The Bowery may be the hottest street in the city, but is it too hot for its own good? We have already gotten more than one email from very “in the know” New Yorkers that insist that the LES (Lower East Side), including the Bowery and her hip hotel and bars are OVER. As in DUNZO. At least for the “cool kids” of the city that refuse to follow trends.
My heart broke a little upon hearing this news. Apotheke in Chinatown was the #1 spot of our well-researched “where the cool kids are” post, and I have yet to go see the Aussietrian Bartender Albert in action….now of course, having been labeled “the new hot spot” on NY Mag, UrbanDaddy, Eater, etc. etc. etc. I may never get my chance. Another bummer, I practically just moved into the neighborhood (last May). You’re telling me I missed the chance to check out all of the nondescript bars in my hood before they became the places for the B&T set?!
Here’s a question for you hipsters out there that are already “done” with the LES: if it’s already over (because it has become too popular), what has happened to the “way over” Meatpacking district??
According to DBTH today, The Garden of Ono, which was arguably one of the most vile of all down there, is closing forever this Halloween to make room for an unnamed nightclub. With all of the B&T in the LES and at bars like McFadden’s does this mean the real hip NYers will be moving back into West 14th street? (Personally, it will be hard to convince me to steer very far from my neighborhood). Or, are the naysayers correct in that there won’t be any great new night spot on the island for at least a couple of years?
The LES, while gentrified, is still a good deal less so than MePa and will stay that way I imagine. B&T in general is not even comfortable in a faux hipster ensemble. That having been said the LES is hardly avant garde, nor do I think anything on the island can be expected to be (or not much, anyhow).
Th Answer October 8, 2008 11:21am
Um, just go have fun with your friends wherever - stop worrying about being cool. That’s not cool.
Th Answer October 8, 2008 11:22am
Isn’t Nebraska a lot of bridges and tunnels away so how can you say that? So brainwashed.
Mushroom October 8, 2008 1:20pm
All these friends of friends always kill the damn parties. It was over when Guiliani killed Robots/oops Guernica, or whatever the fuck it is now. Lamers.
Anonymous October 8, 2008 2:33pm
funny how all the people who move here from other parts of the country call it B and T, everyone born and raised in Manhattan, me being one of them, don’t call it that, or care where you live, get over your fucking self
Sorry, but wrong, anonymous. I’m born and raised in Manhattan. I’ve used the term B&T more times than I’ve had hot dinners. Manhattanites learn to care where people live while in the womb. It’s not healthy, but it’s true. With help, we can get over it.
WTF October 8, 2008 4:50pm
and dont you edit this site Chris? Hardly unbias
dk October 8, 2008 4:54pm
it’s really the douchebags we have issues with. there are popped collars from UES, murray hill and every other hood but it just so happens jersey and LI have the highest concentration of them and they think hair gel, striped shirts and pickup lines in manhattan bars and restaurants are completely acceptable. take your hootin’ and hollerin’ ne’er-do-well sorry asses back to your little hole and stop contaminating our hidden spots. this includes douchey tourists too.
Capitalist Extreme October 8, 2008 5:04pm
ummm…. wtf is B&T?? im from NY and i havent heard that… i dont think? but seriously like Th Answer said… who cares about whether the spot u hang out is cool or not? if u like the crowd and u like the ambience, the music, the drink specials why not keep going until YOU get bored of the place, if u even do? i fukin hate hipsters! all they do is complain about how things arent cool anymore/enough, while drinking pabst blue ribbon and pretending to sound smart. just shut up, drink, and dance. and gimme a heineken or a Hofbrau and let me school u on why certain mainstream-movies kick ass and why we\’re in a financial mess rite now! goddam hipsters!
Capitalist Extreme October 8, 2008 5:06pm
oooooohhhhh! Bridge and Tunnel!! yea they suck just as much as hipsters… but i still go to Pacha and dance my ass off cuz i dont give a shit about wut everyone else does!
I just go wherever my friends are. They usually DJ/promote at the “hot spots” and I go because I get to see them AND I get free drinks. I am a broke New Yorker and I go wherever the free booze takes me.
WTF, you are exactly right, I do edit on the site, which is why I felt like defending Rachelle’s use of B&T (Bridge & Tunnel for you Capitalist Extreme) as a very common Manhattanite’s term. Anonymous was questioning a fact there, and that can’t slide in an argument.
Past that, we get into the area of opinion - Rachelle has hers, I have mine (which is not always the same), you and anonymous have yours.
Also, my time debating what’s cool or not should have been spent making sure that Albert was from Down Under, not Landstrasse!
WTF October 8, 2008 6:10pm
B&T are NY’s version of the “hick”, whom you’d all be complaining about if you were home, shut up and dance, stop texting, stop air kissing, find good music, shut up , AND DANCE. maybe do a bump or two somewhere along the way, if ya gotta hit one of the B&T’s over the head with a bottle, so be it, these are crazy days we’re livin….on top of all that, keep analysis at the charity dinners, never the twain (LES & “socials”) shall meet or the shithouse really is coming down.
The new hotness is my apartment. I throw drug fueled parties there every night. you are all welcome to come dance with me and the models that prance around half naked in my living room. Southside Wburg Itches…
Anonymous October 10, 2008 1:21pm
B&T and hipsters as well as euro trash all suck. B&T with the spikey hair and stupid so called Brooklyn accent although they’re from jersey and staten island and hipsters with their trying WAYYY TOO HARD to be different. tight ass jeans and ugly ass outfits. You hipsters try way too hard. Euro Trash thinking that they’re designer clothes is great with their heavy disgusting accents. I hate seeing spit when people speak. I t disgusts me. All you clothes say is that you were the moron that paid way too much for your clothes to look good for your own people. and MANHATTANITES don’t use the term B&T. I was born and raised my entire life in the city. We don’t call ourselves manhattanites you fucking loser. We are new yorkers. I recently learned the term B&T from some honky tonk piece of shit promoter that thinks he’s some kind of newly found Rock Star from Delaware. fucking idiots. Most of you people on my island are POSERS. Seriously get over your fucking selves. Got out and have a good time. It shouldn’t matter who is in the building. That is the beauty of living here that you should be able to party and have fun no matter who else is around. I have fun anywhere I go whether it’s the pretentious ass goldbar, the bootleg 1oak, the suck ass eldridge, or porkys, the big easy, pacha (yuk), it doesn’t matter and shouldn’t matter who the FUCK is around you. Are you that pathetic and worried about the people around you to let them ruin your fun??? Do you not have friends? maybe that’s the problem, since most of you POSERS aren’t from here you don’t have that many friends to party with. because when I go out with my friends we aren’t worried about everyone else. pathetic. The NEw Hipster hangout is FAR ROCKAWAY. go now!!! hurry! before everyone else comes.
Ronnie G December 1, 2008 9:35pm
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Where: NESPRESSO Boutique Bar, 92 Prince Street (at Mercer Street), New York, NY (map)
Admission: Ticketed Event
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The New Yorker’s perenially popular Passport to the Arts event, back for a fifth year, includes a fantastic self-guided tour of leading Chelsea and SoHo galleries, a limited-edition art passport, a cocktail afterparty at Hudson Studios, and a silent auction of works by emerging and established artists, with proceeds to benefit Friends of the High Line.
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Admission: Ticketed Event
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November 7 - December 14, 2009
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October 8, 2008 11:09am
The LES, while gentrified, is still a good deal less so than MePa and will stay that way I imagine. B&T in general is not even comfortable in a faux hipster ensemble. That having been said the LES is hardly avant garde, nor do I think anything on the island can be expected to be (or not much, anyhow).
October 8, 2008 11:21am
Um, just go have fun with your friends wherever - stop worrying about being cool. That’s not cool.
October 8, 2008 11:22am
Isn’t Nebraska a lot of bridges and tunnels away so how can you say that? So brainwashed.
October 8, 2008 1:20pm
All these friends of friends always kill the damn parties. It was over when Guiliani killed Robots/oops Guernica, or whatever the fuck it is now. Lamers.
October 8, 2008 2:33pm
funny how all the people who move here from other parts of the country call it B and T, everyone born and raised in Manhattan, me being one of them, don’t call it that, or care where you live, get over your fucking self
Sorry, but wrong, anonymous. I’m born and raised in Manhattan. I’ve used the term B&T more times than I’ve had hot dinners. Manhattanites learn to care where people live while in the womb. It’s not healthy, but it’s true. With help, we can get over it.
October 8, 2008 4:50pm
and dont you edit this site Chris? Hardly unbias
October 8, 2008 4:54pm
it’s really the douchebags we have issues with. there are popped collars from UES, murray hill and every other hood but it just so happens jersey and LI have the highest concentration of them and they think hair gel, striped shirts and pickup lines in manhattan bars and restaurants are completely acceptable. take your hootin’ and hollerin’ ne’er-do-well sorry asses back to your little hole and stop contaminating our hidden spots. this includes douchey tourists too.
October 8, 2008 5:04pm
ummm…. wtf is B&T?? im from NY and i havent heard that… i dont think? but seriously like Th Answer said… who cares about whether the spot u hang out is cool or not? if u like the crowd and u like the ambience, the music, the drink specials why not keep going until YOU get bored of the place, if u even do? i fukin hate hipsters! all they do is complain about how things arent cool anymore/enough, while drinking pabst blue ribbon and pretending to sound smart. just shut up, drink, and dance. and gimme a heineken or a Hofbrau and let me school u on why certain mainstream-movies kick ass and why we\’re in a financial mess rite now! goddam hipsters!
October 8, 2008 5:06pm
oooooohhhhh! Bridge and Tunnel!! yea they suck just as much as hipsters… but i still go to Pacha and dance my ass off cuz i dont give a shit about wut everyone else does!
I just go wherever my friends are. They usually DJ/promote at the “hot spots” and I go because I get to see them AND I get free drinks. I am a broke New Yorker and I go wherever the free booze takes me.
WTF, you are exactly right, I do edit on the site, which is why I felt like defending Rachelle’s use of B&T (Bridge & Tunnel for you Capitalist Extreme) as a very common Manhattanite’s term. Anonymous was questioning a fact there, and that can’t slide in an argument.
Past that, we get into the area of opinion - Rachelle has hers, I have mine (which is not always the same), you and anonymous have yours.
Also, my time debating what’s cool or not should have been spent making sure that Albert was from Down Under, not Landstrasse!
October 8, 2008 6:10pm
B&T are NY’s version of the “hick”, whom you’d all be complaining about if you were home, shut up and dance, stop texting, stop air kissing, find good music, shut up , AND DANCE. maybe do a bump or two somewhere along the way, if ya gotta hit one of the B&T’s over the head with a bottle, so be it, these are crazy days we’re livin….on top of all that, keep analysis at the charity dinners, never the twain (LES & “socials”) shall meet or the shithouse really is coming down.
October 8, 2008 7:11pm
‘broke and trendy”
Hellooo Alphabet City.
October 9, 2008 2:17pm
The new hotness is my apartment. I throw drug fueled parties there every night. you are all welcome to come dance with me and the models that prance around half naked in my living room. Southside Wburg Itches…
October 10, 2008 1:21pm
B&T and hipsters as well as euro trash all suck. B&T with the spikey hair and stupid so called Brooklyn accent although they’re from jersey and staten island and hipsters with their trying WAYYY TOO HARD to be different. tight ass jeans and ugly ass outfits. You hipsters try way too hard. Euro Trash thinking that they’re designer clothes is great with their heavy disgusting accents. I hate seeing spit when people speak. I t disgusts me. All you clothes say is that you were the moron that paid way too much for your clothes to look good for your own people. and MANHATTANITES don’t use the term B&T. I was born and raised my entire life in the city. We don’t call ourselves manhattanites you fucking loser. We are new yorkers. I recently learned the term B&T from some honky tonk piece of shit promoter that thinks he’s some kind of newly found Rock Star from Delaware. fucking idiots. Most of you people on my island are POSERS. Seriously get over your fucking selves. Got out and have a good time. It shouldn’t matter who is in the building. That is the beauty of living here that you should be able to party and have fun no matter who else is around. I have fun anywhere I go whether it’s the pretentious ass goldbar, the bootleg 1oak, the suck ass eldridge, or porkys, the big easy, pacha (yuk), it doesn’t matter and shouldn’t matter who the FUCK is around you. Are you that pathetic and worried about the people around you to let them ruin your fun??? Do you not have friends? maybe that’s the problem, since most of you POSERS aren’t from here you don’t have that many friends to party with. because when I go out with my friends we aren’t worried about everyone else. pathetic. The NEw Hipster hangout is FAR ROCKAWAY. go now!!! hurry! before everyone else comes.
December 1, 2008 9:35pm
Far Rockaway is at the beginning stages ,with the A train ,lower rents ,great beaches ,& upscale shopping ,Central ave Cedarhurst.You have it All.