College Scene
By Justine Goodman, Nightlife Editor
Hit the books, and then hit the town. Find New York City bars, clubs and restaurants that attract a college crowd.
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Bleecker Street Bar
56 Bleecker St, New York, NY
A Village standard for darts, pool and drinking. -
The Village Pourhouse
64 3rd Ave, New York, NY
At NYU's doorstep, four wildly different rooms provide late-night bar and lounge hopping, minus the hopping. -
Off the Wagon
109 Macdougal St, New York, NY
An aptly named collegiate bar where cheap beer flows freely. -
Peculier Pub
145 Bleecker St, New York, NY
A battered old tavern claimed almost exclusively by NYU students. -
Down the Hatch
179 W 4th St, New York, NY
The name says it all at this West Village dive for the college crowd--drink up. -
Bar None
98 Third Ave, New York, NY
A hard-core boozing joint for unpretentious rockers. -
Phebe's Tavern & Grill
359 Bowery, New York, NY
A predominantly uptown crowd of Ivy League types heads downtown--and then stays through the wee hours of the morning. -
Blue & Gold Tavern
79 E 7th St, New York, NY
Finally, the locals and the students found something they can all agree on: Everyone loves dirt-cheap booze. -
Fat Black Pussycat
130 W 3rd St, New York, NY
This cool kitty's frat-bar face cloaks a romantic hideaway.
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Havana Central at The West End
2911 Broadway, New York, NY
It's not quite the old West End bar it once was, but the scene at the popular Columbia hangout remains more or less the same. -
Bourbon Street
407 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
An Upper West Sider more akin to "Animal House" than Dixieland jazz. -
Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant
1616 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
Where collegiates and recent grads keep the good ol' days raging on the Upper East Side. -
Abbey Pub
237 W 105th St, New York, NY
Cheap beer and erudite conversations flavor the Whit Stillman-esque scene of this local bar. -
Gin Mill
442 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
Low-key Upper West Side bar nurtures partyers with beer pong, burgers and games on the tube. -
The Heights Bar and Grill
2867 Broadway, 2nd Fl, New York, NY
Columbia students turn out in throngs for inexpensive Southwestern-influenced bar food and potent margaritas. -
Aces & Eights Saloon
1683 1st Ave, New York, NY
Sidle up to this Upper East Side haunt, where the Wild West meets competitive drinking. -
Jake's Dilemma
430 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
A comfortable, well-worn bar to toss beers back with friends.
