On a busy avenue, among the huge skyscrapers of downtown New York City, stands a small two-story building that every office worker within a mile knows about. If you want to immerse yourself in the city’s corporate culture and get into the Suits or Mad Men scene, you just have to have a…
Category: Pubs
McSorley’s Old Ale House
An authentic Irish tavern that opened in the middle of the 19th century. At one time Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and President Grant came here. The interior of the bar was seen in the movie “Once Upon a Time in America” and the walls are covered with artifacts. Hunter Thompson also liked to…
The Campbell
This used to be the office of the wealthy financier and railroad magnate of the 1920s, John Campbell. In the evenings he would gather here a group of 50 people and hold loud parties. Today it is a functioning bar in the Grand Central building (entrance from outside the station on the west…
Oscar Wilde
The longest bar in New York City is in an establishment named after writer Oscar Wilde, a man who preferred champagne and absinthe to all alcoholic beverages. The place offers snacks and a couple of cocktails in an incredible atmosphere. For the latter it is better to go on a weekday, when the…
