30 to Midnight

Whiskey Rebel, Murray Hill

Friday, 12am

Whiskey Rebel
129 Lexington Ave. (29th St.), Manhattan

Somebunny turned even more Age Appropriate while stuffing herself with delicious bar popcorn and swilling some light beer at Whiskey Rebel, a perfectly reasonable AI bar.

Stone Street Tavern, Lower Manhattan

Thursday, 7:15pm

Stone Street Tavern
52 Stone St., Manhattan

This bar could really be appealing if it wasn't in the middle of all these other bars. We get how that's appealing too, for some (read: AI), but we're just not feeling the 'quad' thing anymore. Gosh we're downers. Well, stay tuned, things are about to turn up.

Vintry Wine & Whiskey, Stone Street

Thursday, 6:30pm

Vintry Wine & Whiskey
57 Stone Street, Manhattan

You know what this picture means: Sara breaking her no liquor rule. Well, it was worth it. We had a Whiskey Sour and a Grapefruit Bellini and seats at the window seat. 

Inside this Stone Street bar the crowd is Age Appropriate and lively. We enjoyed observing the near-chaos of outside, but would have preferred bar seating; more social. As you would hope, this Wine & Whiskey venue has numerous wines by the glass, numerous whiskeys, plus small plates of beautiful-looking food. We did not eat. We have plans to go back. Waitress tells us weekends are as lively as happy hour. We'll have to see about that. She also says Stone Street becomes unwalkable as the weather warms. Eek. Stay inside if you're AA. 

Stone Street, Vintry Wine & Whiskey, Across From Ulysses'

These guys (above) were drinking and smoking when we sat at our window seats. This couple (below) replaced them. All Age Appropriate, as you can see, some local, some tourist. The table where they're seated is part of Vintry Wine & Whiskey (57 Stone Street, Manhattan). You can reserve them (212-480-9800). We have more to say about the bar itself, which we very much liked (AA). Stone Street itself is a bit overwhelming (AI and AI-tendencies). Is it a weekday thing? We need to do a weekend trip to compare.

As you likely already know, Ulysses' (58 Stone Street and/or 95 Pearl Street, Manhattan) attracts AI's with its beer buckets.

Blue Bar, One Hanover Square at Stone Street, To Open This Week

An elegant new meeting place for fine cocktails and conversation, in the Harry's building.

Adrienne's Pizza Bar, Stone Street

Thursday, 5:50pm

Adrienne's Pizza Bar
54 Stone Street, Manhattan

Open toMidnight, Adrienne's had one of the oldest crowds on Stone Street, which we attribute to the presence of food. Inside, at the bar, there were people actually born in the 60's. Ha. It's funny when we make it sound like that's old. There were some 50's-born too. Well, maybe two.

New York’s Ultimate Kentucky Derby Watch Party at Eleven Madison Park

Saturday, May 1st, 3-7pm

Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Ave. (24th St.), Manhattan

The Kentucky Derby watch party will include: live coverage of the race at Churchill Downs (flat screen tvs in a 4-star restaurant!), Chef Daniel Humm’s take on Southern cuisine, Maker’s Mark Mint Juleps, bourbon 101 presentations, an outdoor Cigar Lounge by Nat Sherman, custom Derby hats by The Hat Shop’s Linda Pagan, live Kentucky Bluegrass, and a silent auction benefitting New York Horse Rescue.

Price per person is $175, plus tax. To purchase tickets email: derby@elevenmadisonpark.com.

Related news: The New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. board will meet in special session Saturday (tomorrow), a day before the agency is scheduled to end operations and lay off 1,300 workers. They say they've lost $45million in the past five years, an excuse for not returning millions of dollars to the state and racing industry. OTB said that some branches would remain open to cash winning tickets for six days after any closing date.

The Dubliner, Stone Street

Thursday, 5:30pm

The Dubliner
45 Stone Street (facing that little plaza behind 85 Broad), Manhattan

It's been a long time since Sara worked in the Financial District. When she worked in this part of the world (and we mean that geographically and figuratively) Stone Street was not the party street it is today. Harry's, of course, was there, and Fraunces Tavern, but not much else. Going out for happy hour generally meant going up to the Village. But that's ancient history, isn't it?

So we decided to do a Stone Street Happy Hour Bar Crawl, which becomes more Push than Crawl as the weather gets warmer, because Stone Street gets packed, something the Age Appropriate among us dislike.  Speaking of, the people were Age-mixed at this end of Stone Street, skewing InAppropriate.

Tax Day Drink Deals at BLT

BLT restaurants are offering 50% off on all cocktails, beer and wine (by the glass in Manhattan and bottle elsewhere) all day on April 15th, Tax Day.

Manhattan Locations:
BLT Burger - 470 6th Ave., 11th St.
BLT Fish (and Fish Shack) - 21 West 17th St., 6th Ave.
BLT Market - 1430 Avenue of the Americas (Ritz Carlton Hotel, Central Park)
BLT Prime - 111 East 22nd St., Park Ave.
BLT Steak - 106 East 57th St., Park Ave.

Doing your taxes is Age Appropriate.

Pil Pil Wine Bar, Upper East Side

Opening Tomorrow (Thursday 4/8)

Pil Pil
265 E. 78th St. (2nd Ave.), Manhattan

The former Sake Hana is now a Spanish Tapas Wine Bar, presumably named for the Basque garlic-chili-oil sauce. This location could swing in any Age direction, but we're keeping our fingers crossed and will have a review soon.