Nightlife & the Arts in New York City

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Name	Category	Location

Auction House This Victorian lounge brings a touch of downtown chic to the sometimes...	Bars	Upper East Side

Back Room The Prohibition-era atmospheric touches here include tin ceilings...	Bars	Lower East Side

Blue Note Considered by many (not least its current owners) to be "the...	Music Clubs	Greenwich Village

The Bourgeois Pig What do you get when you serve all kinds of different fondue...	Bars	East Village

Bowery Ballroom This theater with Art Deco accents is probably the city's top...	Music Clubs	Lower East Side


Brandy's Piano Bar A singing waitstaff warms up the mixed crowd at this delightful...	Piano Bars / Lounges	Upper East Side

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) America's oldest performing arts center, BAM presented its first...	Arts Centers	Downtown Brooklyn

Campbell Apartment Commuting professionals pack into this Grand Central Terminal...	Piano Bars / Lounges	Midtown East

The Carlyle The hotel's discreetly sophisticated Café Carlyle hosts...	Bars	Upper East Side

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is, of course, one of the world's most famous concert...	Arts Centers	Midtown West

Film Forum In addition to premiering new releases, this very special nonprofit...	Film	West Village

Galway Hooker The name actually refers to a kind of Irish fishing boat (but...	Piano Bars / Lounges	Midtown East

Henrietta Hudson The nightly parties at this laid-back West Village HQ for the...	Bars	West Village

Irving Plaza This two-story venue is known for its solid rock performances...	Music Clubs	Gramercy

Jazz Standard The Standard's sizable underground room draws top names in the...	Music Clubs	Gramercy

Joe Allen Everybody's en route either to or from a show at this "old reliable"...	Bars	Midtown West

Joyce Theater In a former Art Deco movie house in Chelsea, the 472-seat Joyce...	Dance	Chelsea

Kiss & Fly One of New York's most discerning nightlife experts, the dance-music...	Dance Clubs	Meatpacking District

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts This massive white travertine-clad complex contains 23 theaters...	Arts Centers	Upper West Side

Lit Lounge With a rock roster that's included musical forces as diverse...	Music Clubs	East Village

Little Branch The owners of the secretive, hard-to-access lounge Milk &...	Bars	West Village

The New Victory Theater In a magnificently restored century-old performance space, The...	Theater	Midtown West

Pravda This Russian retreat has more than 70 brands of vodka, including...		SoHo, NoLita, Little Italy, and Chinatown

Splash At this large, perennially crowded Chelsea bar-club, beefy go-go...	Dance Clubs	Chelsea

St. Ann's Warehouse Set in a former warehouse, St. Ann's has hosted everything from...	Theater	Waterfront Brooklyn

Tillman's Nothing in Chelsea is quite like this glorious "Old Harlem" lounge...	Bars	Chelsea

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Raucous sketch comedy, audience-initiated improv, and classic...	Comedy Clubs	Chelsea

Village Vanguard This prototypical jazz club, tucked into a cellar in Greenwich...	Music Clubs	West Village

The Volstead Named for the Volstead Act, which instituted Prohibition back...	Bars	Midtown East
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