1015 Second Avenue
(between 53rd & 54th Streets)
212/207-3777
Sutton Place Website
AL'S REVIEW: When I saw the pictures on their website, I couldn't believe it was the same bar! Every summer, I seem to venture here at least once - with low expectations. The crowd consist of B & T folk who line up and wait to get access to the often over-packed roof terrace that overlooks Second Avenue. Sandwiched between two buildings, the view only offers a chance to look into the neighbor's apartment across the way and down below on the traffic piling up due to nearby construction sites. Definitely come here Thursday through Saturday if you can't find your summer hookup on the Jersey shore!
THE BARON'S BABBLING: The Baron suspects that "douchebag" is the new black; apparently, being a douchebag, that is to say popping your collar, wearing too much Drakar Noir, and using enough mousse (yes, mousse, not product) to factor into the debate on national petroleum dependence is in! Well, at least at Sutton Place. If your rent on York Ave or in Staten Island is low enough to afford a night on the town, head to Sutton Place. Here you will find others interested in talking loudly about sports, but paying no mind to the actual game (which is on countless screens, but oddly unwatchable.) At this drinkery, women seem to find your public demands for a ZJ charming! Wait, there's more, at this Shangrai-La, the music will be so loud, that no one will hear you... ergo, the douchebag dialect might seem intellectual. Yes, truly an oasis, this Sutton Place is! However, for the rest of, do not assume that SP's four bars mean one will be redeeming; if you want to play the odds, hit the Playwright.
Beware.... Beware!
(Steen, Steen!)