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Proposed NYC Meet-Up — Friday, May 20

by Anne Laurie|  May 10, 20161:47 pm| 23 Comments

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Per the comments on yesterday’s post, Friday the 20th seemed like a good consensus, and so did “somewhere in Midtown or Hell’s Kitchen”.

Now open for suggestions as to the exact venue (or any other questions / suggestions). Tag, you’re it!

(Best I can tell from our archives, the last couple NYC meets, both in early 2014, were held at Rudy’s and Ballaro. I could swear there’ve been others since then, but if so, I managed not to tag them correctly — or they just didn’t get covered on the front page.)

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  1. 1.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 10, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    @srv: It’s only a lunch place, unfortunately.

  2. 2.

    Mike J

    May 10, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Please don’t support him, even ironically.

  3. 3.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    Crappity crap crap ! Will be out of town, but I suggest the Old Town Bar 45 E 18th: Great atmosphere, good basic bar food, and a lessi-busy dining room upstairs. Used to be featured in the Letterman Show intro, FWIW. Good place, very old school.

  4. 4.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    @Mike J: Especially not ironically.

  5. 5.

    LAO

    May 10, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Not midtown or Hell’s Kitchen. Abbey tavern, 26th and 3d. Recently renovated, with good outdoor feel, but indoors.

  6. 6.

    daveNYC

    May 10, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    I’d throw out Hallo Berlin as an option. German beer garden on 10th, with outdoor space. Tenth isn’t what I’d call convenient to transportation though. Personally I’d also go with the Bohemian Hall out in Queens, but I’m pretty sure nobody wants to deal with that.

    Who really doesn’t want to walk and what subway/PATH/whatever will you be coming in on?

  7. 7.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    @daveNYC Another plus w/Old Town – it’s right near Union Square & loads of subway lines

  8. 8.

    Tom Q

    May 10, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    Well, since I live in the People’s Republic of the Upper West Side, East Village is the least convenient for me, but whatever works for the majority.

  9. 9.

    Diana

    May 10, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Alas Ballaro closed, driven out of biz by the astronomical rents of the East Village. I intend to turn up for the meet-up, although I’ve been too busy to post anything here lately. I see we have two votes already for Old Town — I’ve never been, but it looks OK: http://www.oldtownbar.com/

  10. 10.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    @Diana: no matter how nicely and/or drunkenly you ask, Old Town will not let you ride in the dumbwaiter :( – we tried.

  11. 11.

    LAO

    May 10, 2016 at 3:15 pm

    @Diana: It’s a good, old school bar with great hamburgers. The downstairs gets super crowded, though.

  12. 12.

    daveNYC

    May 10, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    The Boat Basin would be pretty excellent, though quite inconvenient.

    We have a rough head count and anyone who has a strong need for closeness to a specific subway or PATH? Friday after work is gonna get crowded, even with people heading out for the three day.

  13. 13.

    LAO

    May 10, 2016 at 3:25 pm

    I’m in and nearness to subways not an issue for me. But it’s not the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. That’s the following weekend.

  14. 14.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    @LAO: Salads are good there, too. But one drawback just came to mind: There’s no elevator to the quieter upstairs area, so not a good place for anyone with disabilities.

  15. 15.

    daveNYC

    May 10, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    Details details.

    Edit: That’s in response to LAO pointing out the correct weekend. Not a dismissal of the lack of stairs. ‘Cause that’d be shitty.

  16. 16.

    LAO

    May 10, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    @SarahT: I don’t love Old Town Bar, but if everyone else is in favor, that’s fine. (Honestly, I feel like a schmuck, I live about 7 blocks from the bar, so it couldn’t be more convenient for me, but it’s an impossibly loud and crowded bar downstairs. lol),

  17. 17.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    May 10, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    @srv:

    They won’t serve Trump any crow.

  18. 18.

    SarahT

    May 10, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    @LAO: True, it gets packed, so that’s why I thought the upstairs would be better. But most decent places will also be packed on Fridays after 4pm, really. Wherever you guys end up, have a few for me – wish I could go.

  19. 19.

    debbie

    May 10, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    @SarahT:

    Glad the Old Town is still around. We used to hang out there after work back in the bad old days of the early 1990s. I don’t think it has AC, though.

  20. 20.

    Vheidi

    May 11, 2016 at 9:19 am

    We could try my local, the archive, 12 e 36

  21. 21.

    daveNYC

    May 11, 2016 at 11:34 am

    In that neck of the woods there’s also Rattle ‘n Hum East and The Keg Room.

  22. 22.

    RedDirtGirl

    May 11, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    @SarahT: Asking was your first mistake.

  23. 23.

    RedDirtGirl

    May 11, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    I’m in! I’ll meet y’all anywhere!!

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