New York City Bartenders & Patrons

How many ways do I love Bellevue Bar? Let me count the ways...
1. Jimmy Duff, one of the greatest bar owners on this island...
2. Tall Tony, bartender supreme....
3. Laurieanne, bar belle like no other and war-yell not to forget...
4. Best jukebox anywhere....

And now, for the MTV Masses that have been fed a steady dose of Ozzy's household and Real World shitheads, the rest of the country can find out about Bellevue! Last month they shot "Extreme Rock" with Rob Zombie at the bar. MTV filmed a second installment of "Extreme Rock" May 20 @ Bellevue w/ Wayne Static from Static X hosting (the white guy that looks like Buckwheat on crack).

Check your listings! Better yet, go to the bar on Friday night and see Tony and Laurie!!

What could be a better time than watching the Tyson-Lewis fight than in a packed bar? You know Tyson is going to go insane on June 8!

I just found a great place to watch the fight on the Upper West Side. The Dead Poet, the only Irish bar I really go to anymore around here, has the fight on at 9 pm. It's pay-per-view, so its $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Your first drink is free, and there's $2.50 beer specials during the fight. (Uh, this fight could be over in 30 seconds if Lewis has his nose bitten off. Hope you can drink fast!)

The Dead Poet is at 450 Amsterdam Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets.

Who knew that Stuff --- one of the must successful new guy's magazines --- is using nycbp.com to locate girls for their readers? Read on...

Of the 8 Stuff photo profiles they've done for "Bar Shots", half of the women have been from nycbp.com. Even the current one, Tangee, is a familiar face from when she worked at Bourbon Street a couple years ago (that page is now history). Take a look here and you'll see faces that are going to be very familiar to you: Chaundra, Liani and Jenn. What do they all have in common? The Village Idiot, Theme Night, and nycbp.com.

Thanks, Stuff! Now give us some credit and a link next time!!!

Just to give you an update on this weekend's crawl. It begins at 3 p.m. and is $10. The following Traveler Advisories have been issued by each country for this weekend's Avenue A & B pub Crawl. Please review!

USA - Doc Holliday’s - 141 Avenue A (9th Street) - Start Bar
Oh say can you see...Rock-n-Roll, Mickey Mouse, Elvis Presley, & Apple Pie...in your Pink Cadillac drive on by. New Orleans on Mardi Gras, the lights of Vegas & Hee Haw! Grand Canyon, Hollywood, the Windy City... St. Patrick's Day in New York City! Hot Dogs, Everglades, Dakota Hills...Pizza, NASDAQ & President Bush... from Rocky Mountains to Lower East Side. America is offering patriotic line up of a country-western style, 2-stepping, JD drinking of helluagood time!

Mexico - Nice Guy Eddie’s - 5 Avenue A (E. Houston) - Start Bar
Buenos Dias Senoritas Y Senors / Good Morning Girls & Boys! VIVA MEXICO! Hola Gringos, come on in and warm yourself in the MEXICAN SUN & SPIRITS! Worried about the water? Never fear order up some Cerveza pints for 27 pesos ($3 usd)
for your Amigos! HECHO in MEXICO. And if you amigos get hungry sit down for some quesadillas, nachos, taquitos....

Brazil - Route 85 - 85 Avenue A (Bet. 5th & 6th)
Are you ready to RUMBA? Come and live the feeling of CARNIVALE! The girls from Impenema go walking, soccer scores are the top news, and everyone is making their way down the mighty Amazon (no, no book orders, the original Amazon). Brush up on your Portuguese, as we will be blending up our Best Brazilian Favorite.…Just to name a few…We will be shaking things up…as we BRAZILIANS are infamous for!!!

Ireland - 11th Street Bar - 510 11th Street (Bet. Avenue A & B)
Cead Mile Failte - Welcome to Ireland! There's mighty craic and loads of frolics, pints filled wit $3 Heineken, for tree dollars. Ramble in for a pint of stout, you'll never know who'll be hanging about...Leprechauns, Shenanigans, Smilin’ Eyes& Blarney...See the cliffs of Moher, Giant's Causeway, some Celtic Ruins & Lisdoonvarna. Sit yourarse down by our cozy fire...take your jumpers off & stay a while, if there's one thing the Irish understand well it's definitely travelin'... Cheers!

Netherlands - J.P. Warde’s - 12 Avenue A (Bet. Houston & 2nd)
HALLO! If you are expecting, Wooden Shoes, Tulips, Rembrandt & Windmills are you in for a surprise! Do you think you can handle the wild, unpredictable, liberal, party capital of Europe? VAN GOGH–GO-GO all Night long, man. Home to the Heineken Brewery, nestled along the Amstel River, $3 Amstel Light Pints / $3 Heineken Pints, are being offered to our guests. You gotta visit our unique RED LIGHT DISTRICT, ALSTUBLIEFT, DO NOT TAKE PICTURES!, (pronounced ahlstoo-bleeft means, "please"). You gotta see it, to believe it! DANK U (dahnk-oo )DAG!

Scotland - The Library - 7 Avenue A (at Houston)
Welcome Travelers to the Highlands of SCOTLAND! Seek shelter in a proper Pub & get your wee GLASGOW filled with $3 pints. Sharing memories of growing up in EDINBURGH across from McEwan's Brewery, you'll most likely find SEAN CONNERY belly up at the bar. WILLIAM WALLACE is tending bar. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS ( a.k.a. Bloody Mary) is yours, just ask! Curious about what's under those KILTS? Grab your BAGPIPES, & head up NORTH...Cheers!

Thailand - Ace Bar - 531 5th Street (Bet. Avenue A & B)
Thailand, in the heart of Southeast Asia, is known as the land of smiles. $3 pints of Heineken will put a smile on your face at Ace Bar, in the heart of Southeast Manhattan. Public displays of affection between men and women are frowned upon. The one thing the Thais really know best is to Party! Drinks will flowing when the party starts going. Just make sure you don’t touch Buddha, you will be caned. Thailand will serving imported pints of Heineken & Amstel for only 128 Thai Baht!

Musical Box - 219 Avenue B (Bet. 13th & 14th Street)
Offering the “Small World Al-Co-Hol!” Special. $3 Pints of Heineken & Amstel Light.

Albania - Mona’s - 510 11th Street (Bet. Avenue A & B)
Mona's is off the beaten path, so what better country to pick than the obscurity of Albania. Heineken/Amstel draft specials do not apply!

Canada - Manitoba’s - 99 Avenue B .(Bet. 6th & 7th)
Canada was once a haven for draft evaders. Heineken/Amstel draft beer specials do not apply.

Just found out about something else for Saturday night. Downtown Bar is hosting bands from alt.coffee (that wacky java cafe next door to Doc Holliday's) and The Library. Doors open at 8 and bands start at 9. Performing are Roger Human Being, Drew's Band and the debut of Up On Blocks. For more info, ask Nick at The Library. I don't know if there's a cover charge.

The "bar tour" of the Upper East Side yesterday was a drunken mess. I only made it to 2 of the 10 bars. Go figure, but we just couldn't leave Who's.

You can try it again on Saturday, May 18, in the East Village. They say its to benefit The American Cancer Society. $10 admission includes $3 pints of Heineken & Amstel and other specials from 3-10 p.m. at these participating bars: Doc Holliday's, 11th Street Bar, J.P. Warde's, The Library, Mona's, Musical Box, Nice Guy Eddie's and Route 85A.

It has a World Cup theme (the soccer madness begins at the end of the month), and each bar is going to be a different country. (I know The Library is Scotland due to Nick, Eddie's is Mexico because they have great margarita's and Doc's will be Ireland for some strange reason). All bar crawlers get a passport for the day.

On Saturday you can register at either Doc's or Eddie's at 3 p.m. or do it online at Murphguide.com.

Should be a fun day at some awesome bars...

Well I'm trying to get new Camera Club galleries up every Sunday. So far I am 2 for 2. See Gallery 26, which is all photos from the Who's On First Booze Cruise. Pix my Erik Madden, of course, who takes more pix than Peter Parker...