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iPhone Bar Review: Doc Holliday’s
Posted by Tim on 30 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Bar Reviews
My friend G-Money pointed out that I have:
a. A webpage
b. An iPhone
c. An insatiable thirst
d. A sixth sense about finding great bars
Therefore I’ve decided every time I visit a new bar it will be documented – as well as I can remember it anyways.
Doc Holliday’s – NYC – East Village
I had just arrived in the city after working a full day in Boston and driving down straight form the office. Hungry and thirsty we put our name in at Shabu-Tatsu a few blocks away and drifted down to Ave A to spend the 45 min wait for a table. The bar is dark, and not terribly busy for about 9:00 on a Friday night. After ignoring the sign about knowing what you want before approaching the bar I ask for a PBR…no PBR. “Ok, what do you have?”, she runs down the list and as I’m about to stop her at “Natty Ice tall boy” she says “Genesee Cream Ale”. Sold. My girlfriend opts for the classier Stella, $8 for the round (You can probably guess how much of that $8 is for the can of Genny).
Clientele:
We only interacted with one other patron there – mostly because it wasn’t that busy. This was a blue collar gentleman who had apparently been at the bar, went home, realized he lost his keys somewhere, and decided the only logical thing to do was to go back to the bar. To look for his keys? Nooooo of course not! For more beer! Man I love NYC.
Rating: 4/7 – Small sample set but seemingly douchebag free.
Ambiance:
This is a dive. Its dark, dirty, a little sketchy, and the beer is fairly inexpensive by Manhattan standards. I have a feeling it might be some kind of country-ish bar as there were cowboy boots on the ceiling and the overall décor felt like a western saloon meets college bar. Thankfully they were playing the Reverend Horton Heat and not Garth Brooks. I think there was a pool table there too.
Rating: 5/7 – “You need to tip at least 60% for bartenders to consider sleeping with you”
Staff:
Bartenders were really cool and I didn’t have to wait much for any of my three cream ales. We apologized for not following the clearly posted directions about having your order ready but were informed that was more for the big group of dudes who gets to the bar then decides to ask everyone what they want. The tatted-punk-bartender-chick then tried to steal my girlfriend. Awesome!
Rating: 6/7: I suspect my partner in crime would rate her a 7…
This place is a solid 5/7 I would absolutely drink here again although I’ll probably skip the Genny Cream Ale…
