Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, November 26, 2007
NYN Weekly Recap for November 26th 2007
Nightlife News
Drinking
Rising Beer Prices Coming to 2008 (Michael Rundle- Metro)
You might go to the bar for a few drinks to forget about the rising cost of living and the crazy stock market. But higher prices are everywhere. They might hit your beer glass very soon.
Music
More Musicians Opt for 360 Deals (Jeff Leeds- New York Times)
Artists like Madonna, Prince and Radiohead have forced the music industry to rethink the way they make money. Their newest model is to go beyond selling CDs and hoping that they’ll find one mega hit to pay for ten mediocre bands. The new idea is to draw a band into a 360 deal.
Safety
New wrinkle in St. Gullien murder case (Neel Shah- Radar Online)
Darryl Littlejohn is currently being held in Riker’s Island for the kidnapping torture, rape, murder and mutilation of Imette St. Guillen. He has been in jail since April, but it has only recently been brought to light that Littlejohn was an informant for state and federal law enforcement.
Editorial
The Cure for New York Nightlife (Gamal Hennessy- New York Nights)
Last week we took a look at the way the nightlife environment has changed from its peak to the situation we have today. This week we find out what we can do to inject new life into the club scene.
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Drinking
Rising Beer Prices Coming to 2008 (Michael Rundle- Metro)
You might go to the bar for a few drinks to forget about the rising cost of living and the crazy stock market. But higher prices are everywhere. They might hit your beer glass very soon.
Music
More Musicians Opt for 360 Deals (Jeff Leeds- New York Times)
Artists like Madonna, Prince and Radiohead have forced the music industry to rethink the way they make money. Their newest model is to go beyond selling CDs and hoping that they’ll find one mega hit to pay for ten mediocre bands. The new idea is to draw a band into a 360 deal.
Safety
New wrinkle in St. Gullien murder case (Neel Shah- Radar Online)
Darryl Littlejohn is currently being held in Riker’s Island for the kidnapping torture, rape, murder and mutilation of Imette St. Guillen. He has been in jail since April, but it has only recently been brought to light that Littlejohn was an informant for state and federal law enforcement.
Editorial
The Cure for New York Nightlife (Gamal Hennessy- New York Nights)
Last week we took a look at the way the nightlife environment has changed from its peak to the situation we have today. This week we find out what we can do to inject new life into the club scene.
The Club Report:
Rubyfruit
Tenjune
The Knitting Factory
Regular Features
Locate Any Bar in the City
Find all the Major Nightlife Websites in One Place
Create Your Free Connections Profile
Real Time Traffic and Weather Links
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Night
Drinking
Rising Beer Prices Coming to 2008 (Michael Rundle- Metro)
You might go to the bar for a few drinks to forget about the rising cost of living and the crazy stock market. But higher prices are everywhere. They might hit your beer glass very soon.
Music
More Musicians Opt for 360 Deals (Jeff Leeds- New York Times)
Artists like Madonna, Prince and Radiohead have forced the music industry to rethink the way they make money. Their newest model is to go beyond selling CDs and hoping that they’ll find one mega hit to pay for ten mediocre bands. The new idea is to draw a band into a 360 deal.
Safety
New wrinkle in St. Gullien murder case (Neel Shah- Radar Online)
Darryl Littlejohn is currently being held in Riker’s Island for the kidnapping torture, rape, murder and mutilation of Imette St. Guillen. He has been in jail since April, but it has only recently been brought to light that Littlejohn was an informant for state and federal law enforcement.
Read more on this articles by clicking on the banner to read the November 20th edition of Nightlife News
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Nightlife News for November 13, 2007
Nightlife News for November 13th 2007
Radiohead Results 38% Will Pay (Robert Andrews- Paid Content)
Last month, everyone in the music and business press (including NYN) speculated on how Radiohead’s new “pay what you want” pricing would affect album sales. This wasn’t about the fate of just one album; the entire industry was waiting for the results. Now that the results are in, it doesn’t look good for album sales.
Get Your Hands Off My Lime (Michael Wilson- New York Times)
It appears that certain inspectors from the New York State Department of Health are taking their jobs seriously…maybe too seriously. One Brooklyn bar was cited by the DOH for an infraction that has allegedly been on the books for years. Was it the dog inside the bar? No. Was it the fruit flies near the liquor bottles? Nope. It was the lime stuffed in the neck of the Corona bottle.
Liquor on Trains? OK. Liquor Ads on Trains? No. (John DeSio- Village Voice)
If you ride the Long Island Railroad or MetroNorth into or out of the city, you can see an ad for beer on the platform and then get a beer on the train, if you’re of drinking age. But if Felix Ortiz has anything to say about it, you won’t see any liquor ads on MTA trains.
Read more on these stories in the November 13th Edition of Nightlife News, only from New York Nights
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Nightlife News for October 11th, 2007
Nightlife News for October 11, 2007
Hell’s Kitchen becoming new gay haven? (Dan Allen- OutTraveler.com) While the West Village and Chelsea are considered the foundation of gay life in New York City, changes are taking place. As the NYU glacier moves in from the Village and B&T crowd make more in roads into Chelsea from the Meatpacking District Hell’s Kitchen (or Hellsea, or Clinton or NoChe depending on who you ask) is becoming the new focus point for the LGBT population. Since some of the biggest club trends follow them around, don’t be surprised to find the hottest spots in the city here very soon.
Miller and Coors join forces (Andrew Martin- New York Times) There has been a major shift in the Beer Wars (you didn’t even know we were having a beer war, did you?). This week Miller, the number 2 beer distributor in the country, and Coors, the number 3, have joined forces to become MillerCoors. The new entity is expected to generate 6.6 billion sales every year(which by the way is more than the GNP of Fiji). What does this mean to you when you get to the club? It will probably mean less selection and higher prices if the deal goes through since Busch and MillerCoors would have 80% of the US beer market and can effectively squeeze smaller players out.
City Launches Multimedia Project to Promote NYC (Press Release) New York City is trying to attract 50 million tourists here by 2015. In an effort to draw more people in, the city has announced a long term ad campaign that will stretch from Boston to Pretoria, and include TV, billboard and online advertising that showcases what New York has to offer. The New York City tourist website has been revamped, with a search engine powered by Time Out New York. Of course, nightlife will be included in this push, but it doesn’t look like it will be pushed very hard. The nightlife section of the site is painfully short and there isn’t any mention of all the clubs they’ve closed or refused to let open over the past couple of years. I guess that’s not good for business…
Have fun
Gamal
gamal@newyorknightsonline.com
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
The Art of Happy Hour (An NYN Special Report)
By Gamal Hennessy
There are a lot of profound and complicated issues in the world today. Understanding happy hour isn't one of them. Happy hour is actually a place where we can go to get away from work, school, home and the stress of our every day lives. Life is meant to be easier (and cheaper) during happy hour.
Like anything else, you can enjoy happy hour more if you know just a little more about it. And since you don't read New York Nights for coverage of the 2008 presidential race, this is probably the proper forum for this discussion.
Happy hour in New York usually starts around 4:00 PM and ends around 7:00 PM. While the majority of bars, pubs and some early opening lounges have some kind of happy hour pricing, most nightclubs and lounges don't either because they aren't open during that time slot or they don't make their money off that kind of volume.
The classic business rule says buy low and sell high. But a bar during happy hour works on a slightly different principle; it's buy lower and sell low. Often, their goal is to serve cheaper well liquor at reduced prices in the hopes that people will stay after happy hour is over (when they will start paying full price for drinks) or reject the well liquor for top shelf spirits (and agreeing to pay higher prices), or order food (which may not be discounted). As a business, a bar exists to make money. Happy hour gives them the ability to bring people into the bar during a time when it would otherwise be dead.
That's great (for the bar) but happy hour can cause its own share of problems. The main potential problem is overdrinking. This can lead to illness, hangovers and questionable decisions made under the influence of alcohol (if you don't believe me, just think about the time your friend told you the story about how he woke up next to that midget after going to happy hour. You don't want to be that guy.)
Happy hour is still a great place for pre-parties, after work meetings, or just for those people who don't want to pay $10 for a drink. The question is how do you satisfy your need for inexpensive drinks and let the bar satisfy its need to make money?
We've got a few tips that might help you navigate the treacherous waters of happy hour without injuring your wallet, your liver, or your reputation.
1. Happy hour times can vary. Ask the bartender or waitress when you get there when happy hour ends, so you're not drinking up a storm after happy hour is actually over.
2. Some places offer special drinks during happy hour that go beyond well liquor. Again, it pays to ask questions.
3. If your happy hour spot offers food, get some. It can help you deal with your the increased alcohol intake.
4. Make drinking part of a larger activity. Maybe you're playing pool, or watching the game, or talking about what an asshole your boss was today. It doesn't matter. If you drink while doing something else, you can have a good time for less cash. If you're just drinking because it's cheap, don't be surprised when you're dry heaving over the toilet.
5. Bring friends. Happy hour is early enough for the B&T commuter to have a drink and still catch her train home. It's usually cheap enough for the intern or the student to drink without forcing themselves to eat Ramen noodles until they get paid again. You can use happy hour to connect with people that you won't see in the clubs on the weekends. An added benefit is the more people you bring to the bar, the better the bar does in terms of money, and the better they feel about you. This can lead to good things later. It always helps to be in good standing with your regular bartender.
6. If you are staying at the bar after happy hour is over, try to close out your tab and start a new one. This will help to remind everyone you're with that the prices have changed and it avoids any potential problems with your bill later.
Happy hour can easily live up to its name with a little planning and a couple of questions. Whether you just grab a drink before watching Survivor: China or you're having a pre-party before a long night on the town, happy hour in New York can be the best way to start the night.
Have fun.
Gamal
gamal@newyorknightsonline.com
There are a lot of profound and complicated issues in the world today. Understanding happy hour isn't one of them. Happy hour is actually a place where we can go to get away from work, school, home and the stress of our every day lives. Life is meant to be easier (and cheaper) during happy hour.
Like anything else, you can enjoy happy hour more if you know just a little more about it. And since you don't read New York Nights for coverage of the 2008 presidential race, this is probably the proper forum for this discussion.
Happy hour in New York usually starts around 4:00 PM and ends around 7:00 PM. While the majority of bars, pubs and some early opening lounges have some kind of happy hour pricing, most nightclubs and lounges don't either because they aren't open during that time slot or they don't make their money off that kind of volume.
The classic business rule says buy low and sell high. But a bar during happy hour works on a slightly different principle; it's buy lower and sell low. Often, their goal is to serve cheaper well liquor at reduced prices in the hopes that people will stay after happy hour is over (when they will start paying full price for drinks) or reject the well liquor for top shelf spirits (and agreeing to pay higher prices), or order food (which may not be discounted). As a business, a bar exists to make money. Happy hour gives them the ability to bring people into the bar during a time when it would otherwise be dead.
That's great (for the bar) but happy hour can cause its own share of problems. The main potential problem is overdrinking. This can lead to illness, hangovers and questionable decisions made under the influence of alcohol (if you don't believe me, just think about the time your friend told you the story about how he woke up next to that midget after going to happy hour. You don't want to be that guy.)
Happy hour is still a great place for pre-parties, after work meetings, or just for those people who don't want to pay $10 for a drink. The question is how do you satisfy your need for inexpensive drinks and let the bar satisfy its need to make money?
We've got a few tips that might help you navigate the treacherous waters of happy hour without injuring your wallet, your liver, or your reputation.
1. Happy hour times can vary. Ask the bartender or waitress when you get there when happy hour ends, so you're not drinking up a storm after happy hour is actually over.
2. Some places offer special drinks during happy hour that go beyond well liquor. Again, it pays to ask questions.
3. If your happy hour spot offers food, get some. It can help you deal with your the increased alcohol intake.
4. Make drinking part of a larger activity. Maybe you're playing pool, or watching the game, or talking about what an asshole your boss was today. It doesn't matter. If you drink while doing something else, you can have a good time for less cash. If you're just drinking because it's cheap, don't be surprised when you're dry heaving over the toilet.
5. Bring friends. Happy hour is early enough for the B&T commuter to have a drink and still catch her train home. It's usually cheap enough for the intern or the student to drink without forcing themselves to eat Ramen noodles until they get paid again. You can use happy hour to connect with people that you won't see in the clubs on the weekends. An added benefit is the more people you bring to the bar, the better the bar does in terms of money, and the better they feel about you. This can lead to good things later. It always helps to be in good standing with your regular bartender.
6. If you are staying at the bar after happy hour is over, try to close out your tab and start a new one. This will help to remind everyone you're with that the prices have changed and it avoids any potential problems with your bill later.
Happy hour can easily live up to its name with a little planning and a couple of questions. Whether you just grab a drink before watching Survivor: China or you're having a pre-party before a long night on the town, happy hour in New York can be the best way to start the night.
Have fun.
Gamal
gamal@newyorknightsonline.com
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Beer, Hip Hop and The Fall of Forty Deuce
Read All About It in the September 27th Issue of Nightlife News!
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