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Maxwell's Plum was a bar at 1181 First Avenue, at the intersection with 64th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. A 1988 New York Times article described it as a "flamboyant restaurant and singles bar that, more than any place of its kind, symbolized two social revolutions of the 1960s – sex and food". [1]
He concluded that a bar where single women would feel comfortable might thrive in the emerging singles culture. Most bars at the time were seedy, by today’s standards. They were dim watering ...
The bar was founded in 1829 [1] [2] and, according to the current owner, is one of the oldest bars in the country, having been in continuous operation since 1829 (even during Prohibition [3]), under various names such as Blue Pump Room, Old Abbey, Neir’s Social Hall, and Union Course Tavern.
Defunct jazz clubs in New York City (28 P) Pages in category "Former music venues in New York City" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
Since the 17th Century (yes, you read that right), New York City has played a major role in the country’s LGBTQIA+ history. From the Stonewall riots of 1969 to hosting the world’s largest ...
The Campbell Bar The space as John Campbell's office, c. 1926. The Campbell is a bar and cocktail lounge in Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.The space, long known as the Campbell Apartment, was once the office of American financier John W. Campbell, a member of the New York Central Railroad's board of directors.
To curb crime creeping into the Manhattan cocktail scene, some bars are getting schooled. A local business group is trying to help Greenwich Village-area bars keep their patrons from being robbed ...
Hogs and Heifers Saloon is a small chain of bars. The original bar opened in 1992 in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, in New York City. A second location was opened on 1st Avenue between 95th and 96th Streets of Manhattan by early 2000. A third opened in downtown Las Vegas adjacent to the Fremont Street Experience.