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No Idea
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Critics' Pick
Official Website
Hours
Daily, 4pm-4am
Nearby Subway Stops
6 at 23rd St.; N, R, W at 23rd St.; 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W at 14th St.-Union Sq.
Payment Methods
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Profile
The phrase first-name basis applies to the relationship between barkeeps and regulars at most of the spots on this list, but No Idea actually makes a game of it. Every day, the management honors a different first name, and if your driver's license matches up, you drink free. This ritual provides a bonding moment for all of the young professional Amys and Justins who frequent No Idea—business consultants at Arthur Andersen, Web-page builders at Poppe Tyson, clerks at Paragon Sporting Goods, and editors at Parents magazine. Even if it's not your name day, you'll stay amused with games in the slightly hidden pool room, trips to the jukebox, and rounds of cheap drinks.
| 3.5 | "Not Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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If you're into the B&T crowd
BenYankee from 11215 | Posted on 2/17/09
Wound up here for ten minutes on a Saturday night recently and this placed sucked. The bartenders weren't paying attention to anyone, and the crowd was terrible. It was a bunch of transplanted midwestern ibankers with no sense of NYC. Whoever said this was a dive bar is seriously mistaken.
No Idea what they're going for
janene from | Posted on 6/7/05
Still trying to figure out the "dive" aspect; usually, it constitutes a quirky decor and/or cheap drinks. No Idea lacks both. There's nothing distinguishing or interesting about the place's look (though the back room was nice for a large group), and the drinks aren't particularly inexpensive. Plus, there's no happy hour, despite a location surrounded by businesses; perhaps that's why the place was nearly empty when visited after work. That, or the utter lack of attention from the bartender, who was rather uninterested in anything but the lonely fellow at the end of the bar. Maybe he enjoyed himself...
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