Manhattan Transfer

Like Tennessee Whiskey, I'm totally jealous of the 1000 Bars guy. What a great idea! A few years ago I was trying to sell some people on a documentary which would follow my attempt to go to every bar in New York City. The project never got off the ground, unfortunately.

I was curious about how many bars I've been to in this fair city. Quite a lot, it turns out. Off the top of my head I dashed off a list of 203 210 240 bars, none of which is north of 14th street. For now it's just a list, but when I get around to it, I'll try to tell some story involving each place. (Also, if you've been somewhere with me that I left off the list, drop me a reminder email or comment and I'll tack it on.)

The list runs in geographic clusters, more or less, with some room for free association on my part. To preserve the focus on bars, I've excluded places I went to principally for food, comedy or music. When I went to these places, I went to drink.

1. Ulysses
2. White Horse Tavern
3. Blarney Inn
4. John Street Bar and Grill
5. Jeremy’s Ale House
6. Rosie O’Grady’s
7. Orange Bear Bar
8. Milk & Honey
9. Patriot
10. Puffy’s Tavern
11. Winnies
12. Grace
13. Church Lounge @ Tribecca Grand
14. Bubble Lounge
15. Another Room
16. Tribeca Tavern
17. Bulgarian Bar
18. Nancy Whiskey
19. Good World
20. Toad Hall
21. Naked Lunch
22. Double Happiness
23. Odea
24. Happy Ending
25. Circa Tabac
26. The Falls
27. Spring Lounge
28. Thom’s Bar
29. A60
30. Barrio Chino
31. Gatsby’s
32. Sweet & Vicious
33. Anartcia
34. Loreley
35. Eight Mile Creek
36. Ear inn
37. Fanellis
38. Kenny's Castaways
39. Motor City
40. Miladys
41. Boss Tweeds
42. Merc Bar
43. Verlaine
44. The Delancey
45. Local 138
46. The Magician
47. Slipper Room
48. SX138
49. Milano’s
50. Epstein’s BAR
51. Pianos
52. Dark Room
53. Barramundi
54. Luna Lounge
55. Temple Bar
56. Max Fish
57. Mars Bar
58. 12”
59. Von
60. Sutra
61. Peculiar Pub
62. Red Lion
63. Sin-e
64. The Library
65. 1849
66. J.P. Wardes
67. Acme Underground
68. Lion’s Den
69. d.b.a.
70. The Dove
71. Parkside Lounge
72. The Slide
73. Fez
74. 2A
75. Odeon
76. Bowery Bar
77. 2X4
78. Café Wha
79. Baggot Inn
80. Serafina
81. KGB
82. Knitting Factory
83. Mercury Lounge
84. Guernica
85. Kettle of Fish
86. Chumley's
87. Scratcher
88. Lit
89. Three of Cups
90. Joe’s Pub
91. Ike
92. Sophie's
93. Phebes
94. Cherry Tavern
95. McSorley’s
96. Stoned Crow
97. Anatomy
98. Big Bar
99. Pyramid Club
100. Blue & Gold
101. Title Bar (WCOU Radio)
102. Grass Roots Tavern
103. Niagara
104. International Bar
105. Down the Hatch
106. Bull McCabes
107. Continental
108. Tribe
109. 7B
110. Holiday Cocktail Lounge
111. 55 Bar
112. Solas
113. Decibel
114. Angel’s Share
115. Central Bar
116. Open Air
117. Lucy’s
118. Black & White
119. The Otherroom
120. Doc Holidays
121. Coyote Ugly
122. Pioneer
123. Company
124. Vig Bar
125. WXOU Radio
126. Fiddlesticks
127. Nevada Smiths
128. Cedar Tavern
129. Automatic Slims
130. Lakeside Lounge
131. Bar None
132. Bowlmor
133. Pressure
134. Mickey’s Blue Room
135. Art Bar
136. Swift’s Hibernian
137. Nightingale
138. Keybar
139. Parlay
140. Zum Schneider
141. Johnny’s Bar
142. Mona’s
143. Blarney Cove
144. Village Idiot (RIP)
145. Music Box
146. Otto’s Shrunken Head
147. Nell’s (now NA)
148. Mission
149. Hogs & Heifers
150. Gaslight
151. The Cellar
152. Beauty Bar
153. On the C
154. Save the Robots
155. Pravda
156. Tom & Jerry’s
157. Bar Marche
158. Public
159. Puck Fair
160. Odessa
161. Julep
162. Barrow Street
163. Blind Tiger
164. Five Points
165. Opium Den (RIP?)
166. Tavern on Jane
167. Corner Bistro
168. Village Tavern
169. Bar Across from Village Tavern
170. Luke & Leroy's (Misshapes)
171. Lansky Lounge
172. Whiskey Ward
173. Welcome to the Johnsons
174. Arlene’s Grocery
175. Nice Guy Eddy’s
176. Sapphire Lounge
177. Bob
178. One on One
179. Sin sin
180. Ace Bar
181. Route 85A
182. Opaline
183. Sidewalk
184. Dempsey’s
185. CBGB
186. Astoria Lounge
187. Forbidden City
188. Mexican Radio
189. Great Jones Café
190. Baraza
191. Hi-Fi
192. Telephone
193. Xunta
194. Thirsty Scholar
195. Korova Milk Bar
196. Bar Veloce
197. Lucky Strike
198. Cupping Room
199. Café Noir
200. Kingshead Tavern
201. No Moore
202. Mudville 9
203. Raccoon Lodge
204. Cheap Shots
205. Grange Hall (RIP)
206. Black Star (RIP)
207. Corner Bistro
208. Nowhere
209. No Malice Palace
210. O'Hanlon's
211. Marion's
212. Sunburnt Cow
213. Lion's Head
214. Reservoir
215. Greenwich Brewing Company
216. Void
217. Don Hills
218. Mekka
219. Flat
220. Alchemy
221. C Note
222. 11th Street Bar
223. Bar 81
224. Manitoba's
225. Raven Cafe
226. Crime Scene
227. The Hanger
228. Old Homestead
229. Orange Valve
229. Elephant
230. Le Souk
231. Remote Lounge
232. Waikiki Wallys
233. Reade Street Pub
234. Nassau Bar
235. Suspenders
236. Off the Wagon
237. Slaughtered Lamb
238. Chetty Red
239. Lush
240. Croxely Ales

Man, I need a drink.