Dive Bar entertainment in New York City
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Jimmy's Corner
This skinny, welcoming, completely unpretentious dive off Times Sq is run by an old boxing trainer, as if you wouldn’t guess by all the framed photos of boxing greats (and lesser-known fighters too). The jukebox covers Stax to Miles Davis (plus Lionel Ritchie’s most regretful moments), kept low enough for post-work gangs to chat away.
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Welcome to the Johnsons
Set up like a ’70s game room – a bit sleazier than the one on That ’70s Show – the Johnsons’ irony still hasn’t worn off for the devoted 20-something crowd. It could have something to do with the $2 Buds till 9pm, the pool table, the blasting garage-rock jukebox or the plastic-covered sofas.
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Creek
Good for a see-what-happens evening, this local bar has a burrito grill in the back and open-mic and comedy nights, plus films and live performances held in the makeshift theater upstairs. The crowd is a lively mix of Queens-forever locals and newbie pioneers. Occasional live shows tend to favor the distortion pedal.
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Rudy’s
The big pantless pig in a red jacket out front marks Hell’s Kitchen’s best divey mingler, with cheap pitchers of Rudy’s two beers, half-circle booths covered in red duct tape, and free hot dogs. A mix of folks come to flirt or watch muted Knicks games as classic rock plays.
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Holiday Cocktail Lounge
No $12 cocktails at this long-term classic bad-behavior HQ – just a mix of penny-pinching alcoholic guys, students on a budget and dive-hounds who find crotchety service, a mix of nostalgia and $4 rum-and-cokes the perfect night out.
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Subway Inn
Booze in this part of town for this cheap? Count us in. Occupying its own world across from Bloomingdale’s, this old-geezer watering hole is a vintage cheap-booze spot that, despite the classic rock and worn red booths, harkens to long-past days when Marilyn Monroe dropped in.
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