Pandemic isolation, and a rejection of deodorant, finds a niche nightlife release. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Bars and Nightclubs”
How a Sports Bar Manager Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2022
Abby Dowd, often with a megaphone, ministers to the football fans who call Blue Haven East “church.” Source: New York Times
Sardi’s Is Back After 648 Days, Its Fortunes Tied to Broadway
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2021
The caricatures are back up. But many shows are canceling performances just as Sardi’s reopens, a hurdle for a restaurant catering to the theater crowd. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Clubs Are Packed, but Many Are Still in Debt
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2021
Will the crowds be enough to recoup months of lost revenue? Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Ruth Polsky, Who Shaped New York’s Music Scene
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
She booked concerts at influential nightclubs in the 1980s, bringing exposure to up-and-coming artists like the Smiths and New Order. Source: New York Times
Elaine Romagnoli, Longtime Fixture of Lesbian Nightlife, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2021
The bustling downtown bars that Ms. Romagnoli created became central to New York City’s gay community in the 1970s and ’80s. Source: New York Times
Dining Sheds Saved N.Y.C. Could They Destroy It?
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2021
The Lower East Side has turned into an all-night fraternity party, locals say, and small businesses are asking for help. Source: New York Times
Dee Pop, Drummer and Downtown New York Fixture, Dies at 65
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2021
Initially known for his tight and soulful playing with the celebrated post-punk band Bush Tetras, he later became an entrepreneur of avant-garde music. Source: New York Times
Jimmy Neary, Whose Irish Pub Became a Power Brokers’ Hub, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2021
Opening on St. Patrick’s Day, 1967, Neary’s attracted politicians, media players, archbishops and more, drawn as much by Mr. Neary himself as by the lamb chops. Source: New York Times
Google's $2.1 Billion Bet on Manhattan Office Space
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2021
A $2.1 billion purchase of a Hudson Square building is a shot in the arm for the ailing New York office market. Source: New York Times
Review: Contento Treats Accessibility as a Right
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2021
Contento, in East Harlem, sets an example for an industry that is rarely welcoming to diners with disabilities. Source: New York Times
Nearly 50 Times Journalists Capture Nightlife in New York
By Gotham Rex on August 8, 2021
Nearly 50 journalists spent weeks documenting what New Yorkers were doing after dark when pandemic restrictions were fading, at least for a time. Source: New York Times
Views of 3 Boroughs, Complete With Cocktails
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2021
On Roosevelt Island, the Graduate hotel’s 18th-floor Panorama Room offers wide vistas of the city, and a new appreciation of its overlooked enclave. Source: New York Times
The Abrupt Halt of To-Go Cocktails Leaves New York Restaurants Reeling
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
Owners, who relied on the drinks to stay afloat during the pandemic, are unloading cocktails and wondering what to do with all the packaging equipment that is now useless as an alcohol sales loophole is closed. Source: New York Times
‘We’re Not Back to Normal,’ but New Yorkers Savor Reopening Weekend
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2021
With virus restrictions lifted, New Yorkers had mixed reactions to ending the precautions they’d grown used to. Source: New York Times