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Cellar Dog
Jazz downstairs, ping pong and shuffleboard in the same room, and the only cover charge in the city we would call cheap.
- Where
- 75 Christopher St, West VillageOpen in Google Maps ↗
- Door
- Small cover, cash
- Go on
- Nightly
- Sounds like
- Jazz
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It feels like freedom. You walk in and do whatever you please: plenty of room to move around, never claustrophobic, and an almost unreasonable number of things to actually do. Pool, ping pong, shuffleboard, chess, backgammon — with a band playing in the corner the whole time.
What to know
This is one of the only bars in New York where we’d say the cover charge is cheap and worth it. Water is self-serve, and the bar keeps a good number of beers on tap. Bring a date and play something, or bring a group, or just sit and listen to the jazz. All three work.