Travel Reference
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Drinking
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Barcibo Enoteca
WINE BAR
Just north of Lincoln Center, casual-chic Barcibo is ideal for sipping, with a long list of
vintages from all over Italy, including 40 different varieties sold by the glass. There is a
short menu of small plates and light meals. The staff are knowledgeable; ask for recom-
mendations.
(
www.barciboenoteca.com
; 2020 Broadway, cnr 69th St;
4:30pm-12:30am Mon-Fri, from 3:30pm
Sat & Sun;
1/2/3 to 72nd St)
23
Dead Poet
Skinny, mahogany-paneled Dead Poet pub has been a neighborhood favorite for over a dec-
ade, with a mix of locals and students nursing pints of Guinness. Appropriately, cocktails
are named after long-gone scribes, including a Jack Kerouac margarita ($12) and a Pablo
Neruda spiced rum sangria ($9). Funny, because we always pegged Neruda as a pisco sour
kind of guy.
(
www.thedeadpoet.com
; 450 Amsterdam Ave, btwn 81st & 82nd Sts;
BAR
noon-4am;
1 to 79th St)
24
Ding Dong Lounge
BAR
It's hard to be too bad-ass in the Upper West, but this former crack den turned punk bar
makes a wholesome attempt by supplying graffiti-covered bathrooms to go with its
exposed-brick walls. Curiously, it also features an array of cuckoo clocks. It's popular with
Columbia students and guests from nearby hostels for its can-of-beer-and-a-shot combo
(only $7).
(
www.dingdonglounge.com
; 929 Columbus Ave, btwn 105th & 106th Sts;
4pm-4am;
B, C, 1 to
103rd St)
25
Prohibition
BAR
