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ptkloon wrote: »

It's the one on Lexington Avenue - not too far from times square/central park hopefuly and seems to be some restaurants quite close by.

ooh fab didn't know there was one there too! Lol enjoy

greenface

http://www.bbkingblues.com/ Always a good night out around times square for music lovers enjoy

Lady_S

We went to see the !!!!!! beatles there. I had a nice night, but cringed all night long.

costingbunny_2

I enjoyed a great night at Cafe Wha in Greenwich. Little basement club with live house band doing great covers - buckets of beer :beer: and platters of nachos, falafels etc. No cover change in the week.
http://cafewha.com/

ptkloon

costingbunny wrote: »

I enjoyed a great night at Cafe Wha in Greenwich. Little basement club with live house band doing great covers - buckets of beer :beer: and platters of nachos, falafels etc. No cover change in the week.
http://cafewha.com/

Thanks - do you have to book this or can we turn up on the night and pay at the door?
What kind of prices is it for beer etc there?

costingbunny_2

ptkloon wrote: »

Thanks - do you have to book this or can we turn up on the night and pay at the door?
What kind of prices is it for beer etc there?

Hi

I went on a Wednesday and just turned up but you can book.

I got there for 9 and watched two sets until midnight but folks came in all through the night.

There is no cover charge Wednesday or Sunday but its from $5 upwards other nights. The house band are great and I would recommend seeing them.

They have drinks deals so its cheaper for buckets of bottles or pitchers of cocktails. There was a drinks minimum but that is fine as you will be there a couple of hours. From memory it was either $20 $24 for 6 bottles of corona in a bucket.

Platters of nibbles about $7 and you got loads!!!

Lots of cheap bars in the area, some a bit dive-like or studenty but with good vibes - very village atmos. X

greenface

Lady_S wrote: »

We went to see the !!!!!! beatles there. I had a nice night, but cringed all night long.

Being from Merseyside i would do the same and teach them a thing or two (although one fella thought john lennon was american and from NYC)Cant be worst than Turkey a few years back when a "local" sang that McCartney & Wonder song Ebory & Ivaney. Saw Oleta Adams/ Vonda Shepard / Darlene Love in the past Just Missed the commitments Paddys day 2007. Darlene Love christmas party is one not to miss (without checking from memory dec 11th)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApX1gmZ9i4s
now rightly in the rock and roll hall of fame

bigpat

Thanks for the advice about suites/apartments etc. I'm kind of drawn to Sky City Apartments in Jersey City, either at 70 Greene Street or nearby at Portside Towers.

For what look like very nice 2-bed apartments, we're being quoted $309/night for https://www.skycityapts.com/apts/portside/2bed/ and $329/night for https://www.skycityapts.com/apts/greene/2bed/ for a 7-night stay.

Has anyone here stayed in either of these buildiings or elsewhere with Sky City (they have apartments in Manhattan too)? For what you get, does this sound like a good deal?

I'd love to get some opinions.
Thanks,

M4RKM

Without dates of your stay, it is hard to say if it's a good deal or not.
Many apartment rentals in New York City are illegal, however ones in New Jersey are not, as it is a different state.

M

bigpat

M4RKM wrote: »

Without dates of your stay

Good point! We're looking at approx 4th - 11th April next year, which is during the Easter half-term. Willing to adjust a few days either way if flights can be found cheaper, but the whole thing needs to be within the half-term which is 31st March - 15th April, incl. weekends.

I think I read one of your previous posts (or someones) about apartment lets being illegal in NY - but not in NJ as you say. Did you say there's a register of them somewhere? I've looked on the nyc.gov site but didn't see anything there.

Thanks for your help.