Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Love or loathe him, Visceralist is back this week with his take on Blue Seats.  Agree/disagree?  Argue your case in the comments! 157 Ludlow St. (btw Rivington & Stanton) New York, NY 10002 (212) 614-1494 Seating – this is where The Blue Seats gets all controversial like Ruby…they have 3 (4?) pretty slick booths equipped [...]

Love or loathe him, Visceralist is back this week with his take on Cake Shop.  Agree/disagree?  Argue your case in the comments! 152 Ludlow St. (btw Rivington & Stanton) New York, NY 10002 (212) 252-0036 Neighborhood- 1 hop + 1 skip away from famed LES nightspot Libation, whose velvet rope no Cake Shopper would make [...]

66 Rivington St (NW corner of Allen) New York, NY 10002 (212) 228-4667 Specials or most popular drink – they have 20 beers on tap + another 30ish bottles, which almost certainly outshines any other bar in a 3-block radius, so if you like it then you better put a ring on it. Guy:girl ratio [...]

82 Stanton St. (NE corner of Allen) New York, NY 10002 (212) 477-2232 Bathroom situation- two in the back, men’s to the left, women’s to the right. The men’s features a urinal and a stall with swinging Old West saloon doors like they have in Back to the Future Part III. Visceralist has heard that [...]

We are very excited to announce this new weekly feature by fellow neighborhood scribe Visceralist. Each segment will review a random night spot in the Lower East Side. 163 Allen St. (btw Rivington & Stanton) New York, NY 10002 (212) 254-2668 Bathroom situation – Street level: two in the rear, one with urinals, one without. [...]