Whether you are a Knicks 🏀fan or a FIFA ⚽️team supporter and plan to watch a game at your local bar, we are highlighting the departed Sportsmen’s Club in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

 

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Rain. Paris.

 

White Horse Tavern, NYC

White Horse Tavern in the West Village, which has been in business since 1880, is one of the many bars which we feature in our book “Great Bars of New York City”. 

Not only is it one of the oldest continuously operating pubs in New York City, which even operated as a speakeasy during Prohibition, it also is remarkable in that it is located in one of the few wood frame structures remaining in New York City and also has much of its original interior. 

Superior Elevation Records in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Superior Elevation Records in Williamsburg, Brooklyn carries a wide variety of mostly used vinyl, including sought after hip-hop, R&B, soul, funk, reggae, house & disco and has a comfortable listening lounge up front. Also check out the $5 latin bin! 

Superior Elevation Records is one of the fabulous NYC indie record stores which we feature in our book “Vinyl NYC: 33 1/3 of the Best Record Stores Across All Five Boroughs”.

Madison Square Garden glowing in radiant orange and blue as New York City celebrates the Knicks’ historic NBA Finals run.

 

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7B Horseshoe Bar

The storefront where
7B Horseshoe Bar aka Vazacs is located was originally opened in 1935 as a neighborhood catering spot know as Vazac Hall & after transforming into a bar it was known simply as Vazac but in more recent years has also taken one of its three names from the street corner it resides on at the corner of 7th Street and Avenue B & the long horseshoe shaped bar running down its center. 

Musicians and celebrities who have frequented the bar include Iggy Pop and members of the Strokes who both lived nearby. 

Let us know if you have been to this fabulous neighborhood spot which we included in our “Great Bars of New York City” book.

The sgraffito and lunette paintings on the left building were made around 1580.

The arcades under the modern cornice are painted with a Renaissance series called "Lifecycle" which represents ten stages in the life of man, from boyhood to death. Czech Republic.