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What's with the lounge
thing? What makes a place a bar and lounge as apposed to just a bar?
As far as we can tell, the whole key lies in having couches. Apparently
having a couch makes it legal to call yourself a lounge. Well, if
there's one thing the UES is lacking is couches. There are plenty
of pubs, bars, bar and grills, cafes, tap houses, breweries, ale houses
and drinkatoriums, but very few places where one can rest his or her
weary bones on a nice comfy sofa. Ozone advertises itself as "very
downtown." Do UESers not like being comfortable? Do we yearn to sit
in pubs on hard wooden stools, drinking dark beer and reminiscing
about the old days on the potato farm? It's a funny advertising gimmick,
but it somehow works. UESers may not like to be comfortable, but they
certainly are complacent. You mean I can enjoy a place with candles,
DJs spinning acid jazz and overpriced drinks all in my own safe neighborhood--without
getting on the stinky 6 train and having to stand next to those kids
with the synthetic blend shirts? Sign me up! To add to the "downtown"
flavor, the owners have even put a faux velvet rope outside the bar,
just to add to the snootiness factor. As it turns out, this actually
works to keep the kiddies out, which is a huge plus in the Second
Avenue kindergarten corridor. We always forget this place exists (and
since the unlimited Metrocards, we don't mind not blowing $3 going
downtown), but it seems like a good alternative for those who get
neighborhood Scrabble fever (you know, DUMBO, SOHO, NOHO, etc.) going
below 42nd Street. [MF]
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