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508 Ninth Ave.,
New York, NY 10018
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Mon-Thu, noon-2am; Fri-Sat, noon-4am; Sun, 3pm-2am
Daily,
4pm-7pm; $4 beers, $5 margaritas, sangria, house wine and liquor
A, C, E at 42nd St.-Port Authority Bus Terminal
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Any mystery supplied by the unmarked doors quickly vanishes when you see, between them, a small brass sign with the bar’s name in script. The pretension of mannered obscurity works better inside: Deep crimson curtains hide the shabby sights of Clinton, and a loosely articulated Middle Eastern theme adds a musky whiff of exoticism. Or maybe that’s just the fruit-infused hookah smoke wafting in from the back room. The Door Lounge has so far had a difficult time enticing weekday crowds into its pale-yellow-and-charcoal interior despite the perks and unusual decorations (a bathtub-sized, perforated-copper light installation mounted next to the stainless-steel bar’s broad arch). But on Fridays and Saturdays, with DJs spinning bouncy Euro-dance tunes, the long beige-leather banquette is crowded with 30-somethings who have long hoped that Hell’s Kitchen would get as hot as its name.
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