Night 10: Leela Lounge, Apple, North Square

My friend Samosa was visiting from out of town, so we decided to get a drink before he had to run to Penn Station. Since he also wanted to get a little something to eat, I suggested we try the Leela Lounge. Entering this bar / resturaunt it has a nice ambiance. However, the lighting is a little too bright for a lounge and the seats which look comfortable are actually rather stiff. I got a good vodka tonic for $7 and we ordered a couple of tasty apitiziers. The wait staff were friendly and cute and the clientele were business types. This is a good place for drinks and an appitizer, not cheap but not bar food either.

Samosa left me for his train and I went to Apple to wait for Twittybird to come and meet me. This is another bar / resturaunt, this time serving Vietnamese food. They happened to have Bacardi girls giving away shots, which is never a bad thing. After a couple of mediocre shots, I ordered a $6 vodka tonic that was okay. Their are a number of cozy couches around the bar that make this a comfortable place to chill, and the lighting and decorations are good. The clientel is pretty good looking with most people here for dinner and a large fraction of them Asian.

After Twittybird arived, we left Apple and headed to the Washington Square Hotel. We tried to go to the upstairs bar, but there was a private function and they kicked us out. So we went to the North Square which is the downstairs bar instead. This space has nice decoration though the chairs aren't as comfortable as they look. The staff was strange looking and twittybird noticed that they all looked like they good be in a 70's porn movie. My $5.50 vodka tonic was weak, but the calamari we had was pretty good. This is the best bar to go to if you want to fantasize about unattractive people having sex.