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BARS
CAMPBELL APARTMENT
Grand Central Terminal, southwest balcony, E 42nd St. Subway S,
#7,#4, #5, #6 to 42nd St-Grand Central. 212 953
0409. Mon-Thurs noon-1am, Fri noon-2am, Sat 2pm-2am, Sun
2pm-midnight.
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Once home of businessman John W. Campbell, who
oversaw the construction of Grand Central, this majestic
space - built to look like a thirteenth-century Florentine
palace - was sealed up for years. Now, it's one of New
York's most distinctive bars. Go early and don't wear
sneakers or a T-shirt.
KING COLE BAR & SALON
2 E 55th St between Fifth and Madison aves, in the St Regis Hotel. Subway E, M to Fifth Ave/53rd St; F
to 57th St. Mon-Sat 11.30am-1am, Sun noon-midnight.
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Dress smart and be prepared to spend at the reputed home of the Bloody Mary, but sip-
ping a cocktail under the Maxfield Parrish mural at the bar, you'll surely feel like a milli-
on bucks.
PJ CLARKE'S
915 Third Ave at E 55th St. Subway #6 to 51st St; E, M to Lexington Ave/53rd St.
212 317 1616. Daily
11.30am-4am.
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One of the city's most famous watering holes,
PJ Clarke's
alehouse serves good beers,
but only Guinness comes in a pint serving. Tables with red-and-white checked cloths
await diners in the back, where you can choose from a classic American menu. You may
recognize it as the setting of the film
The Lost Weekend
.
SALVATION TACO
145 E 39th St between Lexington and Third aves, inside Pod Hotel. Subway #4, #5, #6, #7 to 42nd
St-Grand Central. 212 865 5800,
www.salvationtaco.com
.
Daily 7am-2am.
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Hard to know what to label it - café, restaurant, gastrocantina - but
Salvation Taco
, in
all its garishly hued, folk-art aesthetic glory, is best as a bar for daring cocktails (around
$13) and inventive snacks, like a tostada with pig's ears and cheeks ($12).
