Falling Down

It seems the beloved 10 Degrees, a bar on St. Mark's Place, is falling down!

Behold, moving east to west:

Column 1, pretty bad.

Column 2, also pretty bad.

Column 3, terrible.

Maybe this is part of their marketing strategy: appealing to older East Villagers with nostalgia for the bad old days!

#eastvillage #10degrees #stmarksplace #bars #disrepair

Bar 2A Renovations

The beloved bar Bar 2A, located at the corner of East 2nd Street and Avenue A, has recently undergone a makeover:

Makeover.

Here is what it looks like inside:

Inside.

Of course, in order to maintain its East Village "cred", the windows are broken:

Broken window #1.

Broken window #2.

Still, it looks much nicer than it did before — East Villagers love renovations!

#eastvillage #avenuea #bar2a #2ndstreet #bars #renovations

Wither Lumé?

While walking up Avenue C yesterday, I spotted these stairs, leading into a bar (now out of business) called Lumé:

Dilapidated stairs.

Inside the door was this chalkboard sign:

10% off for all locals.

How could a place like this close? It had all the right ingredients — dilapidated stairs, a discount for local residents — everything needed for success in the East Village!

Some mysteries are just not meant to be solved.

#eastvillage #avenuec #lumé #inside #disrepair #bars

"Frat" Bars Dominate the East Village?

I recently read an online article that claims to show the number of "frat" bars in U.S. cities based upon the number of times the word "frat" appears in reviews about them on Yelp. It shows the East Village as almost completely dominated by them!

A measure of Yelp reviews that use the word "frat".

More than showing the number of "frat" bars, a better explanation is that it shows the number of times the word "frat" is used by people who attack bars on Yelp that they don't like!

As cool as the East Village is, there are a lot of people who misuse the internet!

#eastvillage #bars #fratbars #yelp #internet

No Bats in This Belfry!

I was walking across East 14th Street the other day, when I passed by this place, just before Third Avenue:

The Belfry.

It's called The Belfry. It's a bar, believe it or not. It doesn't really look like one (to me), but it is!

They have a very clean and well-decorated front.

It just goes to show you that you don't have to look trashy, even on 14th Street!

#eastvillage #belfry #14thstreet #bars