Editing New York City (section)

==== Hangouts, Bars & Clubs ====
* '''Fat Cat!''' Just by Christopher Street station on Christopher Street. Big basement, live jazz 'til the following morning - table football, ping pong, pool, scrabble and chess. Love it.
* '''The Revival''' of course, with its floor of couches and a nice backyard ... And so many memories from thursday nights. 15th street bw Irvin Place & 3rd Ave
* '''The Crocodile Lounge''', one free full pizza for every drink ! 14th street bw 2nd & 1st Ave
* '''Hotel QT''', free indoor swimming pool/steambath. 45th street bw Broadway and 6th Ave
* '''Lit''' every tuesday night, the most horrible live music you can hear in town, and free vodka from 11 to midnight. 2nd Ave at 5th street
* '''McSoreley's Ale House''' - 7th st bet 2nd / cooper ave
* if you like '''hookah''', '''Cozy's''' on 1st ave and 1st street is wonderful.
* '''Karaoke'''- there are SO many great karaoke bars in the city. I especially like the karaoke room idea (share a room with friends) Try Sing Sing on the Lower East Side.
* '''Xunta''' (174 1st Ave, cross 11th street), Spanish tapas place with great Flamenco performers on thursdays and saturdays. Their tapas list is just mind blowing (their prices too, alas)
* '''Swift''' (308 Spring street), Irish pub with traditional irish music on tuesdays. Makes me really feel like being in Ireland :)
* ''''Slate''' - Great for pool, ping pong in a sort of clubby setting.
* '''Shade''' On the corner of W 3rd and Sullivan. Amazing wine bar, great crapes. Very small, trendy, and chill.
* '''No Malice Palace'''. E 3rd Street between Avenues A and B. A bar/lounge with a back patio and a DJ on weekends. Gets really crowded, but is really fun.
* If you're willing to venture into Queens a bit...the '''Beer Garden'''. Take the N, W to Astoria Blvd. Go E on 31st St towards 24th Rd. Turn left. You can't miss it. A great place to hang out when the weather's nice. A very mixed crowd.
* Best night out- '''Don't Tell Mama's Piano Bar'''- 343 West 46th Street. So fun! Slighty pricey drinks but the entertainment is worth it! Get there before 9 for seats for your whole group!
* '''South Street Sea Port''' is another favorite spot in NYC- there's shopping, the Bodies exhibit, you can watch the ships go by, sitting out along the East River. Great at sunset surrounded by the bridges.
* '''Kurve''' - Restaurant/bar/lounge - corner of 5th st and 2nd Ave. Open LATE. Thursday nights are free live jazz. It's a hip, modern looking place, with couches on one side of the bar and tables on the other. The bar is constantly growing, with many interesting mixed drinks. They just got a brand new set of whiskey. The food is a wonderfully unique modern Thai. The owner, Andy, is a great guy. Tell the bartender's that Al sent you.
* '''Nu Blu''' - Live Latin Jazz club - East side of Ave C between 4th St and 5th St. Music every night of the week. Always a cover, from $5 to $10. Gets a little packed on weekends. Hard to find, but always amazing music.
* '''Spike Hill''' - Live Jazz and Irish Bar - Corner of Bedford Ave and N 7th St in Wiiliamsburg - Great selection of whiskey and scotch in the irish half, great jazz in the jazz half.
* '''Tea Lounge''' at 837 Union Street in Park Slope has really good wine, coffe, cakes and other goodies. The live bands are really good (all bands are from brooklyn) and the area you sit in looks really nice. Total eye candy.
* '''The Royal''' at 506 5th Ave in Park Slope: on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each mounth has a really good dance party that is off the hook. Early in the night you have really upbeat dance music, then in the middle of the night you have some hip hop mixed with soul and some latin music. Then at the end of the night you have a live drummer and the DJ spins some really trippy beats.