Best gay bars nyc 2014

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Bottom line: I've been working hard at this research nyc most of my almost adult life. Below, my reviews of some notable NYC gay bars. I visited as many places as I could by neighborhood and included options from all of the boroughs except the Bronx, which appears not to have a single gay bar. What's up with that?

Native New Yorker Eddie Going talks about some of his favorite gay bars in the city; be sure to leave yours in the comments. Boxers NYC : With a faux boxing ring in its center that doubles as a DJ booth, this is my go-to happy hour spot during any bar day of the week. Its central location on 6th avenue and 20th Street below the former Limelight helps make it a nice meeting spot for post-work drinks.

However, the layout is a little odd. There isn't lot of seating and a few of the walkways get easily crowded; gay you stand in them, you'll be getting banged all night and not in a good way. The pool tables are also awkwardly placed—if you're not careful you'll get hit in the ass with a pool stick.

The bar serves brick oven pizza, wings, guacamole and fries to go best with their "sports bar" theme, regardless of the fact that no one is watching any sports on the televisions.

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The bartenders will spend their time telling you how "straight" they are—it doesn't matter to me if you're gay or straight as long as you're interested in getting me a drink. On busy Fridays and Saturdays, be prepared to wait 10 - 15 minutes for a drink. They also have a "VIP" area in the front of the bar but sometimes this space gets double booked and it can become a shit show.

Frozen drinks: Yes but the drink machines aren't usually turned on right away and so they're not frozen. And they're not BOGO during happy hour. Cruisy: Yes Cruisy restrooms: Yes, with no dividers between the urinals which is a pet peeve of mine. Crowd: Mixed ages, mostly young. Pretentious crowd. Good for groups? Boxers Flatiron is located at 37 West 20th Street, ; boxersnyc.