For A First Date: Proletariat NY
If you'd like to enjoy a beer but still want to be able to hear your date, Proletariat is the perfect place to check out. Tucked behind Jane's Sweet Buns bakery on St. Marks, Proletariat is a quaint 10-seat speakeasy type beer bar from the guys behind Death + Company.
Enter through the pink door in the back of the bakery and prepare to be transported from a candy colored bakery to a dark and intimate space modeled after the tattoo parlors that line St Marks Place. Order one of 12 beers on tap, 30 bottle varieties, or even a beer cocktail and get to know your date. Bonus: The beers rotate so often that instead of printing daily menus, there's a QR code offering access to a digital beer menu.
Proletariat, 102 St. Marks Pl., nr. First Avenue (behind Jane's Sweet Buns)
(212) 777-6707
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