tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1516291160179303729..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: At the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge (aka, RIP)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65364126396841705242021-12-09T21:04:51.733-05:002021-12-09T21:04:51.733-05:00Exactly...Exactly...NCMickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318909772679491787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83936000323297794052014-07-14T12:39:13.001-04:002014-07-14T12:39:13.001-04:00Thanks for sharing that, Andrew!
I'm glad at ...Thanks for sharing that, Andrew!<br /><br />I'm glad at least one of those mirrors survived... <br />EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2950369726276539852014-07-14T01:44:32.898-04:002014-07-14T01:44:32.898-04:00hi grieve, i'm so grateful for your post. i w...hi grieve, i'm so grateful for your post. i was always so inspired by the mere existence of this place, though sad to say I never made it in for a drink. however i was biking by when they gutted it and the property next door, and among the things he was selling on the street were the beveled mirrors from behind the bar. I bought one of them for $60. i should have bought them both! I'm glad to see from your photo of the bar with the mirror, that indeed it is the very same one - same size, with etched flowers. I've always cherished it as such, and nice to know that it actually is. I hate that so much of this nyc is vanishing. This is the nyc that i knew and loved. The nyc of today - would not draw me... andrew vladeckhttp://facebook.com/fireshipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3393498786789798752010-11-10T20:52:12.828-05:002010-11-10T20:52:12.828-05:00Some video we shot at the Navy Yard for a friend&#...Some video we shot at the Navy Yard for a friend's comic book promo about two years ago... such a gloriously shady place. (But a great comic book!) <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhe2PgMblrwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72610436277589906112010-11-09T19:24:49.874-05:002010-11-09T19:24:49.874-05:00I appreciate your anonymous affection, WB. Maybe w...I appreciate your anonymous affection, WB. Maybe we could go on a date sometime, and I could give you a copy of the book, which you clearly haven't read. I know it's hard for you to believe that someone living in Hoboken could access the city, what with the five minute Path train ride and all, but I'm nonetheless glad I've given you an opportunity to feel superior.Ben Westhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062569297144571564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70877426724183351692010-11-09T17:28:37.721-05:002010-11-09T17:28:37.721-05:00Hmm. It took a whole year to write? Maybe it is pr...Hmm. It took a whole year to write? Maybe it is pretty good. But how much does it weigh? That's another important criteria.WBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29853202067636212822010-11-09T16:49:05.872-05:002010-11-09T16:49:05.872-05:00Sorry for uninformed criticism about my book, whic...Sorry for uninformed criticism about my book, which I spent a year writing and you can find at: http://www.amazon.com/York-Citys-Best-Dive-Bars/dp/1935439197/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt<br /><br />Two quick notes: The time limit for the bathrooms was five minutes, oddly enough, and an Incredible Hulk is Hypnotiq and Hennessey.Ben Westhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062569297144571564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37410282909961666192010-11-09T14:29:08.653-05:002010-11-09T14:29:08.653-05:00I too am sorry I never was able to have a few drin...I too am sorry I never was able to have a few drinks in here. I like the fact that you noted the people here are steady drinkers who can handle their booze. So much different than someone doing 5 jagerbombs to get glonked out of their gourd in seven minutes. And as far as that Village Voice piece goes, they used models on the cover instead of real bartenders. Pretty lame.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.aguywalksinto365bars.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83270144930897099992010-11-09T14:25:45.181-05:002010-11-09T14:25:45.181-05:00So sorry I never made it here...must've been e...So sorry I never made it here...must've been even better full of sailors.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73144046259375151992010-11-09T14:23:15.866-05:002010-11-09T14:23:15.866-05:00Excellent piece, Grieve.Excellent piece, Grieve.Chrishttp://brewyorknewyork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33352239011199986432010-11-09T13:02:40.613-05:002010-11-09T13:02:40.613-05:00i especially like the picture of the hallway with ...i especially like the picture of the hallway with the exterminator's gunk pushed into the ceiling cracks/spaces where rats can get through.<br />that's a caring owner.blue glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-4936851345277937142010-11-09T11:48:36.181-05:002010-11-09T11:48:36.181-05:00In reference to that Voice piece, it's sad tha...In reference to that Voice piece, it's sad that someone can get away with writing a book about the best dive bars in the city when all it seems he's doing is dropping in for a drink so he can write snarky descriptions of the owners and regulars. Someone who doesn't even live in the city no less? Have some respect, buddy. As someone pointed out in the comments, the guy at the Holland Bar whose appearance he comments on has a congenital disease. Really nice. Hope the book sells well.WBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36214161991801284082010-11-09T10:17:00.293-05:002010-11-09T10:17:00.293-05:00Joshua Bernstein of the New York Press just picked...Joshua Bernstein of the New York Press just picked this as his favorite dive bar from an <a href="http://www.nypress.com/article-21757-gut-instinct-taking-a-dive.html" rel="nofollow">article</a> last month (http://www.nypress.com/article-21757-gut-instinct-taking-a-dive.html), in retort to the one that <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-10-06/restaurants/new-york-s-best-dive-bars/" rel="nofollow">Village Voice</a> did on NYC's best dive bars.<br /><br />nonetheless, i think imma start a pilgrimage on those dive bars that <i>The Village Voice</i> and <i>The New York Press</i> have suggested, before they start vanishing soon too. i've only been to a few of them, thus far.<br /><br />good bye Navy Yards, (hello Old Navy? or another Cosmotini Bar?)esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-92092157511026015822010-11-09T08:23:43.133-05:002010-11-09T08:23:43.133-05:00The only time I passed this Bar was on the way to ...The only time I passed this Bar was on the way to the Navy Club in the Navy Yard. It was a pretty dangerous place (not saying the bar) but the whole area back in the day. Never walked around there.Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2@wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91970542609457956092010-11-09T07:23:02.370-05:002010-11-09T07:23:02.370-05:00so KICKING myself for never going. lovely post, G....so KICKING myself for never going. lovely post, G. thanks for the mammaries. (sorry)Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.com