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New York City's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving In the Five Boroughs

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As a drinker for a good two-thirds of my years, I was heartened to discover this lovely guidebook. It made me want to see my native New York again, to rediscover its sweet old barfly haunts, with their sticky counters and slanted floors--and pour down some potables at a few new watering holes.

Ms. Mitchell has an keen eye for detail and a fine taste for parts of the city that New York-based books and movies rarely depict: its seedy, soused underbelly. Does Woody Allen ever wash up at the Blarney Cove? Could Tom Wolfe trick fellow drinkers at the Sly Fox? Would you rather a Blue & Gold Budweiser or a "Maid in Manhattan"? Answer? A resounding no.

This book in engaging, informative, illuminating, and voluble, a veritable Zagat's for the demimonde. I tip my hat--and raise my glass--to you.

A funny read- and a great bar guide. I'd been to a few of the bars in the book before purchasing, and I found the book to be accurate. I also found some hidden gems I'd never heard of- it is now my mission in life to become a regular at a few of the bars.

Highly recommended.

Forget Zagat's, this is the New York City Nightlife guide you really need. If you're tired of $12 beers, snobby cosmo-drinking New Yorkers, and waiting outside velvet ropes, check out the bars Mitchell has tried and tested--places where you can hang your hat, settle in on a bar stool and have a good time with _real_ friends. Not the imbibing type? You'll still get a kick out of Mitchell's crisp writing and funny drinking tales.

A buddy of mine got me this book for my birthday. It rocks! It's so great to learn about places aren't filled with the usual try-hards that tend to fill so many places in Manhattan. I loved Wendy Mitchell's reviews and the way she peppered the book with her experiences at the bars. I don't know how she found these places!

It's pretty good at nailing the city's top dive bars. plus, the stories are pretty damn funny.

Fed up with velvet ropes? Reluctant to share another Friday surrounded by frat boys and pseudo-hipsters? I was...and then I came across Mitchell's book. She covers a HUGE range of NYC's dive bars and the reviews are right on the money. And unlike other guide books, this is as entertaining to read as it is helpful. A must-have.