New York City Bartenders & Patrons

In today's New York Post, the "Bar Belles" -- writers Libby and Megan -- picked the topic of dive bars. Guess what? Of the 3,500 bars in Manhattan, half of their list is made of entries from OUR web site. Looks like the girls did all their research on nycbp.com.

I read this cheesball column every Saturday. On this wasteland of a day for newspapers, it's buried in the food section. The Bar Belles are always writing "best of" lists -- its all they can come up with. Usually their great ideas for topics are the "best martini" or "best margarita".... I'm waiting for "Best Place to Pick Up a Stewardess" or "Best Bar for Horny Nannies" -- but that'll never get written.

Anyway, these girls are probably already getting ready to write about the "best bars in the Hamptons" -- so until their summer shares open up, they are at the Dive Bars. They name Red Rock West the best -- which is something we did way back in 1999. The other bars on their list that match OUR list (thanks, Libby and Megan) are the Village Idiot, Jimmy's Corner and of course, Bellevue Bar.

The others on the list are Sophie's, 7B, Rudy's and Siberia.

Thanks to the New York Post for not giving nycbp.com a plug again. Look for The Bar Belles at a bar near you.