Parkside Lounge
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 674-9308
03/13/2008 Posted by tortoiseshell
The service was fine, the drinks were fine, the music was fine (the right volume, an OK mix of old and new, etc). But there weren't very many places to sit, and I was so distracted by what looked to be toe-curlingly bad performance art going on in the back room (it was also played on a TV over the bar) that I didn't enjoy my time here very much. After squirming around on the floor in lycra outfits for a while, performers wandered from the back room out into the bar, bleating artily and congratulating themselves, and I felt a bit like I was backstage at some horrible awkward college improv night from which I could not escape. At least until I'd finished my drink. Which I did, and promptly left. I peered in the window at the nearby Vasmay Lounge on my way out and that looked far more promising.
Pros: not rammed full of people on a weeknight, bar staff were nice
Cons: attracts medicre performance artists
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