JohnWallace44 wrote:Working on a project that I'll post as soon as its ready to launch. I'm looking for everyone's help; need your opinions on the most unique "only in NYC" type bars, restaurants, tours, services etc. in the five boroughs and I guess we'll include Hoboken.

Thanks everyone...

I don't know if it's that unique, but I really like the Continental, in the Village.

Marv wrote:pdq in the east village. you go into a phone booth and lift the phone and the wall of the booth opens to let you in. like you're agent 86 or some s**t.

LOL i gotta see that.

i would say MSG is pretty unique because only there can you see the way a dumb**** runs his organization.

What I'm looking for is stuff like the Ice Room at Mehanatta. $20 all you can drink for 2 minutes but you have to wear a Russian soldier outfit.

Or LiveIn Theatre's walking murder mystery theatre show through the streets of Manhattan. Stuff that is only doable in NYC. I'm putting together a site that I'll post shortly, but it will have deals for the best of these types of unique NYC merchants.

Marv wrote:pdq in the east village. you go into a phone booth and lift the phone and the wall of the booth opens to let you in. like you're agent 86 or some s**t.

And someone not as cool as you are can get in too?

I figure that I would just get an f'n dial tone.

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In case you haven't heard: As palatial as Grecian bathhouses, Bar 89's unisex stalls have glass doors that are transparent until you lock them, an action that magically renders them opaque. But cool as they are, the potties can't entirely explain this place's popularity. The chocolate martinis are delicious, and the bar snacks irresistible enough. But we suspect that the real secret of Bar 89's success has something to do with—dare we say?—democracy. Call it SoHo lite: The stark, glass-and-aluminum loft aesthetic feels chic enough, but it's familiar (you've seen it in dozens of movies) and accessible to anyone able and willing to pay $10 to $15 for a drink. Or maybe it really is just the bathrooms.

JohnWallace44 wrote:Good suggestion on the tours. Any of you guys ever been to La Esquina in Kenmare Square? You walk through an employee only door, down stairs, through the kitchen and it opens up into a huge underground bar/restaurant

i've been there. the place is awesome. great 'goofellas' feel to it. impossible to get a res.

VDesai wrote:Its called PDT aka Please Don't Tell

i can't believe you told!!

JohnWallace44 wrote:The hidden bar through the back wall of DoubleCrown on 2nd Ave is great too. One of the better bars in the city if you're looking for something classy. Little Branch is another unmarked door place with prohibition style drinks in the West Vill.

been to little branch. cool place but cats heading over there better make sure they're gay-friendly.

Singing waiters?