Birthday Party Bars
By Justine Goodman, Nightlife Editor
Problem: You want to throw a birthday party, but you don't want to drop $300 on a bottle of Grey Goose to flex a party of five into Marquee. Solution: Skip the drama, and behold our list of New York spots where you can celebrate by getting wrecked, not wrecking your credit.
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Cheap Shots
140 1st Ave, New York, NY
Line 'em up: Your drinks are on the house if it's your birthday--even if you're spending the night alone. -
Bushwick Country Club
618 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY
Nonmembers who bring 15 friends get free drinks (11 friends for members); bring 30 friends and the club will throw in free hot dogs. -
Alphabet Lounge
104 Ave C, New York, NY
Free champagne bottle and free shots for the birthday boy or girl with parties of 10 or more. -
Boss Tweeds
115 Essex Street, New York, NY
Party packages begin at $25 per person for three hours of an open bar on Budweiser and well cocktails. And even if you opt to skip the package deal, a can of Bud and a shot of Jack or Jim is always just $5. -
The Dive Bar
732 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
Get a free chicken wing for every year you've been alive. -
Porky's NYC
55 W 21st St, New York, NY
Even if it's only your birthday month, with a party of 20 or more people the birthday kid pays no cover, and gets free drinks (10pm-11pm) plus a free fishbowl. (Reservations required.) -
Bowlmor Lanes
110 University Pl, New York, NY
For $70 a person, birthday girls and boys age 21 and over can celebrate with two hours of unlimited bowling. That price also covers shoe rentals, hors d’oeuvres, and a beer and soda open bar.
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Blue Owl
196 2nd Ave, New York, NY
An East Village bar gilds itself for the nocturnal cocktail crowd. -
THE SKINnY
174 Orchard Street, New York, NY
Cheap drinks and local art lure the neighbors to this slender Lower East Side bar. -
Mason Dixon
133 Essex St, New York, NY
Get taken for a ride--on a mechanical bull, that is--at this down-home bar and grill on Essex Street.
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Forum
127 4th Ave, New York, NY
This spacious Union Square bar caters to under- and post-graduates looking to party on any given night of the week. -
Belmont Lounge
117 E 15th St, New York, NY
A standard for post-show, post-work, and post-sober mingling. -
Plan B
339 E 10th St, New York, NY
A neighborhood crowd gets cozy at this mainstream East Village boozin' spot. -
Dark Room
165 Ludlow St, New York, NY
A Lower East Side sensibility prevails at this sexy but low-key spot. -
Happy Ending
302 Broome St, New York, NY
A brothel-turned-bar brightens the Chinatown lounge scene.
