New York City Bartenders & Patrons

I have a love-hate relationship with Maxim. I love the magazine for the pictures and some of the stories. But I hate it for the dumb things it does.

The dumbest is in the April issue. Maxim says the best bar in New York is Brother Jimmy's (Third Avenue). You have got to be kidding me! There are 3,500 liquor licenses in Manhattan alone, and this place is the best of all?

The choices for No. 2 are Ginger Man (take it or leave it, I can't stand the place, the bartenders are terrible) and No. 3 is Motor City (now we're talking). Coming in at No. 4 is the Slipper Room, which must have slipped in when one of the editors decided to stumble down Orchard Street on his way to get a cab to Hooter's...

Someday, a major magazine will do the definitive bartender guide to New York, but we can't count on Maxim for it.