Drinks: Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
Opened last night, this 15-seat spot serves wine, small plates, and distillations meant to be sipped straight: bourbon, scotch, cognac, grappa, etc. The Bar should make the wait for a B.R. Bakery table more pleasant, and faster too, assuming it'll cull out weaklings who suffer from bourbon-induced narcolepsy.
Every Sunday for the next four months, the Port Authority brasserie will turn into a face-stuffing seafood fest. For variety, the style of mussel'll change monthly (Mariniere, Dijonaise, Diablo, Provencal) -- and at only $19.95, the deal's affordable even for people who ride buses.
Starting tomorrow, Barney's is knocking 50-75% off designer clothing, shoes, accessories, and "gifts for the home" (i.e., useless crap that if someone gave to you would quickly become "re-gifts for the homeless").
T. Yam's newly installed, hoaxy taxidermy exhibit depicts mythical creatures, deformed humans, and other dream-haunting oddities. Most horrifying's his Chupacabra (
This Valentine's, don't drink away your loneliness with Drano. Instead, seek sweet oblivion with a "Drink Alone", a delicious, appropriately bitter cocktail created by NYC master mixologist Junior Merino. It'll wash the pain away -- even if it does little to drain the festering 
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