Profile

This down-home-stylish bar was formerly a local luncheonette for the neighborhood's Italian old timers—as well as a onetime, well, candy store. Fake birds in the windows and Chinese newspapers laminated on the table-tops give the place a kitschy feel, but the bar staff take their job seriously, expertly executing martinis and cosmopolitans for the nightly throngs of neighborhood hotties. The owner is a set designer, so the backroom has cleverly been made to look like a train car. The real attraction, though, is the stage—which accommodates the full range of Billyburg's sonic underground, from rockabilly to ska. — Maura Egan

Nightly, 8 p.m.–midnight; check website for schedule

Adult Spelling Bee
Every other Monday, 7:30 p.m.; prizes range from bar tabs to paninis

Quizz Off
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.; Jeopardy-like game; prizes range from bar tabs to paninis