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Holiday Cocktail Lounge
75 St. Marks Pl., New York, NY, 10003
nr. First Ave.
212-777-9637
| 8.4 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |  |
Holiday Lounge
donaldwaits from 70116 | Posted on 8/14/09
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A great place at any time, but Sunday's with the NY Times and at the bar, Stephan and his friends, yelling about the news in seven different languages. One of the best juke boxes in the city. There is absolutely NO "vibe", here. It's "come one, come all". On a busy Saturday night, Stephan may get bored or drunk and close the bar for no reason as early as 1 AM. A joy in the East Village.
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R.I.P. Stephan-you will be missed
veritas71 from 10003 | Posted on 5/9/09
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God Bless The Bartender Stephan who worked there for many years. He will be missed.
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A New York Landmark
ChantalBernard from 30605 | Posted on 9/6/05
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I spent so much time here in the mid-to-late 1980s with RISD pals. For sleazy its the real thing. Great cheap liquor drinks in little glasses. I am not a true drinker but this somehow made drinking outrageous. The meaning of blind drunk can be experienced here. Memories of hanging out with friends here made me yearn for the old days. If you are 21, go hang out here, you may take home a few memories yourself one day.
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My Youth in a Glass
Kira | Posted on 4/15/03
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My brother and I logged countless hours in this smoky, grungy, divey hellhole of an auxiliary living room during the late '80s and early '90s. I met several memorable boyfriends here, as well as a number of good, long time friends. Like your living room (if you weren't picky about cleaning the ash trays) with cheap booze. Excellent jukebox in its own very specific way. Crusty bar staff - the only kind to have, if you ask me. A fine place to hang out. Low style, but NOT low life.
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A True Dive Bar...
savannah89 | Posted on 4/14/03
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What can I say? This bar has remained the same after every other bar in the neighborhood has died and gone to yuppie hell. Yes it's dirty. The beauty of it is that you won't be forced to endure a bunch of Wall Street kids singing "Hang on Snoopy" or whatever the hell that song is called... The drinks are TRUELY cheap as shit and the music ain't half bad. Atmospherically, I'd give this a 10,10,10!!! God Bless America and bars like this one. You gotta love em'.
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Cheapest Dirtiest Drinks in Manhattan
LisaGrrl | Posted on 3/3/03
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It's dark, it's dingy, it's upholstered in duct tape. The bartender is more loaded than the patrons, so forget cosmos or margaritas -- you'll be luck to get a good vodka tonic. This is a beer and shooters place. The crowd is always interesting and the jukebox is country rockin'. It's a great place for celebs like me to hide out.
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Holiday in Cambodia
hey_hon | Posted on 2/3/03
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I love a good dive bar BUT... One Saturday late afternoon after hearing about how "bizarre" this bar is and how even more "bizarre" the owner/bartender is, my friend (who had braved this place before) and I ventured in. Taking a seat at the bar after sizing up the joint with the others who were there to watch the show, I broke one of my cardinal bar rules: at a place like this, only order things in sealed bottles. Finally getting the owners attention after watching him stagger around the bar muttering things in what sounded like German and English - WASTED. I asked for a Jack and Ginger. EEK! He thrust his hand in a dirty bucket, pulled out a handful of ice, got approximately half of it in the glass and proceeded to make the cocktail. I picked it up and took a sip, "bleahk", it was "not right" and then I held it up the light...I cannot even tell you what was floating in it. My friend and I ran, we ran straight for the door...
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