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5/15/08

4:30 PM

Drinks Are on the House If You Name Galapagos 2.0

Any bright ideas?Photo: Gothamist

Kosher Village, which has its falafel giveaway tomorrow, apparently inspired the new owner of the soon-to-reopen Galapagos space in Williamsburg. According to Gothamist, Matthew Roff (who also owns Southpaw and Franklin Park, the new beer garden near the Brooklyn Museum) will award a $1,000 bar tab to the person who comes up with a snappy name for his performance and drinking venue. We wonder how many entrants will tell him to serve sliders and call it WilliamsBurger.

Name That Space in Williamsburg [Gothamist]

More: NewsFeed »franklin park, galapagos, nightlife, southpaw, williamsburg

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5/15/08

11:30 AM

PM and Stereo Guys Fail Upwards in Hamptons

Thought being near the ferry was crucial to a Hamptons club’s survival? Hamptons.com reveals that Unik Ernest, of shuttered PM (and Merkato 55), is teaming up with Mike Satsky, of shuttered Stereo, to open a club, Lily Pond, that will be just a mile away from a helicopter pad. Which means that Escalades are no longer the most impressive thing you can pull up to a club in.

Talk Around Town [Hamptons.com]

More: NewsFeed »hamptons, lily pond, merkato 55, mike satsky, nightlife, pm, stereo

Openings

5/14/08

9:00 AM

Santos' Party House Actually Houses a Party

This means you.Jason Wishnow

We got late word yesterday that Andrew W.K.’s club Santa’s Party House a.k.a. 100 Lafayette a.k.a. (and ultimately named) Santos’ Party House was soft-opening with a party featuring D.J.'s Lee Douglas, Alex from Tokyo, and Spun. We won’t share whatever video footage we may have taken because as you can see here, absolutely no photography is allowed, but know this: Though the downstairs isn’t quite as spacious as we had imagined it after three years of construction (décor equals disco balls), it’s a long overdue throwback to the days of bare-bones box clubs (think Shelter at Hubert Street), and a godsend for anyone who has ever danced in the basement of 205 thinking the experience could benefit from a little more space and a much sicker sound system. Drinks at the basic bar were $8. D.J.'s casing the joint last night included Prince Language, Tommie Sunshine, and A Touch of Class— expect the nightly lineup to follow suit. The upstairs, according to A.W.K. himself, is opening soon — till then it’s time to shut up and dance.

Santos' Party House, 100 Lafayette St., nr. Walker St.; santospartyhouse.com

More: Openings »100 lafayette, andrew w.k., chinatown, nightlife, santa's party house, santos' party house

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5/12/08

12:00 PM

Will (Le) Poisson Rouge, 100 Lafayette ‘Change Life As We Know It’?

Santa's or Santos'?Photo: Melissa Hom

Amy Sacco may have told the Daily News that our nightlife is overrated, but at least some new venues are in the works. Steve Lewis, after a lot of waxing nostalgic about the Tunnel (a party was held in the club’s former space, which now houses a, um, ’wichcraft), tells us that his old spot Life, at 158 Bleecker and Thompson, will soon become “a burlesqueish performance spot.” According to its MySpace page, (Le) Poisson Rouge will open by June 15, when sadcore duo Damon and Naomi have a show (others on the schedule include jazz greats Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden).

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5/12/08

10:30 AM

Alcohol Advertising Gets Edgier, Just Plain Weirder

Luxury cachaça brand Cabana has kicked off a new ad campaign, shot by photographer Mario Sorrenti, that seems more than anything to be a nod to Brazil’s $100 million adult-film industry. It puts Terry Richardson’s Belvedere ads to shame and is about as unsafe for work as mixing batidas de coco at your cubicle. Personally, however, we’re much more impressed with Absolut for commissioning out-there comedians Tim & Eric and Zach Galifianakis to do a movie, the second part of which hit the Internet last week. The send-up of friends boozing on the beach is “absolut hilarity.” There's a certain, um, ribald moment, but outright nudity, thankfully, is minimal.

Ad Wizards: Absolut Galifianakis [Best Week Ever]
EXCLUSIVE: Zach Galifianakis and Tim & Eric’s Unreleased Absolut Vodka Ad! [Best Week Ever]
Cabana Cachaça [Official site]

More: NewsFeed »cabana cachaca, nightlife

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5/ 9/08

4:15 PM

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy Aboard at 100 Lafayette

Andrew WK, carb-loading for the grand opening.Photo: Melissa Hom

Like Andrew WK’s new party pad wouldn’t have a killer music program? LCD Soundsystem front man, James Murphy, reveals on his label's message board that he’ll be doing a little something there called Special Disco Version. We have no idea what else will be going on at 100 Lafayette, because AWK and his partner, Spencer Sweeney, are forgoing interviews about the venue (per a mass e-mail), but this is for certain: When it opens (still no announced date) and the kids hit the streets after last call, nearby-ish Bun is going to be very happy it decided to start serving food at all hours.

Special Disco Version!! [DFA]
The Curious Case of Bun's 24-Hour Conversion [Eater]

More: NewsFeed »andrew wk, james murphy, lcd soundsystem, nightlife

Openings

5/ 9/08

2:30 PM

A First Look at Highbar, Midtown's Newest Rooftop

Let's get high.Photo: Melissa Hom

Feast your eyes on Highbar — when it opens, during the third week of May, it’ll be competing with recently opened Pooldeck for the city’s rooftop revelers. As you’ve known since last year, this is the new one from Greg Brier of Aspen, D’Or, and Amalia. The food program has been scaled down since Ivy Stark was slated to barbecue — now you’ll find what’s being described as simply backyard-grill food such as hot dogs and hamburgers, as well as crudités — and the emphasis is on drinks such as the Wicket, a simple mix of gin and cucumber purée. A floor below the rooftop that you see here (that bizarre orb is a UFO chair designed by Asobi — ICrave did the rest of the place), there will be a loftlike room with floor-to-ceiling windows and banquettes and another full bar. One thing: There’s no pool. But who’s to say you can’t BYO inflatable one?

More: Openings »amalia, aspen, d'or, greg brier, hell's kitchen, highbar, nightlife

User's Guide

5/ 5/08

4:15 PM

If You Can't Dance at Beatrice, Then Where?

Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures

Down by the Hipster today points out that Beatrice, long known to downtown denizens as “the one place where you can smoke and dance!,” has put up signs asking patrons to kindly refrain from doing either. So where can you dance? Until now a list of Manhattan’s cabaret licenses hasn’t been available online, but we’ve acquired one from the Department of Consumer Affairs so you can do the all-the-rage tektonik without the cops busting your wildly jiggling ass.

More: User's Guide »1050 restaurant, beatrice inn, cabaret licenses, clubs, corio, dancing, deep, hogs & heifers, iguana, mehanata, nightlife, o'flanagan's, saloon

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4/30/08

9:00 AM

It's Time to Party at Andrew W.K.'s Place

Now a collector's item.Photo: Melissa Hom

A while back we shared the unsettling news that rocker Andrew W.K.’s years-in-the-works performance/party venue, at one point called Santa’s but now called simply 100 Lafayette (after its location near Walker Street in Tribeca), had its liquor-license application rejected after initially having it approved in 2006. But we knew the man who said “when it’s time to party, we will party hard” wouldn’t fail us: The SLA’s site indicates that a license has finally been granted. We’ve heard that the venue will hold private parties as soon as this week. It’s enough to make us join A.W.K. in a chorus of “I Love New York City.”

Earlier: SLA Poops the Party at Andrew W.K.'s Soon-to-Open Venue

More: NewsFeed »100 lafayette, andrew wk, nightlife, santa's party house, tribeca

Ask a Waiter

4/29/08

6:15 PM

Former Elaine’s Bartender Brian McDonald Tells All

"Elaine had a very mature crowd."Photo: Melissa Hom

In Last Call at Elaine’s, Brian McDonald recalls his time as a recovering alcoholic, tending bar at the glamorous Upper East Side saloon-cum-salon from 1986 to 1997. McDonald left Elaine’s in the most heroic of ways, after a publication party there for his first book. However, it’s clear from his memoir that Elaine Kaufman, the firebrand who still runs her eponymous restaurant after celebrating its 45th anniversary this month, had a great deal of influence on his second career. We asked him about his time with her and what she thought of his tell-all.

User's Guide

4/29/08

12:00 PM

Beer Menus Site Guides Beer Geeks in the Ways of Beer

Beer geeks will walk a mile to get an Elephant, but too often their searches are in vain. Sure, they end up happily soused, but is that really what a true beer connoisseur needs? Where can they find a particular lambic or the hand-pulled cask ale they have heard about? Well, their troubles are over, thanks to Beer Menus, a new site aimed at matching beers with mouths. You can search by beer or by neighborhood and also catch up on all the major beer events going on in the city. It's only a few days old, but already nearly 1,300 beers are in the database, awaiting your search

Beer Menus

More: User's Guide »beer, beer menus, nightlife

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4/28/08

7:00 PM

Poolside Bar Set to Open Atop Empire Hotel

This is going to be good.Photo: Courtesy of Empire Hotel

Here’s a little ray of sunshine on this very damp day: The Pooldeck, a rooftop pool bar, will open atop the Empire Hotel on May 1. Reps say that it’ll accommodate a maximum of 150 hotel guests, but if you have the know-how to reach the Hudson Hotel’s Sky Terrace rooftop sans room key, we’re thinking you can do the same here — assuming crowds don’t reach 230 Fifth levels.

More: NewsFeed »empire hotel, jeffrey chodorow, nightlife, pooldeck, rooftop bars

Ask a Waiter

4/23/08

9:00 AM

Tenjune Doorman Aalex Julian Nixes Kevin Connolly's Entourage

"It’s very easy to get a big ego."Photo: Melissa Hom

This weekend, meatpacking club Tenjune will be an after-party spot for movies being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. One person who knows to expect guests like Mariah Carey, John Cusack, and Hilary Duff is doorman Aalex Julian. Over the course of a few years, he worked the doors at Cain, Pink Elephant, Home, and Guest House before being brought on by Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum to open Tenjune. He tells us he’s one of maybe four doormen in the city who are in a position to negotiate their compensation (he gets a shift pay per night in addition to a percentage of table revenue) — part of the reason he’s now been manning the club’s doors for nearly two years.

More: Ask a Waiter »1 oak, aalex julian, guest house, home, meatpacking district, nightlife, pink elephant, socialista, tenjune

Openings

4/18/08

12:00 PM

The Habitat Brings Greenpoint Its First Cuckoo Clock

Employees must wash hands in the old-time sink.Photo: Daniel Maurer

Ahead of its grand opening tomorrow, we stopped into the Habitat, a little nook in Greenpoint that pretty much resembles the interior of a Big Buck Hunter lodge. The bar was built from scratch (witness construction shots on its Website) using wood from Maine and from Williamsburg's own Moon River Chattle. The conversation piece: a German cuckoo clock! The happy hour, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., features a $9 sangria-and-empanada special (beef or Cuban), $4 macaroni and cheese, and a two-for-one on select beers (among the dozen drafts, normally $6, are Coney Island Lager, Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold, Reissdorf Kolsch, and Mother’s Milk Stout).

More: Openings »greenpoint, nightlife, the habitat

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4/17/08

11:05 AM

Noah Tepperberg Explains Why You Should Pay $400 for Vodka

Speak softly and carry a big watch.Photo: Patrick McMullan

Portfolio sits down with Noah Tepperberg, owner of Marquee (currently grossing $13 million), and asks him about running the Strategic Group, which, club aside, takes in $23 million in gross revenue as a branding and promotions consultant. Tepperberg talks at length about how he got into the business, and we hear a little bit about his $3.25 million apartment, but all we really want to know is why we have to pay two weeks’ rent for a bottle of vodka?

More: NewsFeed »marquee, nightlife, noah tepperberg

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4/16/08

5:20 PM

Studio B Will Bring Rooftop Palm Trees to Greenpoint

The Delancey’s rooftop is one of our favorite outdoor venues, so we’re excited to hear that sister club Studio B will be opening a rooftop bar this season. Permits are still being worked on, but an opening party is planned for May 2 at 9 p.m., with live performances from Brazilian Girls, Spank Rock, and D.J. sets by the Rub and Roxy Cottontail (advance tickets are available online, at TicketWeb).

More: NewsFeed »greenpoint, nightlife, rooftop bars, studio b, the delancey

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4/16/08

10:45 AM

Sagatiba's Aged Cachaça Hitting States in Fall

Crack open a cold one.Photo: Daniel Maurer

Last week, the Pour pointed out that aged varieties of cachaça — the Brazilian sugarcane liquor you know and love from the caipirinha — are hitting the market. But how much distribution can small producers get? We’ve just discovered that a bullish brand we love for its relative smoothness, Sagatiba, will introduce a cachaça called Velha here in the fall. It will only be aged two years in oak barrels, instead of a dozen, but it’ll beat this cachaça in a can (slogan: “A good idea”) that a friend recently brought back from Brazil. Wait — hard liquor in a can? We take that back.

Allure of Cachaça Spreads to U.S. From Brazil [Pour/NYT]

More: NewsFeed »cachaca, nightlife, sagatiba

Openings

4/15/08

9:30 AM

Arlo and Esme: Coffee by Day, Coffee Cocktails by Night

Upstairs.Photo: Melissa Hom

The East Village Yacht Club told us they vacated their space because their rent doubled to $26,000, but we’re glad to see it won’t be used for a Ralph Lauren store. Over the weekend Arlo and Esme opened shop there, serving coffee roasted by hand in small batches by Kobricks, a Hoboken favorite. In addition to employing a manual espresso machine, Arlo and Esme is serving four varieties of French-pressed coffees, and starting this weekend, high-end espresso cocktails will enter the mix.

More: Openings »arlo and esme, big six, east village, east village yacht club, nightlife

VideoFeed

4/ 8/08

3:30 PM

Make PDT’s Bacon-Infused Old-fashioned at Home

In the magazine this week, maple syrup was a key ingredient in the "In Season" recipe. Don Lee of PDT may use maple syrup to make his old-fashioned, but we couldn't get past the bacon-infused bourbon that is the base of the drink. Bacon? Bourbon? We're in. And since we took our camera to PDT yesterday to watch Lee prepare the drink himself, we can all practice at home. Frequently.

"In Season": Maple Syrup [NYM]

More: VideoFeed »bacon, bourbon, don lee, nightlife, pdt, video

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4/ 7/08

1:08 PM

Cain Snags Hot Basement-Alleyway Space in Tribeca

A CB1 agenda shows that Jamie Mulholland, owner of Cain and GoldBar, is applying for a liquor license at 408 Broadway, a five-story landmark loft building that recently sold for $29 million dollars.

More: NewsFeed »cain, charles ferri, goldbar, nightlife, star lounge, stereo, steven kamali, tribeca

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4/ 3/08

12:30 PM

Gentleman's Club Coming to Upper East Side?

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Openings

3/20/08

1:30 PM

Bowery Electric, HiFi's New Bar, Opens in Remote Lounge Space

Bowery Electric, the new rock bar from the owner of HiFi, has quietly opened in the former Remote Lounge space (the official opening is next Wednesday). It’s a simple affair à la Midway, R Bar, and others, dimly lit by Edison bulbs: Horsehair-type stools at a long bar in the front room (eight beers on tap) and some tables in the boxy back room, where of course Remote Louge’s surveillance stations used to be. The basement is apparently still being renovated, and the bouncer told us there will also be a second floor. We hope by Wednesday that disconcerting “new bar smell” will have faded into an odor more apt for Rolling Stones, Van Halen, and AC/DC.

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, nr. 2nd St.; 212-228-0228

More: Openings »bowery electric, east village, nightlife, remote lounge

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3/20/08

1:00 PM

Confirmed: Passerby Will Close This Month

Earlier, we reported a rumor that Passerby is closing ~~this~~ next Saturday. We’ve now received word from owner Toby Cecchini, whose book Cosmopolitan chronicles a day in the life of the bar, that the last night will actually be March 29, though it will probably be a private affair. Although Cecchini still has seven years left on the lease, he says his landlord is prying him out under a “demolition clause,” since he’s demolishing the building in order to convert another building down the block to condos. Cecchini doesn’t have plans or a space for a new bar yet, and, even if he did, he says, “It could take me a year and a half. What I really want is the bar I’ve nurtured for the last ten years, and that ain’t gonna happen.” It’s undetermined whether patrons will be allowed to pour one out on the bar’s light-up dance floor.

More: NewsFeed »chelsea, nightlife, passerby, toby cecchini

NewsFeed

3/20/08

9:30 AM

Art-Crowd Fixture Passerby May Close Saturday

Take one last look..Photo: Shanna Ravindra

Rumor has it that the demise of Passerby is imminent. Former resident D.J. Manderson has e-mailed friends informing them that he’ll be flying in to spin there on next Friday, and that its last night will be ~~this~~ next Saturday (which would officially leave downtown scenesters with no reason to cross 14th Street). But Alex Zachary at Gavin Brown Enterprise tells us that as far as he knows, a date hasn’t yet been set. Of course, he might just be trying to make sure the tiny bar doesn’t get overrun, which is why we suggest you pay your respects during the week and leave the weekend to those who know what “Pussy Juice” is (don’t ask).

More: NewsFeed »chelsea, nightlife, passerby

NewsFeed

3/19/08

3:30 PM

Aspen, D’Or Restaurateur Brings New Rooftop to Midtown

Don't worry, it gets plenty of sunlight.Photo courtesy Down by the Hipster

A year ago, we broke news that Greg Brier of Aspen and D’Or was bringing a gigantic outdoor space to the rooftop of the former Hilton Gardens at 48th Street and Eighth Avenue. Now Down by the Hipster hits us with renderings of iCrave’s design for the 200-person rooftop (with 75-person adjoining lounge) opening in May. According to a press release, Highbar's menu will feature “award-winning cocktails” (mojito of the year?), as well as food straight off the grill. More details as we get ’em.

Hell’s Kitchen Gets Roofied [Down by the Hipster]

More: NewsFeed »aspen, d'or, greg brier, hilton gardens, midtown west, nightlife, rooftops

House Mix

3/18/08

1:00 PM

At the Rusty Knot, There's a Bass on the Wall and ‘Barracuda’ on the Jukebox

The keeper of the jukebox.Photo: David Leventi

Back when Spotted Pig owner Ken Friedman first clued us in to the Rusty Knot, in the old West space, he said little more than, “We’re doing a little dive bar there — it’s going to have a pool table and a jukebox.” In this week’s issue, chef Joaquin Baca tells us what “dive bar” means (an addictive chicken liver, bacon, and avocado sandwich, it turns out), but he doesn’t say anything about the jukebox. All we can say is, don

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