After eight-plus years as the 13th Step, the sports bar/SantaCon hotspot at 149 Second Ave. is now simply The Step here between Ninth Street and 10th Street. (Thanks to EVG reader Aaron Wilson for the photo!)
No word at the moment what may have prompted the dropping of the 13th. There isn't any mention yet about a name change on the bar's website or social media properties.
Several readers/residents found the name to be in poor taste upon the bar's arrival. The term 13th Step is used as a euphemism for inappropriate sexual advances by a member to a newcomer in AA. It means other things too.
From the EVG way-back machine in July 2010, Michael Asch, one of the two senior co-owners at the time of the
Anyway, so long to that comic-sans neon signage...
[EVG photo from July 2010]
