SantaCon 2023 returns for another year of binging, bar crawling and losing iPhones even though it's actually in your pocket where you last left it after all that.
The official festivities begin at 10 a.m. at places you've never been on Seventh Avenue near 42nd Street.
The $15.93 "donation" (read about their charity here) gets your Santa Badge and access to participating bars, mainly in Midtown West and East... and these nine East Village establishments (seven are carry-overs from last year):
- Amsterdam Billiards & Bar, 110 E. 11th St. at Fourth Avenue
- The Laurels, 231 Second Ave. at 14th St.
- Coyote Ugly, 233 E. 14th St., between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
- Solas, 232 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue (serving as a "Huge Venue")
- Bull McCabe's, 29 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
- The Phoenix, 447 E. 13th St., between Avenue A and First Avenue
- Doc Holliday's, 141 Avenue A at Ninth Street
- Horseshoe Bar/7B, 108 Avenue B at Seventh Street
- The Grayson, 16 First Ave. near First Street
However, as we've seen in previous Cons, bars not on the official list are often all too happy to participate.
For instance, here are the Santacades outside Downtown Social (ex 13th Step) on Second Avenue at Ninth Street. (Pic today by William Klayer.)
As NBC 4 noted, presumably for non-residents of these areas: "For those preferring to avoid the event at all costs, steer clear of Midtown East and West as well as the East Village."
