SideBar has a personality problem. The Top 40 blares at top volume here, and the bar itself is as reluctant to commit to an identity as its MacBook-playin’ DJ is to spinning an actual vinyl record. SideBar is painfully unsure: afraid to decide if the gray and glass space should be a sports bar for dead-eyed frat boys drinking away their Lehman Brothers past, or a pseudo night club for new students yet to learn that the Meatpacking District is on the other side of Union Square. SideBar is not entirely without merits, though. Late on a Friday night, once you’re well liquored up from a place that actually knows how to serve a drink, SideBar could provide a tolerable-enough end to the night. The music is made for dancing, even if the crowd is not. And who knows — maybe if the Red Sox lose (they’re still alive, as of this writing), SideBar’s standard-issue Yankee fans might even bust a victory move or two.-Cait Weiss
Bar Details
Specials:
• 2 for 1 on select cocktails and all domestic beers
Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 5:00pm-7:00pm
