Product Description
With New York City being overrun by cosmo-sipping, trance-listening, couch-sprawling hipsters, we thought it was high time to explore the places where real people settle in for some real drinking. If you think New York’s classic dives are slipping away, have no fear—we’ve rounded up more than ninety places where you’ll be scared to take your parents. Learn which dives have the best jukeboxes, the strongest drinks, and the most fascinating clientele. Want to … More >>
New York City’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving In the Five Boroughs
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#1 by Anonymous on April 2, 2010 - 1:28 am
A buddy of mine got me this book for my birthday. It rocks! It’s so great to learn about places aren’t filled with the usual try-hards that tend to fill so many places in Manhattan. I loved Wendy Mitchell’s reviews and the way she peppered the book with her experiences at the bars. I don’t know how she found these places!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Dakota Smith on April 2, 2010 - 3:34 am
It’s pretty good at nailing the city’s top dive bars. plus, the stories are pretty damn funny.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on April 2, 2010 - 6:34 am
Fed up with velvet ropes? Reluctant to share another Friday surrounded by frat boys and pseudo-hipsters? I was…and then I came across Mitchell’s book. She covers a HUGE range of NYC’s dive bars and the reviews are right on the money. And unlike other guide books, this is as entertaining to read as it is helpful. A must-have.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by FishMan on April 2, 2010 - 9:27 am
I love this book, and am a hardcore dive-bar fan. However, it seems that a variety of the “institution” bars the author talks about (village idiot, siberia, bellevue) are all closed. I seriously hope there is a new edition coming out soon!
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Anonymous on April 2, 2010 - 11:14 am
Forget Zagat’s, this is the New York City Nightlife guide you really need. If you’re tired of $12 beers, snobby cosmo-drinking New Yorkers, and waiting outside velvet ropes, check out the bars Mitchell has tried and tested–places where you can hang your hat, settle in on a bar stool and have a good time with _real_ friends. Not the imbibing type? You’ll still get a kick out of Mitchell’s crisp writing and funny drinking tales.
Rating: 5 / 5