This has happened at the former Louis 649 space at 649 E. Ninth St. near Avenue C: A pop-up bar for the holiday.
Per Time Out:
" ...you can order The Grinch (rum, coconut butter) and Three Wise Men (Calvados, frankincense) in a hideaway decked out with kitschy decorations you’d find in your grandparents’ wood-paneled basement, including tinsel garlands, plaid table cloths and glittery globe ornaments. In addition to enough Christmas and Hanukkkah garb to put the Griswolds to shame, the bar also offers light snacks just like mom used to make (think Santa’s cookies — coyly paired with a shot of milk punch — and Chex mix)."
After the holiday the space will yield to a new bar called Mace run by the folks behind Boilermaker on First Avenue.
You can find more details about Miracle and its drinks (including the Yippie Ki Yay Motherf****r! with Trinidad rum, cachaça, dry curacao, lime juice and roasted chestnut orgeat) at Time Out.
Who remembers a bar on 43rd St between 6th and 7th Ave that was known as the Christmas Bar? I went in one time in a hot August, sweating like crazy, and one drink and "Deck the Halls..." just didn't do it; I fled...
ReplyDeleteOh great, santa con for the holidays!! Just what we need.......
ReplyDeleteI find this offensive! Why does it have to be Christmas-themed and not Holiday-themed cocktail bar?!?
ReplyDeleteAnd yet more infantilization for the mom-and-dad funded kidults -- the soft, privileged baby-adults, delicately meandering through a safeguarded existential crisis like a six pound bowling ball rolling down a well-oiled lane, lubricated and protected from the friction of social immobility by their class and race, bouncing between the bumpers of financial security and malignant narcissism.
These baby-adults need their halls to be decked and these pop-up shops need to be pop-popped the sh*t out of them. I know, I know, been having too much The Grinch.
As George Carlin said: “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”
or drink, i.e, the E.V.
Douse your noses and run like crazy!.
South Park Jesus needs to go to this shithole and kick some ass. Not the employees. Just the owners.
ReplyDeleteBecause, of course, this is exactly what the neighborhood needs; more places to swill upscale hooch.
ReplyDeleteChristmas Poo cocktail anyone???
ReplyDeleteIsn't almost every bar Christmas themed right now? Just go to Rolf's on 3rd in Gramercy. Nothing good has ever come out of anything "pop-up."
ReplyDelete💩 I'll drink to that!
ReplyDeleteSeems nice. I will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteWas Chanukah supposed to spelled with a "KKK" in the middle?
ReplyDeleteThe bros are going to have an awesome time ordering up those "Yipy Ki Yay Motherfuckers" and then guffawing and high-fiving the shit out of each other. What a brotastic idea, all of this. Don't forget to wear an ironically bad holiday sweater. That shit is like, funny bro.
ReplyDeleteUgh just what the East Village needs. More people having fun over the Holidays!
ReplyDeleteYeah, you guys, why must y'all be such EV Grinches over yet another bar where people can have 'fun' during the Holidays or any other day, by having to consume alcohol in a yet another gimmicky bar so that they can have the illusion of having 'fun', because without the gimmick and alcohol, they realize their lives are empty and can't have fun. Every day is like a holiday in the EV. Fun!
ReplyDeleteI heard about the Miracle on 9th Street on EVG, so I went. It was mostly 35 to 45-year-olds quietly sipping cocktails. People seemed extremely happy and there was lots of smiling. It was very enjoyable and the egg nog was the best I have ever had! I'll be back with my coworkers.
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