New Nightlife Douchebags Look a Lot Like Old Nightlife Douchebags
In a Fly Life cover story in this week's Voice, Tricia Romano discovers some new venues that, contrary to all expectations, aren't filled with total douchebags. Let's see what she has to say about them:
Nightclubs are always opening (and closing) in New York, but this mini-surge of fresh venues is built on music and art, not the bling of bottle service, signaling the beginning of a hopeful new era in New York nightlife, one where the artists, musicians, and DJs—tired of the bottle service boom bullying clubs into a world of materialism and monotony—take back the night.
And just who might be at the forefront of this movement to "take back the night"? Hmm, let's see. Paul Sevigny, Chloe's brother and owner of new Radar holiday party venue and debutard hangout Beatrice Inn, check. Simon Hammerstein, one of those Broadway people's descendants and owner of new debutard hangout The Box—location of today's Page Six blind item about the Tinz—check. So, let's see if we've got this straight. Overpriced bottle service and bridge and tunnel crowd, bad. Overpriced cocktails and pretentious socialites, good. Okay, glad we've gotten that straightened out. See you on Chrystie Street!
