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)

13th Step, Aria, and the Best Summer Venues of 2010

The Nightlife Report for July 7, 2010

Compiled by Gamal Hennessy

We hunt down the nightlife news so you don't have to.

Opening
Aria Wine Bar
(Urban Daddy)
Not to be confused with Ara Wine Bar in Meatpacking, this new date spot is run by and for women. You can hear the men lining up outside already…

13th Step
(Thrillist)
Telephone Bar resurrects itself as an East Village sports bar.

Rare View
(Urban Daddy) The Fashion District is the site of New York’s newest rooftop bar, but will it be the newest for more than two weeks?

Best of New York in the Summer of 2010

Three leading nightlife publications offer their choices for the best places to drink, dance and mingle during this heat wave…

New York’s Best Dance Parties
(New York Magazine)
Some of the best spots to shake what your mama gave you, cabaret laws be damned.

New York’s Best Rooftop bars
(Black Book)
The best places to enjoy the best views of your city with a drink in each hand.

New York’s Best Beer Gardens
(Shecky’s)
Don't get stuck in a bar drinking beer. Go outside and drink beer. It's much healthier for you that way...

Have fun.
Gamal