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Nightlife fixture Michael Ng channeled his love of ragtime to open his second gay piano bar, after Uncle Charlie’s midtown. (It’s his third if you count the now-deceased Pegasus.) He's hoping the same recipe of success— off-the-strip locale, live showtunes, buff bartenders—will attract a younger crowd at this L.E.S. location. The first room is a tiny bar that seats about 10, but then the space emerges onto a huge dance floor, replete with a spinning disco ball (a remnant of the former Lounge 87) and utz-thumping techno. There are also six flat screen TVs and a beer pong table straight out of an Upper East Side frat-joint. With room for over 200, the space is also larger than the original Midtown East location. — Yelena Shuster