Photo by Stacie Joy
Despite the sometimes menacing undercurrent, it's a decent spot here at 14 Avenue A for cheap-ish drinks ... though we can do without MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch" on the TV and the person who kept playing every track from Celebrity Skin on the jukebox.
Anyway, as you may have noticed ... the Double Down Saloon between Houston and Second Street is currently serving as a set (Paul's Bar) for "Chelsea Honeymoon," aka the Darren Aronofsky-helmed 1990s crime thriller "Caught Stealing" starring Austin Butler ... and an impressive cast (Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Will Brill, Bad Bunny, Griffin Dunne and Vincent D’Onofrio).
Filming will continue tonight, and we have more photos to post showing how the set dressers gave the immediate area a late 1990s vibe.
Lol I literally checked this blog to see why DD was closed and the facade saying "Paul's Bar". Glad it's just a temp thing!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the bar is supposed to be a stand-in for "Live Bait"—the dive on 23rd street that closed over ten years ago. It just occurred to me because the sign is in a similar lettering style.
ReplyDeleteIt is meant to be Paul’s Lounge, a bar on 3 ave and 12 st, long gone. Great book.
ReplyDeleteI remember the Dugout Tavern [Frozen Mugs] on 3rd and 12th, which has actually been discussed on this blog.
DeleteI haven’t read the book, but used to hang out at Paul’s Lounge, which was located on 10th Street and Second. Unlike the Double Down, it was not a dive bar, quite the opposite. It was a sports bar, with a big screen TV and a clientele to match. It was like visiting New Jersey. It also served decent bar food. Oh well, it’s only a movie…
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