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An elegy for March 13, the final Friday before New York City bars turned off the lights.

Places

At Brooklyn’s Diamond Lil, Jenna Gribbon’s painting offers a modern rebuttal to the backbar nude.

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The proprietor of New York’s Nitecap on honing her eclectic approach to drink-making.

Beer

For as long as the Irish have lived in New York, so, too, have their bars.

Beer

How New York’s pioneering punk-rock sake bar became a culture unto itself.

Places

At Elio’s, the Upper East Side hangout for the well-heeled, the longtime bartender is a star. Just ask Tom Selleck.

At Brooklyn’s brand-new Hunky Dory, Claire Sprouse takes a humble approach to the cocktail world’s current crisis-of-conscience.

Places

During Drag Race season, New York’s gay bars have the atmosphere of a sports bar in the run up to the Super Bowl.

For the longtime Van’s employee, bartending is the only job he’s ever known.

Places

Not long ago, an outlandish, anarchic form of karaoke ruled New York’s nightlife scene.

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