| New York Nightlife | | | | are open all night and most of them do serve dinner. |
| New York ( ) is known as the city that never sleeps. | | | | An ever-changing crop of 'after-hours' places offer |
| Whether it's live jazz, rock, comedy, or cabaret; or if it's | | | | entertainment until sunrise. The minimum drinking age is |
| sweating on a dance floor, or just people-watching in a | | | | 21 and checking of photo ID is mandatory. The |
| neighborhood pub, New York has plenty of choices for | | | | average price of a beer is US Dollar 5-7, while the |
| your evening's entertainment. From fine dining to | | | | average price of a cocktail is US Dollar 10. A tip of US |
| theatre, from poetry readings to all-night raves, NYC is | | | | Dollar 1-2 is expected per drink. |
| the place to be. | | | | Jazz Clubs |
| The nightlife scene is still largely downtown. Home to | | | | The city is also home to numerous jazz clubs featuring |
| Broadway, the Times Square is enjoying a | | | | performances of both the best American and |
| renaissance, with American theme restaurants, bars | | | | international jazz musicians. All the greats made their |
| and cinemas attracting a huge tourist crowd. The East | | | | names here, and young up-and-comers flock to the |
| Village, from 14th Street to Houston east of Broadway, | | | | city for the chance to prove themselves. The |
| is famous for its local bars that stay open late and its | | | | Vanguard opened its doors in 1935 and is the |
| small live music clubs frequented by a young | | | | archetypal Greenwich Village jazz club which has the |
| rock-and-roll set. Midtown, especially around Hell's | | | | right vibes and an excellent booking policy. Catch |
| Kitchen, is developing a reputation. The Lower East | | | | pianist Tommy Flanagan here for a perfect jazz night |
| Side, an up-and-coming neighbourhood that borders the | | | | out. At Iridium top internationally known artists play six |
| East Village at Houston and stretches south to | | | | day runs. Minimum cover charge: Dollar 20.00. |
| Chinatown at Canal, offers a similar nightlife scene and | | | | Cabaret |
| vibe. Classic jazz joints in the West Village and the | | | | Cabaret comes in many forms--great vocalists, |
| Meatpacking District's and Chelsea's see-and-be-seen | | | | impersonators, skits, stand-up comedy, reviews, |
| clubs are also alive at night. And across the East River, | | | | parodies, one-act shows. New York's leading comedy |
| Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood has become the | | | | venues feature top-line professionals. Some of these |
| place for artists, hipsters, and rock-and-roll fans. | | | | comedy clubs include Caroline's on Broadway, The |
| Night clubs, Bars & Lounges | | | | Comedy Cellar, and Gotham Comedy Club, - dubbed |
| There are clubs for almost every idiosyncratic taste. | | | | the 'best comedy club in Manhattan.' Dangerfield's |
| However, keep in mind that when you go is just as | | | | which is owned by comedian Rodney Dangerfield has |
| important as where you go because a club that was | | | | received rave reviews for 35 years. |
| packed at 11 pm might empty out by midnight, and a | | | | Free Cultural Events |
| bar that raged last night may be completely empty | | | | Amazingly there are also free cultural events such as |
| tonight. | | | | Shakespeare in the Park performed by stars, under |
| Manhattan buzzes with nocturnal activity, from bustling | | | | the stars, in Central Park. It has become a New York |
| neighbourhood bars to cocktail lounges and ultra hip | | | | institution over time. For the entertainment of children |
| nightclubs. SoHo with its chic nightclubs attracts artists, | | | | there is a Children's Theater: Paper Bag Players. For |
| models and media types. The gay scene is centered | | | | children ages 4 to 9, this group performs in the winter |
| around the bars of the West Village, which also offers | | | | only and offers tales told in imaginative and original |
| a lively mix of jazz clubs. Gramercy, in the 20s on the | | | | ways. |
| east side, is the 'new SoHo' with velvet-rope cocktail | | | | Broadway/Theater |
| lounges. Upmarket tastes are also catered for in the | | | | Watching a movie or a show on Broadway in NYC is |
| sophisticated lounges, clubs and cocktail bars in | | | | one of the most popular night time entertainments. See |
| Midtown and the Upper East and Upper West Sides. | | | | the likes of popular Broadway shows such as The |
| Hip bars include Max Fish, in Lower East Side, which | | | | Lion King, Wicked, Spamalot, Phantom of the Opera |
| fills with a young, T-shirt-and-jeans crowd and the | | | | and Hairspray. But be sure to buy your Broadway |
| newly remodelled Serena, in Chelsea, a subterranean | | | | show tickets early as like anything else in life, the good |
| lounge in the cool and legendary Chelsea Hotel. Double | | | | ones sell out quickly. |
| Happiness in Chinatown, draws a funky 20-something | | | | Restaurants |
| clientele. A more sophisticated lounge, the Campbell | | | | From the astronomically expensive to the inexpensive, |
| Apartment, Grand Central Station, Midtown, is hidden | | | | from the enormous to the pocket-sized, from the |
| away in this busy rail terminal, serving top-class | | | | snooty to the happy-to-serve, from haute cuisine to |
| cocktails and first-rate Martinis. The refined, clubby bar | | | | take-out food, restaurants in NYC are in abundance. |
| in the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, Midtown | | | | Almost every cuisine in the world is well represented -- |
| West, is known for its literary origins. For classic New | | | | from Afghan to Ethiopian to Vietnamese to Polish -- |
| York, there is Chumley's, or the White Horse Tavern in | | | | as is almost every cooking style. Most of their kitchens |
| West Village. | | | | are open till 2 am. Times Square, Ninth Avenue, SoHo, |
| Entrance fees to some of the smarter nightclubs can | | | | the East Village, Greenwich Village, and the Upper |
| be pricey and is cash only. Most clubs charge a cover, | | | | West Side are especially known for their restaurants. |
| which can range from Dollar 5 to Dollar 25 or more, | | | | The better known, more expensive and more popular |
| depending on the venue and the night. Remember to | | | | restaurants require reservations, especially on the |
| dress properly, something that is easily accomplished | | | | weekends |
| like dressed in black. Smoking is prohibited in all | | | | It doesn't necessarily have to be a weekend. Night life |
| enclosed public places in New York City, including | | | | is active every night of the week as nobody in New |
| restaurants and bars. Some bars have gardens or fully | | | | York waits for the weekend. You can be assured |
| enclosed smoking rooms for those who wish to light | | | | most of the night clubs and other places of the like will |
| up, but in most places you'll have to step outside. The | | | | be packed like the Saturday nights. |
| normal club closing time is 0400, although many venues | | | | |