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.
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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…
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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…
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Those crazy kids at Alt Cafe are at it again

Flip side after the jump. Just don’t let your Momma see it…
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Those crazy kids at Subway Bar are at it again. I’m not sure what this means, but it sounds naughty!

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

Try for yourself @ ALT

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

Saw this on Thursday outside Push Café on 3rd Ave

Related: Usage Notes for Tequila

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…