Bottle service, the showy purchasing of bottles (marked up sometimes 2,000%) to ensure a degree of attention, a reserved table, and the attached clout at a club has become a staple of nightlife in New York. But its origins may be surprising: Marcel Proust and the Japanese? More»

[All photos by Nick Cantley for PMc.]

SPY BAR, the "NYC 90's trailblazer" that we all (used to) know and love, blew out fifteen candles on the birthday cake last Friday night, and we have the photos to prove that some things (even now-defunct hotspots) just keep getting better with age. More»

Noah Tepperberg and friends packed Avenue last night to toast Spy Bar's 15th anniversary. And although some revelers were too green to have experienced the Soho classic firsthand, the "old faces" were happy to fill them in. Unsurprisingly, the wizened vets had the best time of anyone there.    More»

[Jack Nicholson with Kelly Cole] As clubland takes some overdue steps forward, a crew of nightlife powerhouses will gather at Avenue tonight to take a look back and celebrate the "15 Year Family Reunion" of '90s classic Spy Bar. More»