As we've discussed here before, "dive bar" is a tired, meaningless term that should be retired. But! For the sake of a pointless Friday conversation... here are the nearby bars that made the top-50 list.
2 — The Holiday
5 — Blarney Cove
7 — Blue & Gold
11 — Coal Yard (called "an East Village legend" — already!)
13 — Lakeside Lounge
14 — Lucy's
17 – 11th Street bar
18 — Vazac's
27 — Doc Holliday's
35 — Cherry Tavern
40 — Milano's
44 — Continental
45 — Crocodile Lounge
46 — Heathers
47 — Double Down Saloon
49 — B-Side
50 — International
The overall list isn't as awful as I imagined based on their EV choices. 11th Street bar a dive? Hardly. Crocodile Lounge? HEATHERS?!?! Why not the Grassroots? They sell $2 pints of Bud during happy hour. And it's a shithole. I've seen dead mice in there. Fits the criteria.
ReplyDelete^^agreed 11th street bar isn't a dive bar -- it's an irish pub much like st. dymphna's, scratcher, swift's, lunasa...
ReplyDeletecontinental ain't no dive bar no more --it's been transformed to a yuppie lounge
fish bar should be on this list
and mars would have been on the top of this list
[and a dive bar does not necessarily connotes a shithole place; it's “A church for down-and-outers and those who romanticize them, a rare place where high and low rub elbows — bums and poets, thieves and slumming celebrities. It’s a place that wears its history proudly.”*]
at least there are no fratboy douchebaggery and wooooo-wooooers in these bars
11th st bar ain't no irish bar, it's a (quite clean and charming) cesspool for scouser scum... and i love it!
ReplyDeleteSophies...Joe's Bar...Bueller...Bueller...
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ReplyDeleteCoal Yard (which I love) hasn't been around long enough to make this list (Sorry Molly!). Totally surprised that Sophie's isn't on here & I totally agree that 11th St. Bar is NOT a dive...
ReplyDeleteWho in their right mind would want to publicize a list like this? It's going to undermine the very character of some of these places. If you need a list, you should not be hanging out in dive bars.
ReplyDeleteDamn it, marty.! Shhh!
ReplyDeleteDo we need to thank Complex for inviting (the rest of) everybody who doesn't know better into our neighborhood? And, is there a way to stop dive mag's like this one from publicizing the East Village?
ReplyDeleteA guy from village voice published a book called new york citys best dive bars a bit ago. EV was well represented, including joes etc if I recall. He seemed like he kind of got the idea that this list missed.
ReplyDeleteGot it for some buddies, funny, its in everyones apt bathrooms. Perfect length articles... ha.