35 Saturdays

If you’ve ever been presented with the challenge of finding an age-appropriate bar for a group of friends in their 30s and up who rarely go out to bars anymore, much less know any of the good ones, this is the site for you. 35 Saturdays breaks down bars by neighborhood and age-appropriateness, and warns you if, for instance, a young backpacker girl was seen crashing into a table full of plastic cups before stumbling out the door (Rudy’s) or if the bar smells. “A smelly bar is typically an Age InAppropriate bar…. Hence, this bar was filled with 22ish-year-old frat boys in flip-flops, shorts and plastic baseball caps. All standing there, glowing from cheap drink and TV-light.” (Boss Tweeds Saloon)

Also noted: the fact that wine bars are populated mainly by women. Seriously guys, you would be shooting fish in a barrel if you so much as set foot in there. But no.

My addition to the list: the 11th Street Bar, 510 E 11th Street, between Avenues A and B, 212-982-3929. Not only is it age-appropriate, it’s dog friendly. And they have about a dozen beers on tap. That’s right – beer, not wine.

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