David Blend

The Glorious Magnetism of the Dive Bar

And why it lives in all of us.

VBar St. Marks

With window-side banquettes offering some of the city's best people-watching, this neighborhood bar offers solid food and relatively cheap booze in a friendly, comfortable environment that suits both after-work drinking and "I can't believe it's 1am and I'm still here" drinking.

The Paramount

The Paramount is a 1500-seat concert venue in lovely Huntington, Long Island, complete with a basement VIP called "The Founder's Room", where you'll find pool, leather couches, and brief-to-lengthy appearances by the bands, depending on who they are, and whether they still consume alcohol at this stage in their careers.

Hilarious New Music Video Proves That NYC Hasn't Lost All of Its Artists (or Weirdness)

The latest video from heavy metal Bee Gees tribute band Tragedy -- shot locally in support of the group’s upcoming album The Joy of Sex (release party: February 11 at Rough Trade) -- is both an ode to Brooklyn and an unexpected testament to the staying power of New York creatives.

This New App Can Get You Free Drinks at the Bar

Buybacks used to be a far more regular thing: If you bought a reasonable number of drinks and were a reasonably regular and/or agreeable customer, at some point in the evening your bartender would say, "This round's on me."

The Martini Is Our Most Political Cocktail. Let's Drink a Lot of Them.

No cocktail is as tightly intertwined with politics as the martini.

4 Straight Days at the Craziest Barbecue Competition in the World

Wednesday afternoon.

The 11 Stages of Grief When Your Favorite NYC Bar Closes

One of my favorite dive bars closed last night.

30 Years Later, We Feel the Need... the Need to Revisit 'Top Gun'

I saw Top Gun for the first time the day I graduated from middle school in 1986.

I Spent 14 Straight Hours at Buffalo Wild Wings

When you tell people you’re planning to spend 14 straight hours at a Buffalo Wild Wings, they tend to say things like “You are crazy,” “No, really, you are crazy,” and “Are you going to eat all the wild wings?” Well, I didn’t eat all the wings (I did bring along a special correspondent to try all 22 sauces & seasonings though), but I might be crazy, because I really did hang out in the first Manhattan B-Dubs -- a two-level loft built in a new architectural layout evoking an actual stadium, complete with a rooftop, outdoor mezzanine patio, and a private event space designed to put the fun in corporate functions -- from 10:30am until after the end of the Pittsburgh-Indy game.

31 Promises You Should Make to Your Bartender

38 New “Animal Walks Into A Bar” Jokes, Because Puns Are Awesome