Eating but MAINLY drinking in New York.

Nobjocki

First of all, let's get the food out of the way with some pretty good websites for cheap and free food.As always read the comments at the end for updates/changes.

I like to call this section
Noshing with Nobjocki

www.winedanddined.com/2009/08/free-food-nyc/

http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/going-deep-for-the-cheap-in-new-york/?em

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/restaurants-bars/9142/best-cheap-eats-in-new-york-city-everything-under-10

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/07/cheap-food-in-nyc-dollar-manhattan-queens-falafel-sushi-pickles-ice-dumplings.html

www.cheapeatery.com/

http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/18?!!!!!main_menu_boards;menu_boards


But when I go to Manhattan I like to drink.
Not just drink but drink in nice bars.
Cheaply.

http://www.drinkdeal.com/featured.aspx?cityID=1&cityname=NYC

http://nyc.myopenbar.com/

www.murphguide.com/

www.gotham-imbiber.com/bars.


I've also put together a nice leisurely pub crawl involving ten different but each in their own way interesting bars.There's never more than ten minutes walk between each of them and sometimes they're even next door to each other.But don't tarry too long in any of them or ten pubs in a day will be pushing it.All of them are Googleable.

I like to call it
The Nobjocki Swallow


1. Waterfront Ale House 540 2nd Avenue. A great starting point with excellent food to line the stomach for the onslaught ahead.Say hello to KC, she's lovely.

2. Old Town Bar 45 E18th. A New York classic.Everyone who is anyone has drunk here.And the gents have also taken a leak in the chest-high urinals celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.

3. McSorleys 15 E 7th. A bit touristy but a glimpse of the boisterous sweat-and-sawdust past of Manhattan before the yuppies came.

4. Burp Castle 41 E 7th St. A real one-off, especially for lovers of draught beer from the world over. No food, no TV just beer.And Gregorian chants. You'll understand.

5. Jimmy’s No.43 43 E 7th Next door to the Burp and downstairs. Busy, boozy and great food.

6. D.b.a 41 1st Avenue. 40 beers on tap although it may just be 20 because you can get a little cross-eyed at this stage. Black feller behind the bar likes to jive when pouring the pints.

7. Puck Fair 298 Lafayette St. Great food and interesting drinks and cocktails. Gets really busy early evening.

8. Peculiar Pub 145 Bleecker St. Nothing fancy to look at but a great place to start on what is the party street of Manhattan.

9. Blind Tiger Ale House 281 Bleecker St. Cosy with probably the biggest selection of beer from all over the world in town.

10. Ear Inn 326 Spring St. This is special so don't tell everyone. The names comes from an old neon BAR sign outside that lost the end of the B hence the name Ear.
Steeped in history, well off the beaten tracks with cheap simple food and occasionally music and poetry reading.
My favourite bar in New York.Say hello to Barbara for me. She makes a great margarita.

Nobjocki

This website might also be useful for people who'd like an escorted tour through a New York neighbourhood.
For free.
You can see how it's done ( through incredibly effective fund-raising ) on the website but it seems an admirable way of seeing parts of the city that might not otherwise be reached.
Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere.

https://www.bigapplegreeter.org

Nobjocki

Another thumbs-up here for the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Good value in a week when Manhattan hotel prices were sky high plus they located an MP3 player I left in the safe and Fedexed it back free of charge with no fuss.
Josh on the front desk is a diamond geezer.

Nobjocki

JAZZ FROM A BYGONE ERA

On a recent trip to New York I spent a wonderful evening in the company of some of the finest musicians I've heard in a long time and I'd heartily recommend this for a great evening's entertainment over some reasonably-priced dinner.


It is a throwback to the types of ensembles seen in old movies and photographs of handsome musicians with slicked-back hair in dinner clubs. And when they take the bandbox on Mondays, the scene seems to melt back into that bygone era, as the lights dim and the man with the fedora and radioland voice steps up to the old-fashioned microphone to introduce them.
They launch into some hot number, and dancers spring from their tables to fling each other around the floor.





http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/nyregion/28metjournal.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=Jazz&st=cse