East Village Happy Hours

Friday after work I tried 3 East Village places for happy hour. First up was Bar On A. It was rather empty but with a good crowd of random East Villagers. My favorite parts were the complimentary delish snack mix and the $3 Stellas. And the bartender was a very cute and pleasant girl!

Next up was new rock-n-roll bar Angels And Kings, evidently owned by Fall Out Boy (whoever they are - the lead singer evidently dates Ashlee Simpson). Again, I really liked this place - the have PBR and a cheap happy hour as well. Luckily it wasn't too crowded but I'm sure it does at night (when the old men like me vacate for all the young'ns looking for a teenseltown sighting!).

The final stop of the night was at the new hidden speakeasy at Crif Dogs called PDT (which stands for "Please Don't Tell"). To access the bar you have to go into Crif Dogs and go into the phone booth and pick up the phone. Someone will then come to the door (which is the other side of the phone booth) and greet you. They first asked if we had reservations (which we didn't). She then took my cell number down and said she would call us when they had room (it's tiny). To their credit, we actually DID get a call about 1/2 hr later. However, once we went in it went DRAMATICALLY downhill. The drinks are TINY and WAY overpriced (who wants to pay $11 for a tiny coctail on THAT block of St. Marks!). Not to mentioned NONE of us liked what we ordered! It all sounded good but then wasn't. Also, one of the waitresses was EXTREMELY rude & stroppy (and she wasn't even waiting on us - we were at the bar and she had to run her mouth to us when she overheard that we didn't like the drinks!). The only plus is that they do actually serve the food from Crif Dogs in there (then again you could just get it to go and bring it into other bars on that strip like my friend Suz does and save yourself the trouble!). Thankfully, the bartendar was very nice and picked up our tab since he knew we hated everything. All I can say is, they better not worry about word spreading about how good it is. In our case, they should be thinking Please Don't Tell everyone you know about how much this place sucks!