Night 12: Washington Sq. Hotel, Stoned Crow, Town Tavern, El Cantinero, Reservoir

So Friday I decided to try and finish up this little journey and hit the half dozen or so places still not covered. I got Orbital to come with me and we started out at The Washington Sq. Hotel. We had to get there early because the bar often closes before nine. The bar is a nice little place where I got a good vodka tonic for $7. However, while our server was beautiful, she was also having a bad day - she used two different kinds of vodka to make my drink and then left suddenly for about 15 minutes finally returning with the grey goose for Orbital's martini. Two swords Al joined us before we moved on to our next spot where we hoped the bartender would be happier about us being there.

Our next stop was the The Stoned Crow. This place was a nice surprise, a little dive bar off the beaten path on Washington Pl. and out of place in this basically pretentious neighborhood. My $5 vodka tonic was okay, and we ordered food here too (I had a grilled cheese and mozarella sticks). The atmosphere was nice, young people drinking and having a good time.

Next we stopped at the Town Tavern on West 3rd St. The Tavern is another one of those Village bars where people from Jersey come to "party in the city" before they return to their suberbia. Fortunately, at least it is the good looking people from Jersey who make it to the Town Tavern. The space is frat-boyish, the music Aerosmith, and my $6 vodka tonic was a little weak. If you want to see uninteresting but pretty girls, then the Town Tavern is a good place to be.

We now headed up to University to try and finish off the rest of the bars in the neighboorhood. Having already been to Cedar (Night 6), we tried the bar upstairs at El Cantinero. They wanted a cover, but let us in when I refused to pay it. Walking into the bar we were suddenly transported to a village in Mexico, with women of all ages and bodies in tight little outifits and men in suits salsa dacing on every spot of floor in this little bar. The mood was I quess you would say festive, my vodka tonic was decent and of indeterminable price since there were less numbers on the bill then drinks that we ordered and the staff was so overly attentive it got quite ridiculous. If you need to escape from downtown manhattan, this bar is far far away.

Next we went to Reservoir also on University. Reservoir is pretty much your average bar. The music is rock, the crowd is a mix of normal New Yorkers, the food is burgers and fries, my $6 vodka tonic was fine, everything is fine but there is really nothing to write home about. Not a bad bar, just nothing speical about it. I left Reservoir to meet Twittybird at the Russian Vodka Room in Midtown, but that's out of the geographical location so I wont tell you about it here.