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We Hung Out With Some Crazy Marines Drinking Their Asses Off at Coachella

In full grips of the dry desert heat, the fine art of day drinking at Coachella becomes a game of survival of the fittest. Sweltering temperatures in the high 90s aren't necessarily ideal conditions to bombard your liver with alcohol. And unless you've been used to trekking through sand in the Middl ... More >>

At Least Our Robot Overlords Will Get Us Drunk

They may not have the same handsome waistcoats or knowledge of hard shake theory as their human counterparts, but robot bartenders can make up for what they lack in style with, hmm, with a digital design system that "monitors alcohol consumption and blood alcohol levels by inputting basic physical d ... More >>

10 Best Dive Bars in New York, Readers' Edition

When we recently shared our 10 Best Dive Bars, including classics like Sophie's and the Times Square hole Jimmy's Corner, we also asked readers to nominate their own choices, via hashtag #vvdivebars and comments. Dive bars are personal -- every neighborhood has a great one, and every New Yorker has ... More >>

Live: The Cops Shut Down Fool's Gold Day Off; DJ A-Trak Throws Out More T-Shirts

Check out our slideshow from the party. Fool's Gold Day Off: French Montana, Danny Brown, Brothers Macklovitch, Just Blaze, Flosstradamus, Flatbush Zombies, Nick Catchdubs, Ricky Blaze, Party Supplies, #BEEN #TRILL, Telephoned, and more City Winery Monday, September 3 Better than: Rain. Last yea ... More >>

Here's a Rape Victim's Description Of "Legitimate Rape" For Congressman Todd Akin

Straight from the "please stop talking, you stupid jackass" files, we bring you Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, who said over the weekend -- and we quote -- "If it's legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Akin is talking about a rape victim's miraculous abil ... More >>

New $49 Scorpion Bowl at Marc Forgione

Tribeca restaurant Marc Forgione will serve a Tiki-inspired Scorpion Bowl developed by sommelier Matthew Conway and bar manager Cary Goldberg.

Gizzi's Fresh Strawberry Mojito

The drink: Fresh Strawberry Mojito The bar: Gizzi's The price: $12 The ingredients: Bacardi white rum, fresh lime juice, granulated cane sugar, fresh mint springs, club soda, strawberries

Lana Del Rey Just Wants to Be Loved

MAN ON THE MOON

Kid Cudi is everywhere

Way Station's Andy Heidel Talks About Flaming Moes, Dr. Who-Themed Cocktails and His Infamous Stroller Manifesto

​The first clue that Prospect Heights bar Way Station isn't your average drinking den is the giant blue TARDIS (the time-and-space traveling machine from the BBC's Doctor Who television series) sitting there as soon as you open the front door. Also present: custom steampunk devices, Victorian ... More >>

Live: Kid Cudi Is The Nightcap At Terminal 5

Bacardi "Like It Live" With Kid Cudi Terminal 5 Monday, June 13 Better than: Sleeping. Just kidding! The thought behind Bacardi's "Like It Live" marketing campaign is simple: if people "like" something on Facebook, they must love it in real life. So as soon as you put a bunch of "like"-able thing ... More >>

New York Times Discovers 'Poor People' Who Golf

​Corey Kilgannon is outdoing himself over at the New York Times City Room blog! Yesterday, he wrote of a real-life hobo he discovered roaming about Central Park, a cowboy-faced "ramblin' man" named Larry, lookin' "to hop a train outta here." Today we get the tale of two creative cousins from W ... More >>

A Grilled Cheese and A Beer at The Emerson in Clinton Hill

The Emerson, on a recent night.​Clinton Hill's bar scene has been heating up lately with Fulton Grand, which opened at its namesake intersection this past summer, and the forthcoming Hanson Dry, a cocktail bar that was supposed to open this past weekend, but was still dark and papered over on ... More >>

Live: Miranda Lambert Praises Campfire Culture, Shows Off Engagement Ring at Terminal 5

Mikey AyersiPhone paparazzi Miranda Lambert Terminal 5 Wednesday, September 29 Better than: a sixpack of Miller after gettin' that first buck of the season Of all things to prop up a mike stand, a simulated shotgun works pretty well, as country music's current queen Miranda Lambert showed off du ... More >>

Buka Gets a Liquor License in Time for the Big Ghana-Uruguay Match

Chantal MartineauBuka gets booze.​ It may be positioning itself as "the most authentic Nigerian restaurant" in the city, or so say the business cards, but Buka in Clinton Hill actually has more of a Brooklyn bar feel. Instead of your usual African restaurant accoutrements -- masks, colorful p ... More >>

Haiti's Rum Industry to Rebuild; Not All Nut Liqueurs Should Be Ignored

​ Several states with tight control on liquor sales, such as Virginia, Vermont, and Mississippi, are considering a change in legislation that would privatize the distribution of alcohol, either by auctioning licenses to private companies or selling distribution centers. [Wall Street Journal] ... More >>

Say Goodbye to 2009: Looking Back at the Year in Concerts

Last year's Stupid Party in Crown Heights. All photos by Rebecca Smeyne.​We're closing up shop early today, and getting a head start on the New Year by doing snow angels outside for a while. Last minute guidance on your own New Year's Eve plans can be found here and here. In the meantime, plea ... More >>

Tiki Experiments at Home

A Painkiller​ Tiki cocktails, when made with freshly squeezed juices, homemade syrups, and quality rums, are completely delicious--complex, stiff, and flavorful. But, with the exception of the now-closed bar at Elettaria, these classic cocktails, most invented in the '30s and '40s, have been n ... More >>

Hey, Did You Notice That Was a Matt & Kim Song in the Promos for the NBC Fall Comedy Community?

Just about fell off the couch last night, when parked in a post-Siren stupor I heard Matt & Kim's "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" wafting from the TV. But there it was--the stadium-bleacher foot-stomp, Matt's soaring Ahhhhhhhhhhs, the joyous piano tinkling--scoring a 30-second spot for the upcoming ... More >>

Ellis Bar Open

Hedonism Off the Hudson

It's stoned love when the HQ of the queer revolution reopens

Slushee Surprise

What drink mix makes the least-scary margarita?

Preview: Ghostface Killah's New Album Fishscale

Call of the (Well-Heeled) Wild

Butter Us Up

Where to find the best cocktail of the season

Sin & Tonic

It's the Leighs' Party—and they'll be wry if they want to

Parade Fatigue

To march or not to march? That is the Gay Pride Day question.

Green Apple Martinis Are So Two Years Ago . . .

And other riveting revelations from our spring cocktail report

Bush Warms Up to Bill

Ex-president now a social security blanket for the current president

Corporate Tax Rewrite

Music

Port Authority Area as an Exotic and Alluring Destination

Give us mo, mo, mo: A hypnotic array of cocktails awaits

Despite Star's Best Efforts, Corny Thriller Goes off the Depp End

Top Ten Plus

Hey Get Ya Mom a Crazy Milkshake in Da Club

Booze Cruise

Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

Get a Little Closer at a Lounge Fit for a King—and a Pauper

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Drinker's Paradise

Chill Out With Frozen Daiquiris, Cool Coladas, Iced Vodkas, and Much, Much More

Focus Queens

Marketing Yourself to Marketers

Pride Guide

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Commodify Your Descent

Hot S**t for Teacher

Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop All the Way Home

Buena Ideya

No Park-ing Today

Private enterprise disrupts a public park...again. Oh, but it's for a good cause.