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Fat Baby

112 Rivington St., New York, NY 10002
nr. Essex St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-533-1888 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
5.5 out of 10
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2 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Hot Spot, Live Music, Nightclub

Photo by Gavin Thomas

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Official Website

fatbabynyc.com

Hours

Daily, 6pm-4am

Happy Hour

Mon-Thu, Sun, 6pm-9pm; $3 beers and $5 call drinks
Fri-Sat, 6pm-8pm; $3 beers and $5 call drinks

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Payment Methods

MasterCard, Visa

Profile

This spacious bar and live music venue from Rob Shamlian (creator and original owner of the Dark Room) invokes the spirit of uglier-than-thou nineties grunge; the exposed guts of the bare-bones interior has the studied industrial-minimalism of old NIN music videos while the glass chandeliers emit the ghostly light you'd expect in an off-path subway tunnel. Heroin-chic bartenders don't look too happy about cranking out staples like Jack and Coke en masse but they're responsible for the gritty, moody, instant hip-in-a-can feel as much as the un-decorations. To really secure indie-cred, patrons are best off sneaking downstairs to catch a band or two: Rising acts such as the iOs, Snowden, and Morning Theft played during the openings weeks. — Porochista Khakpour

Extra

There's a cover charge of $5–$10 when there's a band in the house.

5.5

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Miderable scene, plus they stole our stuff

gneumatic from 11201 | Posted on 12/20/08

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)

Came here for a party with a big group of friends. They were totally unprepared to handle a group of our size, despite the fact that we had arranged the party weeks in advance. Bartender was intentionally as slow as possible and it took forever to get a drink, and the drinks he poured were super weak. All of this should probably be expected from a night out on the LES, but to make matters worse, several people in our party had things stolen (purse with cell phone, wallet, etc., coats, etc.). The bouncers were completely unhelpful and didn't seem to care much. Since then, I have heard that these kinds of thefts are not uncommon and occur pretty regularly at Fat Baby, so I would not be surprised if it's something the management/bouncers know about and turn a blind eye to. Other than us, the crowd was pretty cheesy - B&T/outer-borough/corporate wankers in button-downs with too much hair gel and cologne. AVOID Fat Baby at all cost.