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Places

The Night the Neon Went Dark

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

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • illustration: Joe Gough
Places

Got No Time to Be Your Barroom Muse

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

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Alexa Bendek
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Natasha David Is a Master of Whimsy

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

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Beer

The Irish Pub Is Dead, Long Live the Irish Pub

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

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Beer

The Quiet Defiance of Decibel

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

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Places

Brien Drew Deserves an Emmy

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
Cocktails

Bar Review: Is This What Sustainability Actually Looks Like?

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Places

RuPaul, Patron Saint of New York’s Gay Bars

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

  • story: Jen Vafidis
  • photo: Gabi Porter
Cocktails

When John O’Donnell Talks, People Listen

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Places

The Golden Age of Hipster Karaoke

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

  • story: Nathaniel Adams
  • photo: Elann Danziger
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