Quantcast
Channel: The New York Observer » Alcohol
Browsing all 16 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Daniel Radcliffe Guide to Boozing Your Face Off in West Village

Mr. Radcliffe, reformed boozehound. The area around super-classy apartment building One Morton Square, in the edge of West Village, has a fine array of well-stoked boîtes from which boozy revelers can...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Drunk People: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

A match made in heaven. Leave the flasks at home, New York moviegoers! Last August, Gov. Cuomo passed a law that allows movie theaters with restaurants to serve booze as well, making a trip to the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Blow-Out Made Me Blotto! The Illegal Scourge of Salon Drinking

Illo: Anna Parini We weren’t three minutes into our pedicure—or two toes—and already The Observer was getting wasted. The place was Dashing Diva in Greenwich Village, a chain nail salon with 12...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

I Melt With You Shares a Circle of Jerks

Jane, Lowe and Piven. Grown men behaving badly are everywhere on film, but a more stomach-turning band of incompetent losers has never been assembled than the scumbags in the stupidly titled I Melt...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Mayor Bloomberg Doomsday Proposal to Curb New York City Booze Sales:...

First they came for the smokers, and we kvetched. Then they came for the trans fats, and we were like, sure, we could stand to lose a few pounds. Then they came for our salt, and we were like, are you...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Artist Nick Poe Documents His NYPD Sobriety Test (Video)

Nick Poe undergoes a sobriety check at the 7th Precinct (MyBlockNYC) We don't know how the NYPD allowed this footage to be released, but here's Nick Poe-- artist, SoHo loft-dweller (as well as son of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Don’t Get Caught Being Drunk On the Lower East Side, Warns NYPD

Don't get caught doing this (Mecredis) In a move that has alcoholic NYU undergrads with fake I.D.s freaking the hell out, Capt. John Cappelmann of the East Village's Ninth Precinct is beefing up his...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bottle Feeders: Should Procreation Necessitate a Personal Prohibition?

(Peter Oumanski) Before I became a mother, I was, as my Sonoma County aunt is fond of saying, “a lover of the grape.” I liked my wine. So much so, in fact, that when I got pregnant, I continued to hold...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Another Dry Summer? A Plea for Drinking in Public

Yep, you won't be seeing this anytime soon. There are two types of people in this world: those who think that alcohol creates problems and those who think that alcohol solves them. Most people believe...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

DrUNk! U.S. Wants Wasted Diplomats Banned From U.N. Budget Debates

U.S. begs: no more drinking and debating. Americans are known the world over for being embarrassing drunks. We're constantly being told that other countries have a more mature relationship with...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

House of No: Brooklyn House Party Hot Spot Raided by NYPD

Chuck your red Solo cups and jump the back fence, East Williamsburg. Soon-to-be-shuttered extra-legal party spot House of Yes was raided by the fuzz in Saturday's wee hours. The NY Post reports that...

View Article

Mayoral Candidates Want to Let You Drink on Your Stoop

The Democrats vying to become the next mayor of New York City may have some pretty sharp disagreements at times, but a clear consensus emerged during their latest televised debate tonight: drinking on...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Highland Fling: A $2,600 Bottle of Scotch

There are a few things I might immediately buy with two and a half grand. A first-class trip to Paris. A pair of Charlotte Olympia boots. A year’s membership to the Printing House. One thing I wouldn’t...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Brooklyn Bar Raises Drinking Age to 25 Because Young People Are Annoying

Phil's Crummy Corner (Facebook) A Cobble Hill restaurant is upping its weekend drinking age to combat the presence of all those annoying, drunken young'uns.  DNAinfo reports that Phil's Crummy Corner,...

View Article

Independent Budget Office Suggests Boosting Taxes on Beer, Liquor and Plastic...

The city’s Independent Budget Office has some ideas for incoming Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to boost revenue and save cash as he prepares to take the reins of City Hall. As part of its annual wish...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Murray Hill’s Battle Of The Booze

The Beers are out! (Observer)    It may become harder to get inebriated while enjoying the warm weather outside in Murray Hill.  At least Manhattan's Community Board Six is hoping so, with a new plan...

View Article
Browsing all 16 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images