rockefeller of wine, a museum of pre-embargo Cuban and buppies that regularly stream through Center cigars and a menu that features New Ameri- wouldn’t have it any other way. Credit Cards Credit Cards can All Major All Major cuisine, it’s clear to see why the good ol’ boy Jacket & T ie network loves this place …(but we also think Bar 54 T ype of they like playing with the toy trucks and 1701 Broadway Establishment Bar/Restaurant model planes that hang from the ceiling). Between 53rd & (212) 247-0720 Hours Daily 11am- T ype of 2am Establishment 44 (Royalton) Located right in the midst of the Theater Bar/Restaurant District and next to the David Letterman Drink Prices 44 West 44th Street $$$ Hours Between 5th & 6th Avenue Show, Bar 54 has a tough act to follow. Su-Th 6pm- Crowded with pre- and post-theater crowds Food 11pm (212) 944-8844 tI alian/America F-Sa 6pm- and the corporates from the neighborhood, n This wonderfully unconventional and smart this ‘run of the mill’ American bar/restaurant 12am Nearest Drink Prices hotel lounge/restaurant/bar, designed by can be a nice respite from the glitz and Subway $$$$ the unbeatable French architect, Philippe glamour that surrounds it. Offering a full din- B,D,E to 7th A v e n u e Food Starck, is a très European mix of welcom- ing room with an American menu, interna- New American ing comfort and nonchalant style. The elon- tional cigar selection, and live jazz nearly Credit Cards All Major Nearest gated lounge, submerged into the hotel every night of the week, Bar 54 fits the bill Subway lobby, feels like a reversed fashion catwalk. for a quicky in a neighborhood where B,D,F,Q to Beautiful people in European designer options are at a premium. clothes, guys with pony-tails and middle- Credit Cards aged hotel guests, who sink into designer MC,V,AmEx chairs, give this place a relaxed, drop-by Bar Nine cocktail party feel. Sneak around the corner 807 9th Avenue T ype of to the Vodka & Champagne bar, uphol- Between 53rd & 54th Street Establishment stered in floor-to-ceiling leather, for an (212) 399-9336 Restaurant/ exotic array of forbidden vodkas. Lounge gulping skylight. Here’s a cozy midtown lounge without the Hours midtown attitude. What began as a neigh- Daily 4:30pm- borhood watering hole now attracts regulars 4am T ype of from all over the city, and for good reason. Drink Prices Establishment $$$ Bar/Restaurant Featured on the Montel Williams Show for a segment on popular singles bars, Bar Nine Food Hours American Daily 5pm- is a good place to meet that someone new 12am or get that someone old off your mind. Seat- Nearest Subway Drink Prices ing in the main lounge encourages commu- C,E to $$$$ nal interaction. The kitchen closes at 50th Street Food midnight so order early. Note: Management Credit Cards Scandinavian prides itself on its martinis, so make sure MC,V,AmEx Nearest you tell them what you think. Subway E,F to 5th A v e n u e Credit Cards All Major

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T ype of Birdland Cafe Pappagallo T ype of Establishment 315 West 44th Street 891 8th Avenue @ Establishment Live Music Between 8th & 9th Avenue (212) 956-6000 Bar/Restaurant Hours (212) 581-3080 Hours M-Sa 5pm- What will it be tonight? Peanut Butter and Su-Th 4pm- 3am 12am Su 12pm-3am Enjoy serious jazz by national headliners Jelly martini, Bikini martini or a traditional F-Sa 4pm-1am and internationally established artists at this Naked martini? With over 101 different mar- Drink Prices Drink Prices $$$ cool, spacious jazz Mecca. The centerpiece tinis on the menu it may take you a while to $$ here is great live music, so the big, theater- decide. Sit back and take your time as the Food Food Continental like stage is visible from all the leveled busy sights and sounds of 8th Avenue flood tI alian tables as well as from the casual bar area. Nearest in from the open plate glass doors. The Nearest Subway The middle-aged, mostly white crowd of jazz golden-hued ceiling reflecting soft candle- Subway A,C,E to freaks, artists, intellectuals and tourists, in light comforts you whether lounging at the B,D,E to 42nd Street relaxed but upscale outfits, adheres to the bar or enjoying the house special: Lobster 7th A v e n u e Credit Cards Quiet Policy. At the concert’s end, the audi- Ravioli. Walking distance from the Theater Credit Cards All Major ence awakens from its jazz stupor and drifts District, Cafe Pappagallo is ideal for both All Major by the gift shop where CDs and t-shirts are corporate and intimate encounters. sold.

Caroline’s T ype of Bistro Latino 1626 Broadway T ype of Establishment Establishment Bar/Restaurant 1711 Broadway @ 54th Street Between 49th & 50th Street Restaurant/ (212) 245-7099 (212) 956-0101 Hours Comedy Club M-Th 6pm- Hours 2am “You can dine and dance in the same room, If your funny bone has been in need of Su-Th 7:30pm, F-Sa 6pm-4am there’s no need to leave here and go to a some attention, Caroline’s has just the rem- 9:30pm Drink Prices club,” said the owner of Bistro Latino, a hot edy. This midtown comedy club, right next to F-Sa 8pm, $$$$ Latin restaurant in the heart of midtown. The the Comedy Nation restaurant, is a laugh a 10:30pm, 12:30am Food food here is delicioso! Work off the Chur- minute. The semi-circular room ensures that Latin American rasco Andino and Yucca Fries ($18.95) on patrons get a good view of the stage that’s Drink Prices $$$ Nearest the dance floor, but beware, the patrons featured everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Subway here dance until they drop …and sometimes Seinfeld. The cover is usually between $10- Food American B,D,E to that doesn’t even stop them. For those with $20 in addition to a two drink minimum. Two 7th A v e n u e two left feet, there is a Thursday night salsa shows a night, three on the weekends. Don’t Nearest Subway Credit Cards class that’s free. But like one Bistro Latino choke on your french fries or buffalo wings, All Major 1,9 to loyalist urged, “Come in and try it, don’t just you might die laughing. 50th Street read about it!” Credit Cards All Major China Club Bryant Park Grill 268 West 47th Street T ype of T ype of Establishment Establishment 25 West 40th Street Between 7th & 8th Avenue Restaurant/Clu Bar/Restaurant Between 5th & 6th Avenue (212) 398-3800 b Hours (212) 840-6500 Hours Daily 11:30am- A longtime staple of uptown Manhattan M-Sa 10pm- 12am It’s like being in a New York version of nightlife known especially for its Monday 4am Drink Prices Sense and Sensibility at this light, flowery, night industry parties, the China Club has Drink Prices $$$ and ivy-covered venue with wicker chairs moved that flavor into midtown opening up $$$$ Food and white umbrellas that extend from the a location that is part upscale restaurant Food American New York Public Library into Bryant Park. and part mature . The Pan-Asian Pan-Asian Nearest Come here in the summer, hang out with menu features delicacies including Katafi- Nearest Subway your pals from work, mingle with the corpo- wrapped tiger shrimp and five spice Subway B,D,F,Q to rate single scene at the cafe or watch the crusted loin of sushi tuna, served in an ele- C,E to 42nd Street park’s outdoor movies while having a snack gant candle-lit atmosphere. The evenings 50th Street Credit Cards from the light menu on the rooftop. If it gets belong to the nightclub that Credit Cards All Major too hot (or cold, in the winter), opt for the features a polished dance All Major temperate bar that resides underneath a floor, live entertainment pastel painting of cheerful birds in yellow and three fully-stocked and blue. bars, including freezers for vodka to make that perfect martini or Cos- mopolitan. 30 New York @ Night Midtown West 31 NY@Night 1st Edition.qxd 8/21/2006 1:21 PM Page 32

T ype of Commonwealth Brewery Film Center Cafe T ype of Establishment 35 West 48th Street 635 9th Avenue Establishment Bar/Restaurant Between 5th & 6th Avenue Between 44th & 45th Street Bar/Restaurant Hours (212) 977-2269 (212) 262-2525 Hours M-F 11:30am- Su-T 12pm- 10:30pm 2am Sa 12pm-9pm “Let no one thirst for lack of real ale,” Get a perfect concoction of Hollywood glam- W -Sa 12pm- Su12pm-8pm the sign above the counter reads through our and Hell’s Kitchen reality at this 50s 4am Drink Prices the floor-to-ceiling window as you approach diner, bar and restaurant where artists, the- Drink Prices $$$ this midtown brewery from Rockefeller ater types and locals mix with producers and $$ Food Center. Indeed, the ale produced here in technicians from the Film Center across the Food American the huge, visible beer vats is delicious. This street. 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn New American Nearest all-American, functionally bright and spa- signs tower above you in pastel colors while Nearest Subway cious bar attracts a corporate business as their films flicker across four TV screens. The Subway B,D,F,Q to well as music is low and allows animated conversa- A,C,E to Rockefeller a tourist crowd and gets busy early during tion among the couples near the bar and the 42nd Street Center weeknights. Have a beer and a burger groups of friends dining in the restaurant. Credit Cards Credit Cards All Major All Major and follow a football game on one of the many TVs. Flute T ype of 205 West 54th Street T ype of Establishment Copacabana Between Broadway & 7th Avenue Club Establishment 617 West (212) 265-5169 Lounge Hours Between 11th & 12th Avenue T 6pm-3am This ultra-chic midtown cham- Hours F,Sa 10pm- (212) 582-2672 M-Sa 5pm- 5am pagne lounge still retains the 4am We couldn’t find any show girls the night mysterious allure of the notori- Drink Prices Drink Prices $$$ we hung out at the legendary Copacabana, ous speakeasy it was during $$$$ but there were women everywhere wearing prohibition, yet complimented Food Food N/A the dresses Barry Manilow immortalized in now with an undeniable uptown 90s accent. Appetizers his 70s classic. They may stop their blood Relax on the luxurious thick blue-velvet Nearest Nearest Subway from flowing, but the skin tight outfits don’t couches and select from the more than 105 Subway A,C,B,D,1,9 to stop these mamacitas from strutting their champagnes including 15 by the glass. The B,D,E to Columbus stuff. Salsa, meringue, flamenco, you name early crowd, including top executives in 7th A v e n u e Circle it, this crowd likes to do it. The dance floor banking and publishing, gives way to the Credit Cards Credit Cards is always pumping with energy and no one late-night downtown trendy set after 11 p.m. All Major All Major stops shaking their bundas until the last A hidden recess in the floor, once used for song is through. stashing champagne during prohibition and uncovered during renovation, now holds a bottle of coveted 1928 Krug champagne Don’t Tell Mama covered by glass for display. T ype of Establishment 343 West 46th Street Cabaret Between 8th & 9th Avenue Hours (212) 757-0788 Jezebel Daily 4pm- 630 9th Avenue @ 45th Street 4am This Restaurant Row cabaret with singing (212) 582-1045 T ype of Drink Prices waiters fills up night after night. Full-chested Establishment $$ women in red evening dresses, older ladies Hell’s Kitchen’s best-kept secret is as Bar/Restaurant Food in pearls, guys in tuxedos or relaxed Gap exquisite, poised and perplexing as the Hours N/A linen, come from uptown, across the tunnel woman you’d want to fall in love with. A gen- M-Th 5:30pm- Nearest and further, determined to have a great night erous, inspired and unusual soul decorated 10:30pm Subway out in . Little black tables, 20s this spacious locale with swings, Baccarat F-Sa 5:30pm- 1am A,C,E to posters, and live saloon piano music set the crystal chandeliers, French posters and 42nd Street background for this very animated, bustling shawls hanging from the ceiling. Jezebel Drink Prices $$$ Credit Cards theater crowd. The two cabarets feature attracts characters from the theater, busi- MC,V,AmEx several shows every night. Don’t miss Food ness and music industries (don’t be sur- Southern/Soul Steven Brinberg’s impersonation of Barbra prised to find Babyface or Oliver Stone Streisand in The Wedding Tour. Nearest dining here). Beautiful staff serve excellent Subway soul food in this mellow, understated yet A,C,E to truly grand blend of Harlem Renaissance 42nd Street and pre-war France. Credit Cards AmEx 32 New York @ Night Midtown West 33 NY@Night 1st Edition.qxd 8/21/2006 1:21 PM Page 34

T ype of Journey’s Lounge (Essex House) Le Bar Bat T ype of Establishment 160 South 311 West 57th Street Establishment Bar Bar/Restaurant Between 6th & 7th Avenue Between 8th & 9th Avenue /Club Hours (212) 247-0300 (212) 307-7228 Daily 12pm- Hours 12am Daily 5pm- This classy old English hotel bar and its pro- This chic spot, designed to appear as a bat 4am Drink Prices fessional staff keep what they promise — to cave, adorned with blue-tinged bat-shaped $$$$ Drink Prices accommodate you with the perfect mix of lights, draws one of the most interesting $$$ Food homey coziness and stylish anonymity after crowds in midtown. Prepare yourself though, Appetizers Food a long journey. Impeccable leather sofas because the crowd is young, the energy is American Nearest and upholstered chairs welcome you in this high and the room is loud. If the high-octane Subway Nearest N,R to carpeted living room with a fireplace under- energy upstairs is just not enough for you, Subway 57th Street neath paintings of aristocratic hunting then swoop downstairs into the lower lounge A,C,B,D,1,9 to Columbus Credit Cards scenes. Tourists, couples, friends and fami- and dance the night away. Circle All Major lies have a drink or a snack at the intimately spread-out low tables. If you follow the Credit Cards sound of the waterfall behind the fireplace, Oak Room () All Major you’ll find a marvelous little winter garden. 59 West 44th Street T ype of Between 5th & 6th Avenue Establishment (212) 840-6800 Restaurant/ T ype of Kit Kat Klub Cabaret Establishment 124 West 43rd Street The famed Algonquin’s oak-paneled lobby is Hours Club/Cabaret Between 6th Avenue & Broadway an ideal setting for congregation. Long con- Daily 5pm- Hours (212) 819-0377 sidered Manhattan’s oasis of civility, its hal- 1am F 9:30pm-4am lowed walls once echoed the intellectual Drink Prices Sa-Su $$$$ 10:30a The sign out front reads, “In here life is debates of such literary luminaries as m-4am beautiful.” The young multi-culti crowd William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, James Food Continental Drink Prices extends down the block. They’re tired of Thurber and countless others. Velvet over- $$$$ waiting and anxious to get in. They can hear stuffed sofas Nearest Subway Food the music blaring and they all want a piece and chairs provide a sophisticated yet com- B,D,F,Q to N/A of the Kit Kat. Some nights, it’s a giant club fortable environment. Enjoy a cocktail in the 42nd street Nearest filled with partygoers intoxicated by the plush lobby or step into the Oak Room Credit Cards Subway bright lights, booming system, and giant for continental cuisine served in an elegant All Major 1,2,3,9 to 42nd disco balls. Other nights, it’s a cabaret or atmosphere featuring live piano, opera, S treet $35 cover Broadway theatre house. May we suggest cabaret entertainment and literary readings. + $15 drink Credit Cards the skybox upstairs — it has a service bar min. for shows All Major and comfortable leopard covered couches. Revolution 611 9th Avenue T ype of La Nueva Escuelita Between 43rd & 44th Street Establishment T ype of 301 West 39th Street @ 8th Avenue (212) 489-8451 Bar/Restaurant Establishment Club (212) 631-0588 Hours Downtown meets midtown in this boisterous Daily 5pm- Hours Do you like to rumba with drag princesses amalgam of bar/restaurant/lounge, but 3am Th-Su 10pm- 5am and gay salseros in pleated pants as they thanks to its location in Hell’s Kitchen, it Drink Prices spin into each other’s arms? Misogynist resists snobbery. A relaxed, young and $$$ Drink Prices $$$ Chelsea boys a few blocks south could learn upbeat crowd, from in and out-of-town, Food something at this Latin school for the art of drinks beer at the royal-size bar, dines in the Eclectic Food American N/A seduction, even though it happens just spacious restaurant in the back or cuddles up in the comfortable sofas in the front as it Nearest Nearest between machos. The artistry on the pulsat- watches 9th Avenue go by. A DJ fills the high Subway Subway ing dance floor is attentively watched by the A,C,E to A,C,E to chicos at the bar of this dimly lit, mirrored ceilings with disco and hip-hop tunes every 42nd Street 42nd Street underground, if they’re not busy sticking dol- night. When it gets too packed on weekends, Credit Cards Credit Cards lar bills into the compact bailerino’s only the crowd just spills over to the Avenue. All Major Cash Only piece of clothing — his underwear. There are also sexy mamacitas and hardy dikes who enjoy Latin and house sounds without being hassled.

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T ype of Roseland Supper Club T ype of Establishment 239 West 52nd Street 240 West 47th Street Establishment Live Music Between 8th & 9th Avenue Between 8th Avenue & Broadway Supper Club Hours (212) 813-9400 (212) 921-1940 Hours V aries Daily F-Sa 5:30pm- 4am Drink Prices This pre-war designed concert venue has This joint is jumpin’. The soulful siren is $$$ seen them all and is still going strong. Its sweating and singing “while you were step- Drink Prices $$$$ Food cavernous main floor has hosted some of ping out, someone was stepping in.” Mem- N/A the biggest acts in music today, as it did bers of her 17-piece big band have moved Food Continental Nearest back in the 50s. Home to the friendliest, if their act from the stage into the crowd. The Subway not the largest mosh pit in the city, Roseland dance floor is filled with young and old peo- Nearest B,D,E to Subway 7th A v e n u e is an ideal venue to see super-charged ple twirling, dipping, shimmying, and barely B,D,F,Q to 47th-50th Credit Cards alternative and mainstream rock bands as breathing. It feels like a 40s Cotton Club, but S treet All Major well as infrequent, but equally interesting it’s a 90s Supper Club. “We’re not looking to T icket s Only events such as a tattoo convention. If you create something new, we’re trying to recre- Credit Cards lose your breath in the pit or just need an ate something people forgot about,” said All Major escape from the crush of the crowd, retreat Anthony the general manager. Guess it to the full back bar or downstairs and relax. don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

T ype of Russian Vodka Room Swing 46 Establishment 265 West 52nd Street 349 West 46th Street T ype of Bar/Restaurant Establishment Between Broadway & 8th Avenue Between 8th & 9th Avenue Supper Club Hours (212) 307-5835 (212) 262-9554 Su-Th 4pm- Hours 2am Daily 12pm- F-Sa 4pm-4am Whether they are nostalgic immigrants from The exuberant crowd at this throbbing 40s 4am the Black Sea or just cheap vodka drinkers, ballroom offers a nice change to NY’s Drink Prices Drink Prices $$$ most clients in this smoky, down-to-Russian- lounge scene. Here you will find rosy- $$$ earth bar near the Theater District are cheeked swing zealots of all ages trying out Food Food Russian regulars. Some Americans enjoy casual steps on or behind the dance floor — their French Bistro/ conversations at the bright front bar, but enthusiastic energy is contagious. If you’re tI alian Nearest Subway comrades prefer keeping secrets in the inti- intimidated by the guys in zoot suits and Nearest B,D,E to mate back room. Try smoked veal tongue suspenders flinging the girls in short dance Subway 7th A v e n u e with Khvanchkara wine from Georgia, dresses over their knees, don’t worry — A,C,E to 42nd Street Credit Cards Stalin’s favorite (he is still talked of in the after a few dance classes, offered every All Major present tense here). The Russian bartender night by Dance Manhattan, you will be able Credit Cards and the music are very 80s, and the stories to do the same. MC,V,AmEx as outdated as Peter the Great or as current During intermission, refresh yourself at the as green card lotteries. pink cloth-covered tables or at the bright, relaxed bar in the front.

Savoy Lounge T ype of 355 West 41st Street @ 9th Avenue Vintage Establishment T ype of Lounge/ (212) 947-5255 753 9th Avenue Establishment Live Music Between 50th & Bar/Restaurant Lost between the monstrous Port Authority Hours (212) 581-4655 Hours Daily 8am- and Lincoln Tunnel, this little place is a real Daily 11am- 4am trove. Owner George Hatfield has put all his The lounge crusade has finally reached 4am Drink Prices love for jazz into this intimate, smoky dive midtown’s stand-offish westside — Vintage Drink Prices $ with a stage big enough to accommodate is living proof. Set in cool, 90s beige mini- $$$ Food groovy bebop, jazz, blues and Latin bands malism, Vintage’s decor features a wild mix Food N/A every night. Mingle with authentic, unhip of styles — turn-of-the-century chaise American Nearest New Yorkers: from the lonely old-timer with lounges, art deco chairs, small 90s tables Nearest Subway his cowboy hat drawn over his face, to the with candles, curtains and gold-framed mir- Subway A,C,E to lively aspiring actress trying to smoke cigars. rors. The crowd is authentic: Latinos from C,E to 42nd Street Let yourself be taken by George’s whims, the neighborhood, a young downtown and 50th Street Credit Cards such as real-life plays with street action or entertainment crowd, gays, middle-aged Credit Cards All Major free Sunday buffets cooked up by him and groups of friends and couples, mingle here All Major his staff. to an unusual mix of German rock, English punk and disco music.

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T ype of Whiskey Bar (Paramount Hotel) Establishment 235 West 46th Street Bar Between Broadway & 8th Avenue Hours (212) 819-0404 M-Th 4pm- 4am Sa-Su 3pm- It may be a bar in a hotel, but this is not 4am your typical hotel bar. Emerging as a popu- Drink Prices lar destination for the pre- and post-theater $$$$ scene, this spot is littered with friendly Food tourists, suits and suburbanites. As they N/A only seat two to a table, it’s a good spot to Nearest bring that significant other, or join the crowd Subway at the bar for either the after-work or late- 1,2,3,9 to night rushes. If you’re not one of the lucky 42nd Street few who snagged a coveted barstool, relax Credit Cards in one of the couches or chairs strewn All Major about. Arrive early and you may avoid hav- ing to wait on line.

Whiskey Park (Trump Parc Hotel) 100 Central Park South @ 6th Avenue T ype of Establishment (212) 307-9222 Bar Professionals and tourists like to have a Hours Su-T 4pm-2am smooth whiskey to soft rock in this dark W -Sa 4pm- brown, velvety venue among the noble Cen- 4am tral Park South hotels, as they sink into the Drink Prices comfortable leather couches or the cushions $$$$ on the window sills, and watch the horse Food carriages disappear in the park outside. N/A Guys in white pants and dark jackets check Nearest out dressed-up girlfriends, as far as possible Subway in this dimly lit, neat and chic bar with black A,C,B,D,1,9 to Columbus and white photographs, while groups of Circle friends enjoy themselves at the larger Credit Cards tables. All Major

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