Bluejake

Dive bar connoisseurs know the area around Macdougal, Sullivan, and West Third Street in Greenwich Village. Populated by an interesting mix of homeless people, NYU students, and tourists, the neighborhood supports an unusually high concentration of bars selling $3 mugs of American beer. While some are partial to places like Down the Hatch, Josie Woods, or the like, I prefer the Fat Black Pussycat. Named for a long forgotten 1960s club on Minetta Lane, it has the emptiness, neon signage, forgiving pool table, and odd seating arrangement that I crave in a dive bar.

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