hot-spots

Shanghai's Sleazy 'Obama Club' Opens

Jeff Neumann · 04/29/10 05:11AM

It's finally here. The Chinese nightclub named after our very own president had its soft opening and reviews are starting to come out. There were half-naked people in scary costumes, go-go dancers, and tons of creeps dancing to bad music.

Graydon Carter's New Bar Probably Already Booked

Ryan Tate · 08/07/08 04:55AM

"The Vanity Fair editor, who already co-owns the Waverly Inn, has bought the lease of East 54th Street's famed Monkey Bar from the Glazier Group with two partners, hotelier Jeff Klein and London- based restaurateur Jeremy King." [Post]

Lindsay Lohan's Lesbian Make Out At The Cock

Ryan Tate · 07/30/08 09:59PM

If there's any remaining doubt about Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson being totally out of the closet, how's this for confirmation: A make-out session at New York's most notorious gay bar. Granted, "The Cock" tend to attract largely gays of the male persuasion, and DJ Ronson appears to have been there at least partly to satisfy her interest in the turntables and music (see picture, via Twerking). Also, it's in the East Village, which the couple have been haunting lately. But it still arches the eyebrows to see Lohan at such an unabashedly sleazy location, where blowjobs along the side wall and miscellaneous other "depravity" help retain the "seedy and vile" feel of the old location, which closed in 2005. After the jump, an excerpt of DJ Josh Sparber's report on Lohan's Cock visit.

Visit Cousin Vinny's Strippers-And-Sandwiches Club Tonight!

Hamilton Nolan · 05/30/08 11:26AM

There's a new hotspot in The Bronx that you simply won't want to miss unless you hate sex and lunch meat. It's COUSIN VINNY'S LITTLE SECRET! Tell us: where else can you pay just $50 for six hours of hardcore lap dance action, unlimited fountain soda, and a footlong sandwich of your choice, all in "a discrete and totally safe atmosphere to indulge in your carnal fantasies": namely, a former Subway sandwich franchise. In the Bronx! We've been sent a transcribed version of the flier that "Cousin Vinny" Agnello—owner of a stripper service and the self-described "King of Bling featured as a "Celebrity" on the DIGGS WEBSITE" (two Diggs!)— is reportedly passing around the area. Our tipster says the local merchant's association is...concerned about Cousin Vinny's new venture. But we predict this will be a hot alternative to seeing Sex And The City. "MEMBERSHIP HAS IT'S PRIVILEDGES!" Vinny's full, quirkily awesome invitation, after the jump:

And suddenly, Ritual Roasters was uncool.

Nick Douglas · 05/16/06 09:30AM

Ritual Roasters (or "Ritro" to the stupid but trendy), a San Francisco Mission District ad hoc office that happens to serve overrated coffee to its residents, has finally crossed the line in acknowledging, and wryly nodding at, its oh-so-bloggy clientele.

Worst Press Release Ever: P. Diddy's Pasta

Jessica · 11/10/04 02:49PM

We haven't applauded a stupid press release in awhile, so when the publicity mavericks behind West Village italian restaurant Figa decided to announce that P. Diddy had his birthday dinner there (and at a billion other venues, but whatever), we realized we simply had to share the magic with you. Figa has proclaimed itself the hotness for "Hip Hop cognescenti [sic]," because that's exactly what you want your establishment to be known for, right? Bentleys and Maybachs are parking at Figa! Alert the presses! Gah. After the jump, you'll wish your inbox was half as retarded as ours.

Vikram Chatwal And Dave LaChappelle Play Nice

Jessica · 11/03/04 10:55AM

Even if he can't seem to properly execute a business plan, wannabe hotelier and Sikh playboy Vikram Chatwal certainly knows how to spread his PR seed. Chatwal originally angered celebrity photographer Dave LaChappelle by announcing that LaChappelle had co-designed his Dream NY hotel; unremarkably, a bitch fight ensured. Now the two have magically made nice and the Times is planning to print a retraction regarding LaChappelle's involvement with the hotel.

Even The Kids In NYC Are Better

Jessica · 11/01/04 03:48PM

Meet Ondine Cohen, a Manhattan fifth grader who exemplifies the hot, new only child "movement" (funny, we thought only children were the product of that "quit while you're ahead" mentality):

You Can't Come: Frederick's

Jessica · 10/29/04 09:58AM

In this week's edition of our groundbreaking nightlife series, we decided to cruelly send special correspondent David Klein to the new VIP club Frederick's, which boasts such illustrious members as Lizzie Grubman, Holly Dunlap, and Harvey Weinstein. Lo and behold, David made it past the pearly gates and discovered a boatload of shit inside. After the precious jump, the covert analysis of the members-only orgy.

The Spotted Pig: Center Of Celebrity Universe

Jessica · 10/27/04 05:35PM

We like our Billy Crudups with a side of Jay-Z. That's why we bring you an urgent and frighteningly detailed report from West Village pub The Spotted Pig, where a multitude of sightings in a single visit causes the space-time continuum to collapse:

Life Lessons For Gay Pet Groomers

Jessica · 10/26/04 12:56PM

Patrons of Midtown pet salon Doggie Do and Pussycats, Too may be dismayed to hear the following news about their homosexual dog washers:

Alan Lewis, Defense Attorney Extraordinaire

Jessica · 10/26/04 10:45AM

If you need some legal defense (and if you're the readers we think you are, you just might), allow us to make a recommendation: check out Alan Lewis, the defense attorney for Isais Umali. Umali is being tried for the murder of Dana Blake, a bouncer from the East Village nightclub Guernica; Umali stabbed Blake after his friends were removed from the club for smoking.

MTA Centennial Scientology Plot Revealed

Jessica · 10/26/04 08:49AM

Are Scientologists trying to indoctrinate susceptible New Yorkers through the always-captivating advertising in our subways? And dare they use our beloved subway centennial as an entry point? A disturbed reader writes:

SLNY: Now Taking Convenient Reservations

Jessica · 10/21/04 12:13PM

Sphinxlike restaurant newsletter She Loves NY has a new, inexplicably brilliant edition out and the RESY index ("the time at which one can secure a same day reservation for a party of two") is particularly surprising:

You Can't Come: NA

Jessica · 10/21/04 09:33AM

It appears we set our standards too high when we sent Gawker special correspondent David Klein to infiltrate A-lister habitat Kos. Actually, that s a complete lie. We have no standards. This week in our continuing nightlife series, we decided to send David a notch down the social alphabet and throw him towards to shiny new nightspot NA, which boasts such career-climaxed owners as Chris Big Noth and Joey Small McIntyre. Glamour ensues!

You Can't Come: Kos

Jessica · 10/15/04 09:42AM

Manhattan nightlife is such a big, Louboutin-clad mess of the hot and haute, one can barely keep track of which club is worth your precious efforts. But that is, of course, why we're here: to tell you what venues merit your sad attempts at entry. Gawker Special correspondent David Klein braves the humiliation of of the doormen at Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington's Kos and returns with the first of the a series of regular nightlife reports.

'Time Out' Goes To The Peepshow

Jessica · 10/14/04 09:58AM

Time Out NY's sticky sex issue is out and informs us of a party you've likely missed: Peepshow, the monthly S&M fest that goes down (heh) again this Saturday.