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A Grand Time Out

Tracey — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:35:22 +0000

I recently organized a night out in Astoria with a bunch of friends. We debated where to go, but ultimately decided on a place we’d never been to before: The Grand Cafe Lounge.

It’s a few blocks from the subway, and it was a bit cold when we trudged there. When we got in the door, I was happy to find the place was exactly what I was looking for. A lounge that looked nice, but not pretentious. Lively, but not crowded or loud. We had a nice long table reserved for our gathering.

The menu has a pretty sizable selection of alcohol, coffees, and food (meals, snacks, and desserts). I ordered a Bellini, which I’d never had before. Very tasty. We all picked on Mozzarella sticks, while we waited for our meals and the rest of the crowd.

One by one, everyone arrived. A nice mix of college friends, co-workers, and old roommates. My vegetable quesadilla came and it was equally delicious. I already had drank a couple Baileys on ice, when the waiter came around with a tray of shots for the whole table on the house. We asked the waiter what they were and he shrugged. But they were tasty!

Everyone enjoyed the place (and the free shots). Definitely a good place for a grand night out.

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – Subway Bar – Cheap Beer and Bad Decisions

nyc_dana — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:14:59 +0000

It’s been a while since I saw a bar sign worthy of the famous NYC Metblogs “Funny Bar Signs” series, so image my utter delight in finding that Subway Bar in Williamsburg is still up to their old tricks with these two funny signs, spied during that debaucherous time between Christmas and New Years when all the hipsters are looking to drink cheap, crappy beer and make out with one another. Funny thing is, I have never actually set foot in this bar–it looks rather sketchy, but their signs continue to amuse…

Another funny sign after the jump…

How about now indeed?

Bar Sign Series – Silver Swan – Staying In Town and Getting Loaded

nyc_dana — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:41:01 +0000

Memorial Day weekend is a great time to enjoy NYC, as most of the natives leave for the weekend. Now’s a good time to go to that restaurant you can never get a seat at or that bar that’s always so uncomfortably packed. Case in point, we had the Silver Swan pretty much to ourselves on Saturday night, which allowed us to privately gorge on german sausage, red cabbage and lambic–yum!. The other side of their funny bar sign after the jump…

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – ALT Cafe – Aiming for yo Momma

nyc_dana — Fri, 19 May 2006 23:23:25 +0000

Those crazy kids at Alt Cafe are at it again

Flip side after the jump. Just don’t let your Momma see it…

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – Subway Bar – Prison

nyc_dana — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:18:50 +0000

Those crazy kids at Subway Bar are at it again. I’m not sure what this means, but it sounds naughty!

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – ALT – Meat Pies

nyc_dana — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:51:10 +0000

That must be cause they’re made from Soylent Green, right Mrs. Lovett?

Try for yourself @ ALT

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – Silver Swan – Kittens and Supermodels

nyc_dana — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:44:08 +0000

Not only is the Silver Swan in Gramercy a great place to get a sausage platter (the wild boar is outrageous!) and a lambic (yum…framboise), they also seem to be a little bit twisted. And there ain’t nothing wrong with that!

And there’s more on the other side:

Previously in the Series:
Evil Liver
Usage Notes for Tequila

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – Push Cafe – Evil Liver

nyc_dana — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:57:17 +0000

Saw this on Thursday outside Push Café on 3rd Ave

Related: Usage Notes for Tequila

Funny NYC Bar Signs Series – Subway Bar – Usage Notes for Tequila

nyc_dana — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:48:37 +0000

Taken with my new camera phone (Treo 700w–rock!) in front of the super-sketchy “Subway” bar on Metropolitan Ave right on top of the Lorimer Street L station in Williamsburg.

Check out the other-worldly glow of the Pabst signage above. Oooohhhh. Purdy…