SantaCon organizers
took to Twitter last evening to announce "the amazing Seven Spots of Santacon 2016," which takes place this Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
And those seven spot of SantaConning include two East Village venues, Solas and Webster Hall. The full list:
• Ainsworth Park, 111 East 18th St.
• 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar, 230 5th Ave.
• Slake, 251 West 30th St.
• Madison Square Tavern
• Webster Hall, 125 East 11th St.
• Bar 13, 35 East 13th St.
• Solas, 232 East 9th St.
The SantaConning participants will be spread far and wide. As
Patch reported:
In addition to these core venues, around 50 participating bars will open their doors to the Santas and offer special SantaCon deals. Those bars — along with the route's exact starting point — will be announced [tonight].
The East Village also served as SantaCon central
last year.
And from the archives last year,
Gothamist interviewed the organizer of SantaCon, East Village resident Jim Glaser (not named here
but in a subsequent feature in the Times).