Welcome To The Johnson's

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The Scene
If there's one thing the Lower East Side doesn't need, it's another bar. And if there's one thing this entire city doesn't need, it's another theme bar. But, despite that, somehow you don't begrudge the existence of this suburban rec room circa 1979: plastic-wrapped couches, wood-paneled walls, shabby pool table, avocado vinyl barstools, big ugly television and hideous landscape paintings. Unfortunately there's only a small patch of shag carpeting, but one can't have total authenticity--and if there were, there'd be no Black Sabbath-stocked jukebox and tabletop Ms. Pac Man game.

The Draw
The Johnsons' drink menu isn't totally authentic either--there's no cocktail called "Mom Will Never Notice," a mishmash of liquors from behind the bar. What they do have is both root beer and orange soda on tap, meaning that you can have a Jack Daniels and root beer, one of the finest cocktails there is.