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Barcelona Bar
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923 Eighth Ave.,
New York, NY 10019
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Official Website
Hours
Mon-Sat, 4pm-4am; Sun, noon-4am
Happy Hour
Mon-Fri,
4pm-7pm; $3 Bud Light drafts, $4 bottled beers and well drinks, $5 import beers, $5 Guiness, $12 Bud Light pitchers
Nearby Subway Stops
C, E at 50th St.; 1, A, B, C, D at 59th St.-Columbus Circle
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
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Easily missed from the street, Barcelona Bar is a sultry, intimate escape, with deep red walls and plush dark cushioning. But the opium-den aesthetic has nothing to do with the space's ultimate goal: to get its young, post-frat clientele hammered as quickly as possible. Beside the typical Jager bombs and flashy flaming counterparts, the endless shot list offers 100-plus original (if dubious) concoctions like the Shocker and the Monica Lewinsky—which involves donning a black wig then doing a "blowjob" on the glass. The crowd? Young midtown professionals who loosen their ties after parking their briefcases by the door; by the end of the night, it's just a bunch of snickering friends looking to embarrass their knucklehead pals.
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