Wednesday, August 4th, 2010—Bar 206

Day 206—Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Sly Fox
First off I want to thank Tiki Bar Susie for today’s donation. She sent in a more than generous donation via the PayPal button of 25 dollars, with the message that she's "a bar crawl fan!" She’s also the top donator and I really thank you, Tiki Bar Susie. This bar crawl isn’t cheap and I put every dime that’s donated back into the crawl. Cheers to Tiki Bar Susie for helping out the 365 bar crawl so generously. If you ever get to New York, let me know and I’ll buy you several rounds of Micheladas!

And now on to tonight’s tavern. Commentator Al Rizo from Miami has suggested I check out the Sly Fox in the East Village. Al’s made several suggestions during the course of this crawl and he’s never steered me wrong, so the Sly Fox it is!
My friend, Mike Trent told me he likes the New York taxi photos, so this one's for you, Daddio!

And here we are at the Sly Fox, love the neon (Leon)!

Two buck Pabst's? Let's get in here and start drinking!

Plenty of seats at the bar, let's settle in for the evening.

Cute and friendly bartender Iryna serves up a pint of Pabst.

Ronnie was seated next to me and told me he was a semi-regular.

Here's a shot of the mirrored ceiling. Upside down drinkers, are we in Australia, Auntie Em?

This sign is Ukrainian for, : "Sly Fox." Wow, they use a lot of letters for "Fox."

Mark and Tom were having some beers at the bar.

These unique throne velvety booths line the wooden and brick walls opposite the bar.

And here's Alanna and Laine making the most of one the aforementioned booths. Cheers, ladies!

The old-school bar stools swivel, which made me happy for some reason. Or maybe it was the fourth pint of Pabst, who knows?

Here's a view from the other end of the bar.

I've decided to start shooting some no-flash pictures in some of the dark bars to give you a true feeling of the place. I have to thank Andrea of the Bourgois Pig for inspiring me to do this. Here's the view of the bar from my perch.

And here's the booths with the lanterns hanging overhead.

And a Shining-like Lloyd the bartender moment.

Here's Iryna with her friend Lily at the bar.

And here I am sucking down my final pint. Cheers to you Tiki Bar Susie and goodnight, everybody!

Review
This Ukrainian bar in the East Village is a tarted up dive bar via a mirrored ceiling and floral, throne type booths that line the wall with orange lit lanterns hanging overhead. The bar is faux wood with a friendly bartender behind it and the patrons are a combination of working-class drinkers from the neighborhood and younger hipsters cashing in on the two buck Pabst pints. It’s a dark basement bar with a strong European feel to it.

There’s a full bar with cheap drafts and a nice selection of bottled beer. The jukebox has a diverse choice ranging from The Beatles, to George Thorogood to Styx and the music is kept at a conversational level. There’s drink specials every night of the week and most night’s it’s not packed and you can usually get a seat at the bar.

The Sly Fox is closed Sunday and Monday and it adds to the somewhat carefree attitude of the bar and its patrons. Budmo!

Sly Fox
140 Second Ave. (near 9th St.)
212-614-3283