As the new Aces & Eights GM mentioned the other day, the bar will rebrand itself whenever they reopen. To that end, "Aces & Eights LES will be holding a naming contest when we reopen and I am hoping to get input and support from not only our staff and customers, but also from residents in East Village and Lower East Side."
I'm all for second chances and certainly think the bar deserves one.... though I'm not so keen on contests. As our friend Billy Gray
noted over at Guest of a Guest: "A noble gesture, maybe, but put on your snark-retardant suit." Indeed! Read on...
Although the contest rules and what not have yet to be announced, a few
helpful EV Grieve readers jumped in with suggestions for a new name:
Esquared:
How about simply calling it "WOOOO!" — apt and succinct.
Bowery Boy:
Sleepy Neighbors Club
Silent but Deadly Bar & Grill
Up All Night Restaurant
Block the Sidewalk Bar
Old Neighborhood Bedtime Story
F the Sleepy Locals Lounge
Our Music is Your Music Bar
Baseline Vibrations... In Your Child's Bedroom Bar & Lounge
Glamma:
Puke Bar & Grill
There Goes the Neighborhood (Again)
Denegration
UES POS
Lux Living:Chug 'n Chunder Grill
Beer, Bitches, & Burritos
Drink 'til U Stink
Superdive