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The Corcoran Group: Pool, Darts, Skee Ball. Feels like a Chuck E. Cheese's for drinking co-eds. Happy Hour from 4-7pm Everyday! $3-$6 Drafts and Well Cocktails.
Dive Bar · Financial District · 70 tips and reviews
Tim Mambort: Do you like cheap beer in big styrofoam cups? Then this is the place for you. Nice outside porch and surprisingly solid bar food. Down to earth bartenders and plenty of TVs for game watching.
169 E Broadway (btwn Rutgers & Jefferson St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 242 tips and reviews
PUMA: This soul and jazz joint is steeped in Manhattan history! The music is chilled, the atmosphere awesome - and make sure you try the oysters and clams!
StayNYC Rentals: Kick back with cheap Caribbean-style cocktails and hang with local patrons at this go-to dive that actually resembles your Grandma’s house in Florida, not a boat.
21 Essex St (btwn Hester & Canal St.), New York, NY
Bar · Chinatown · 21 tips and reviews
StayNYC Rentals: An unassuming nook along Essex St, Beverly’s brings the dive bar charm with kooky neon lighting, slim surroundings, and shots of whiskey for just $6.
Uber NYC: An East Village institution, you'll often see film shoots at this bar. Lots of inexpensive beers, but you can also class up with your evening with some champagne. A dive bar with Dom P. :)
15 E 7th St (btwn Cooper Sq & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Pub · East Village · 467 tips and reviews
Mazda: Established in 1854 - McSorley's can boast of being New York City's oldest continuously operated saloon. Everyone from Abe Lincoln to John Lennon have passed thru Mcsorley's swinging doors.
Dive Bar · East Williamsburg · 125 tips and reviews
StayNYC Rentals: The antithesis of a country club, with cheap drinks and janky but glorious mini-golf set up in the backyard. Plus, it’s the place where the pickleback originated!
Serious Eats: Drinks are cheap, the jukebox is well curated, the music is loud, B movies run on loop on a projector in the back, and it's dingy without being unpleasant.
Stuart Littlewood: One of the few bars left in Williamsburg where regulars have been going for DECADES, not years. Beers are served in styrofoam cups and no one under 23 is allowed in.
2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (btwn 120th & 121st), New York, NY
Jazz and Blues Venue · Central Harlem · 27 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Pay a visit to a charming neighborhood dive bar with great Jazz music, a friendly crowd and rarely a cover charge. Yes it’s a bit rundown, but that’s park of its allure.