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Rippers Sets Sail Again After Sandy

The 10 Best Bars in Park Slope Not Yet Ruined by Babies

The weather is warming up nicely and it's time to stop drinking at home and get to the bar. But lately, many doorways of our favorite watering holes have been blocked. Not by passed out winos or vomit but by, of all things, baby strollers. Bucking the boozy agreement to leave young-ins at home, ma ... More >>

Budweiser Tastes Watery, But It's Not Watered Down!

Anheuser-Busch was accused of watering down its beers and misrepresenting the alcohol content in Budweiser, Bud Ice, Bud Light Lime, Natural Ice and other lines. But after class-action lawsuits were filed in federal court, NPR commissioned a lab to test several samples. The lab found that while the ... More >>

Super Bowl Commercial Week: Leapfrog for a Beer with Bud, Weis, and Er

It's Day 2 of Super Bowl Commercial Week and today we're revisiting those famous, late night pond-hoppers, the Budweiser Frogs. Way back in 1994, when the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers met up in Miami for Super Bowl XXIXX, Bud featured the CGI swamp creatures in an ad for their be ... More >>

Budweiser Releasing Limited Edition Zipcode Beers

Budweiser will be launching three limited-edition beers in the United States next month named for the zip codes of the places where they were developed. The beers, named for ZIP codes in Los Angeles (91406), St. Louis (63118) and Williamsburg, Va., (23185) are the winners of a Budweiser contest, tit ... More >>

Hey, Alelitists: Let's All Stop Being Assholes About Beer

It's just beer, why you gotta be that way? [See More Beer UP: Pumpkin Ale in August is Stupid | The 10 Best Draft Beer Bars in NYC] Earlier this week, I walked into a bar in the East Village. This place, which I won't mention by name, is a spot known for its excellent beer selection. I was with a ... More >>

Pumpkin Ale In August Is Stupid: Let's Take Back the Seasonal Beer

If you can't tell, that's Harpoon's Summer Ale directly next to UFO's Pumpkin Ale [See More Beer UP: Budweiser: Why It's My "King" | Troegs Troegenator: Terrific, Tasty, and More T-Words] The other day I found myself in the beer aisle of one of my favorite grocery stores. They have an awesome, awe ... More >>

Budweiser: Why It's My "King"

Beer UP typically examines a craft beer from a small brewer somewhere in the United States. Among many others, I've written about the Left Hand Milk Stout, the Founders Red Rye, and the Troegs Troegenator, but before I continue forward on this quest to drink every brewer in the country, I decided th ... More >>

Cape Ann Brewing Fisherman's Brew: A Better Budweiser (Which is a Good Thing!)

[See More Beer UP: Left Hand Milk Stout | Stoudts American Pale Ale | Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA] Have beers you want me to try? Sound off in the comments! Cape Ann Brewing Fisherman's Brew from Gloucester, MA Serving style: Draft Location: Beloved Cost: $6 ABV: 5.5 %

Happy Hour at Revival

​ Because of its extremely convenient location right off of Union Square, Revival is the perfect meet-up spot for happy hour drinks.

NYE Guide: Memories from Matt Johnson of Matt and Kim

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City Swiggers Beer Store and Tasting Room Debuts on UES

​On the left, California beer selection at City Swiggers (click on image to enlarge to readable size). Last Thursday marked the grand opening party of City Swiggers, a new beer store and tasting room on the Upper East Side -- although the place has apparently already been open for six weeks ... More >>

What a Tease: Foreshadowing to the Extreme in The Chameleon

The Black Lips' Top Five Reasons Your Band Should Play A Booze Cruise

Last winter, the Black Lips—along with with fellow dumpster docksiders Ty Segall, Jacuzzi Boys, Turbo Fruits, and Vivian Girls—set sail on the Bruise Cruise, which sailed from Miami to the Bahamas. Those of you who couldn't get together the scratch for the trip, but who might be wonderi ... More >>

Salvia Ban Looms in New York After Years of Fear Mongering, Bad Jokes

Drugs​Salvia divinorum, the drug used most publicly by Miley Cyrus and Arizona shooter Jared Loughner, moved closer to being outlawed on Monday when the New York state Senate approved a bill banning the sale of the hallucinogenic herb. John Flanagan, the lawmaker who sponsored the legislation, ... More >>

Stinky Bklyn Is Now Even Stinkier

Since it opened in 2006, Stinky Bklyn has made Cobble Hill a veritable curd nerd utopia, and now, the fragrant earthly paradise has expanded its square footage.

Good Beer NYC Coming Soon to East 9th Street

​If you're still recovering from Craft Beer Week, then you might want to avert your eyes: in two weeks' time, should all go according to plan, Good Beer NYC will open on East 9th Street.

Budweiser Will Get You Drunk via Free Beer on Facebook Today

​Here's how to make your Wednesday better, with free beer, in five easy steps, while benefiting corporate interests in the process:

Talking Tiki; Milkshakes for Grownups

​ FloFab notices the tiki trend, highlighting The Hurricane Club and Lani Kai as two new tropical cocktail bars opening this fall. [NY Times] Boozy milkshakes are all the rage, such as those found at Brooklyn Bowl, Blue Ribbon, and BLT Burger. [NY Times] Late-summer cocktails, pitchers, tik ... More >>

It Is Now Park Avenue Autumn

Park Avenue AutumnOutside: abominable. Inside: autumnal.​It may still be oppressively hot outside, but Park Avenue Summer has undergone a 48-hour metamorphosis to become Park Avenue Autumn.

La Marzocco Unveils New Espresso Machine 'Strada' at Chelsea Market Event

​The Strada has three stations, digital pressure gauges, and a choice of ways to control the pressure as you draw a shot. Baristas, java flaks, and coffee geeks converged on Chelsea Market Wednesday evening for the unveiling of La Marzocco's new state-of-the-art expresso machine, called simpl ... More >>

FIERCE RIVALRY

The Yankees battle the Phillies

New Aperitifs to Hit the U.S. Market; Wine Grapes Warn That the Planet is Heating Up

​If you agree that red wine glasses have big, flat bowls to maximize exposure to air and white wine glasses are narrower to keep the wine cold longer, then you know you don't have to be a snob to buy into fancy glassware. [Salon/Food] Bonal from France and Cocchi Aperitivo Americano from Ital ... More >>

Gang Green+Cerebral Ballzy

This Week in the Voice

​Eek, it 's Michael Musto, in a series of glamorous guises (we're not showing his Susan Boyle because we want you to prepare yourself first) and Running Down the Decade like it's never been run down before. (He also gets in not one, but three Top Tens. What a trouper!) Francis Davis presi ... More >>

Times: Tourists Visit Central Park!

​It's not the mere fact that tourists appeared in New York this week that draws the New York Times' attention -- it's the opportunity this presents for prose-poetry. Picture the scene: "This is a week of suspended animation in the city, in between holidays" when no one works -- why, even "th ... More >>

Booze News: Potable Presents & Communal Cocktails

​Film and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola is taking Vinicor to court for ruining 55,000 cases of wine by supplying faulty bottles and leaky screw caps. [Bloomberg] Celebrate the season with beer. Try one of these festive brews: Sam Adams Winter Lager, Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah, or St. Bernardus ... More >>

Daniel Craig at a Gay Club!

Fashion Week, Idol chatter, a gesture toward Liza. By Michael Musto

Obama Drinks Bud; Astoria Noisiest Hood in Queens

​Obama decided to deal with the Henry Louis Gates situation by inviting the Harvard professor and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley over to the White House for a beer. The president said he would have a Budweiser, while Crowley prefers Blue Moon, and Gates drinks Red Stripe or Becks. [Slate] ... More >>

Real Dives: Smolen Bar and Grill

Real Dives: In which we recommend authentically divey dive bars. A real dive bar may be characterized by low prices, clientele over 60, trucker hats only on actual truckers, a long history, lotto, lack of ironic PBR, and a sense that it is not trying to impress you, or anyone else, ever. The kind of ... More >>

Watching the VP Debates? Start Drinking Now

All Tomorrow's Parties: Kutsher's Country Club Smells "Like a Fart Gave Up"

Bonnaroo Day 1: The Food. Plus, Body Odor Begins.

Why Is It That Mexicans Work for Cheap?

. . . the only way to stop immigrants from taking your job

Another Robert Pollard Record?!?

Two more shambolic arena-indie opuses to throw on the pile

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Hipsters Dancing on a Boat

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At the Winner's Circle, Not Far From Hell: Off-Track Betting in New York City

At the Track, Near the Tents

Not Far From Hell: Off-Track Betting in New York City

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The good, the bad, and the messy get down in Williamsburg

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Indie guitar bands and their fans ride the love roller coaster

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