Happy hour · Park Slope · Updated September 29, 2026 Thirty-three bar websites. Nineteen print a happy hour. A happy hour is only useful if you know when it starts, when it stops and what it takes off the bill. We read the websites of the bars around Park Slope to see which ones actually […]
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Parties · Manhattan · Updated September 28, 2026 Fourteen of Manhattan’s most unusual rooms. Two print a price. A tavern from 1762, a lightship on the Hudson, a bowling floor you reach by slide, a bar inside Grand Central. Unique spots for private events in Manhattan are not hard to find; what is hard to […]
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Parties · West Village · Updated September 28, 2026 Twenty-three rooms. Four print a price. We are not one of them, yet. Cool spots for private events in the West Village are easy to name and hard to budget. We read the party pages of twenty-two neighbors and our own, and wrote down only what […]
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Parties · Park Slope · Updated October 13, 2026 Fourteen bars. Three print a price. Here is what they say. A good bar for a group birthday in Park Slope should tell you four things before you email: how many people it takes, how long you get the space, what it costs to hold it […]
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Drinks · West Village · Updated September 25, 2026 Eleven of North America’s best bars are in Manhattan. Four tell you the price. A cocktail bar in Manhattan, chosen from the 2026 North America’s 50 Best Bars list and checked against each bar’s own website: what a drink costs, how to get in, and how […]
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Drinks · West Village · Updated October 20, 2026 Manhattan’s craft beer map has holes in it. A craft beer bar in Manhattan, checked against each bar’s own tap list on one day: how many lines, what a pour costs, how fresh the list is, and which famous names no longer have a working website. […]
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Food · Park Slope · Updated October 13, 2026 Ten kitchens, one question: what does a wing cost? The best bar snacks and wings in Park Slope, compared from each kitchen’s own menu: the price of a single wing, the sauces, the sharing plates and how late each door stays open. Ten menus read September […]
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Game Day · Manhattan · Updated October 21, 2026 The Garden sets the clock. Your neighborhood picks the bar. Where to watch NBA in Manhattan, by neighborhood: the bars around Madison Square Garden with walks we measured from the arena, the uptown options, and the downtown rooms. 40 Knicks home games at the Garden 21 […]
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Game Day · Park Slope · Updated September 24, 2026 The gate you leave by decides the bar. A sports bar near Prospect Park, entrance by entrance: five bars, what each one says about sports on its own website, and walks we measured from three park gates. 10 minutes from Grand Army Plaza Walks measured […]
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Game Day · Park Slope · Updated October 21, 2026 Most Nets nights fit. The Knicks’ road trips do not. Where to watch NBA in Park Slope, counted game by game: every 2026-27 tip-off for both New York teams against the hours our 5th Avenue bar keeps. Nets: 68 of 80 scheduled games fit Knicks: […]