Thursday, August 19, 2010

Bottle Service, Noisy Bar Crackdowns and Racial Profiling in Nightlife

The Nightlife Report for August 19, 2010
Compiled by Gamal Hennessy


Bottle Service History (New York Magazine)
A short history on "universally despised" nightlife staple, including a reference to a time when buying a bottle actually saved you money...

Noisy Bar Law(New York Press)
New law will revoke the liquor licenses of "noisy" bars. Score another win for the NIMBYS:


Racial Profiling in Nightlife (Gothamist)
Former Bolmor employees accuse management of racial profiling to exclude unwanted patrons. It's ignorant and underhanded if its true, but most modern venues serve niche markets and race figures into that calculation. The only difference is the level of subtlety in the execution...

Top Ten Party Cities (Ask Men)
Ask Men provides a list of the top party cities of the past 100 years including London, Ibiza, Dubai and of course... NYC




New Venue Announcement
Living Room Downtown (Financial District)
Plunge Park Avenue (Midtown East)
Silkstone (Chinatown)
Theater Bar (Tribeca)
White Noise (East Village)

3 comments:

Trish@CraftyMoods.com said...

Love Rooftop bars in NYC!
will def check this out!

Unknown said...

You might want to check out the list on this post for the best rooftop bars...

http://bit.ly/awOZrM

Have fun.
G

Anonymous said...

Racial profiling in nightlife is right on for "White" Noise - the new bar in the East Village. They try to get away with it with their "doorman's discretion" but its complete bull shit. Don't support racism, stay away from White Noise.