How Did You Get Your First Fake ID?
by Ryan Vlastelica
We had hair on our chest by the eighth grade and we grew up in Canada, so getting beer was never really a big problem. One time, though, on New Year’s Eve 1993, after leaving the beer store with a whole pile of two-fours, the cops pulled us over and took our beer. The bastards had been staking out the place, looking for underagers. That was a sad night.
COLIN
Where he presides: Fiddlesticks Pub & Grill West Village
Favorite drink: Corona
I didn’t have one in this country, but I had one in Ireland. I don’t remember how I got it. I think I just found it. Found it on the street and put my own photo in. Just peeled the lamination off.
ANNA
Where she presides: Ottimo, Chelsea
Favorite drink: Dirty martini
I never had one. And I never drank before I was legal, either. No, not in New York.
TOM
Where he presides: Stoned Crow, West Village
Favorite drink: Old Fashioned
I never had a fake ID. I was overseas when I was that age, and the drinking age was 18 there, so it was never really something that I had to worry about that much. I lived in South Africa at the time. I’m sure some kids in South Africa got fake IDs, but it was just one of those things I never did.
PHIL
Where he presides: Alligator Lounge, Williamsburg
Favorite drink: Beer
I actually never had a fake ID. But I’m from Canada, where the drinking age is 18, so it wasn’t really that big a deal up there. I probably started drinking when I was like 16. I’d just go to house parties and they’d have alcohol there. Or just steal it from my parents.
NINA
Where she presides: Exchange, Financial District
Favorite drink: Sierra Nevada
I had a real ID, but it was someone else’s. A friend of a friend. She sorta looked like me. I just used it for a few years, in a college town. It worked a few times, but when I moved I just got rid of it.
JENIFFER
Where she presides: Bar None, East Village
Favorite drink: Screaming Orgasm
I didn’t have one. Growing up in the city back in the day you really didn’t need a fake ID. Although, I have to admit, I’m probably not the best person to ask about this because I didn’t start drinking until I was 24. I don’t know where the kids go these days to get fakes.
COLIN
Where he presides: Fiddlesticks Pub & Grill West Village
Favorite drink: Corona
I didn’t have one in this country, but I had one in Ireland. I don’t remember how I got it. I think I just found it. Found it on the street and put my own photo in. Just peeled the lamination off.
ANNA
Where she presides: Ottimo, Chelsea
Favorite drink: Dirty martini
I never had one. And I never drank before I was legal, either. No, not in New York.
TOM
Where he presides: Stoned Crow, West Village
Favorite drink: Old Fashioned
I never had a fake ID. I was overseas when I was that age, and the drinking age was 18 there, so it was never really something that I had to worry about that much. I lived in South Africa at the time. I’m sure some kids in South Africa got fake IDs, but it was just one of those things I never did.
PHIL
Where he presides: Alligator Lounge, Williamsburg
Favorite drink: Beer
I actually never had a fake ID. But I’m from Canada, where the drinking age is 18, so it wasn’t really that big a deal up there. I probably started drinking when I was like 16. I’d just go to house parties and they’d have alcohol there. Or just steal it from my parents.
NINA
Where she presides: Exchange, Financial District
Favorite drink: Sierra Nevada
I had a real ID, but it was someone else’s. A friend of a friend. She sorta looked like me. I just used it for a few years, in a college town. It worked a few times, but when I moved I just got rid of it.
JENIFFER
Where she presides: Bar None, East Village
Favorite drink: Screaming Orgasm
I didn’t have one. Growing up in the city back in the day you really didn’t need a fake ID. Although, I have to admit, I’m probably not the best person to ask about this because I didn’t start drinking until I was 24. I don’t know where the kids go these days to get fakes.
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