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Passerby

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436 W. 15th St., New York, NY 10011
nr. Ninth Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-206-7321 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
8.5 out of 10

2 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: DJ, Lounge, Neighborhood Bar, Singles Scene, Wine Bar

Photo by Shanna Ravindra

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Who says getting your buzz on at a gallery has to involve a plastic cup of tepid Pinot Grigio? Certainly not Gavin Brown, who opened this bar in front of his Chelsea gallery space in 1999 (then again, artist Rob Pruitt once contributed a work called Cocaine Buffet to a group show there, an interactive piece that consisted of a 16-foot line of cocaine on a mirror). Passerby, whose blinking disco floor was also built by an artist, is where the New York-L.A.-Tokyo-London-Paris-Berlin-Yale art-world fabulous touch down while installing shows.

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8.5

If you love Lot 61, don't come here. Please.

CityPixie from 10013 | Posted on 3/27/03

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)

Tumbling into Passerby late night is like showing up at a friend-of-a-friend's party. You don't know what to expect, but you know you're going to have an interesting time. What isn't there to love...Read More

Crowded cool

jj from | Posted on 12/16/02

Overall Reader Rating: 8 (Recommended)

Although tiny, this meat-packing bar has all the right elements crammed inside. Always great music, and one of the best crowds most nights of the week.