BEST COFFEE
APTBS: Anything will do. Cafe Colette, Five Leaves,
Blue Bottle, Brooklyn Roasting Company, or Gimme
Coffee. I drink a lot of coffee so I tend to make it
myself. Cone filtered.
Beverly: Cafetería La Mejor iced cafe con leche.
Public Access TV: Sam’s Deli! Shout out to my man Vic!
Splashh: El Rey, East Village
Cafe Colette: 79 Berry Street, Brooklyn; Five Leaves: 18 Bedford
Avenue, Brooklyn; Blue Bottle, Brooklyn Roasting Company, Gimme
Coffee: multiple locations Cafeteria El Mejor: 191 Suydam Street,
Brooklyn; Sam’s Deli: 123 2nd Avenue (multiple locations); El Rey:
100 Stanton Street
Central Park / DeAnna Janes
Narnia / courtesy of Narnia
FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD
APTBS at Brooklyn Roasting Co. / Shaun Regan
A Place to Bury Strangers / Shaun Regan; Albert Hammond, Jr. / Jason McDonald; Beverly / courtesy of artist;
Blonde Redhead / Marlene Marino; Caveman / Kate Edwards; Deerhoof / Chad Kamenshine;
Misterwives / courtesy of artist; Public Access TV / Nick Sethi; Splashh / courtesy of artist
UNDISCOVERED GEM
DIVE BAR
Beverly: Lucy’s
Caveman: The Library Bar
Deerhoof: Manhattan Inn, Greenpoint. Free live music
almost everyday.
Public Acces TV: Grassroots on St. Marks Place. They
have free popcorn and darts.
Splashh: Forgetmenot in Chinatown is a good vibe. As a
plus it also shows premier league football on a Saturday
and has some great booze and food.
Lucy’s: 135 Avenue A, NYC; The Library Bar: 811 7th Avenue, NYC;
Manhattan Inn: 632 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn; Grassroots Tavern:
20 Saint Marks Place, NYC; Forgetmenot: 138 Division Street, NYC
HAPPY HOUR
Beverly: La Superior
Blonde Redhead: Mud on East 9th. My best friend works
there. Also St Mazie on Grand Street.
Caveman: Black and White on 10th Street
Misterwives: McSwiggan’s. It’s just a dive bar that me and
all the guys go to all the time. We know all the bartenders.
An Beal Bocht in Riverdale is amazing. It’s also an oldschool Irish pub, and they have an open mic with amazing
musicians who come and play. They don’t have TVs; you’re
just there to drink and socialize and have a good time.
Splashh: The Fanelli Cafe in Soho does a great happy hour.
La Superior: 295 Berry Street, Brooklyn; Mud: 307 East 9th Street,
NYC; St. Mazie: 345 Grand Street, Brooklyn; Black and White: 86 East
10th Street, NYC; An Beal Bocht: 445 West 238th Street, Bronx; Fanelli
Cafe: 94 Prince Street, NYC
Beverly: The Thing in Greenpoint (my friend Larry’s
junk shop) which is the sister to the now defunct
Vortex on Montrose. I used to DJ a lot and digging in
an endless sea of crates is a great way to learn about
garage one-hit-wonders, Motown B-sides, the labels
themselves; very important history, and incredibly
inspiring when you’re making your own music.
Blonde Redhead: The beach at Fort Tilden but it has
been discovered.
Caveman: Maybe the free Ikea ferry on weekends.
Public Access TV: The Original Sandwich Shoppe of
New York in the West Village
Splashh: If we’re talking cheap eats, we’ve come
across some really delicious handmade dumplings at
Lam Zhou in Chinatown.
The Thing: 1001 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn; Beach at Fort
Tilden: 169 State Road, Breezy Point; The Original Sandwich
Shoppe: 58 Greenwich Avenue, NYC; Lam Zhou: 144 East
Broadway, NYC
SHOPPING
Beverly: Fox & Fawn. Mary Meyer [trendy vintage
boutiques in Brooklyn].
Blonde Redhead: Some favorites of the band are
Rachel Comey, Jane Mayle, Isabel Marant
Caveman: By Robert James
Deerhoof: Narnia Vintage Clothing Shops in
Manhattan and Williamsburg.
MisterWives: I love Buffalo Exchange. You always
find really unique, crazy, wacky things.
Public Access TV: Starstruck in the West Village
always has good stuff for cheap. Really good plain
t-shirts.
Splashh: Procell on Delancy Street sells a lot of
awesome rare vintage band tees and branded stuff.
Levi’s and Vans.
Fox & Fawn: 570 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn; Mary Meyer:
56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn; Rachel Comey: 95 Crosby Street,
NYC; Isabel Marant: 469 Broome Street, NYC; By Robert James:
74 Orchard Street, NYC; Narnia Vintage Clothing Shops:
161 Rivington Street #1, NYC Buffalo Exchange: Numerous
Locations; Starstruck: 47 Greenwich Avenue, NYC; Procell: 5
Delancey Street, NYC
APTBS: Mine (Williamsburg). Because I live here. There are
definitely things that have changed in this neighborhood
— not in a good way, but that’s the way it goes. I get sick of
people complaining about it. Spoiled brats! People like us
have gentrified the place and now we have been gentrified
by big business. Another great thing about NY is the fact
that there are so many diverse neighborhoods I like a
bunch for different reasons. The East Village, Bushwick,
and the infamous Williamsburg are probably where I spend
the most time.
Beverly: It’s still Alphabet City. I us VBF