Brass Monkey 55 Little W. 12th St. (Washington St. & 10th Ave.)
Meatpacking District
212.675.6686
Brass Monkey:
The city’s best spillover bar has all the energy of the clubs that surround it, but none of the hassle. Granted, dudes in khakis stand where models might be if you were down the street at PM, but try scoring a $6 pint in any Meatpacking District nightclub. Owned by the team behind Bowery’s Pioneer Bar, this pub is more than a little fancy for a watering hole that has 20 beers on tap, several TVs, and a DJ who’s stuck in the ’80s. In addition to serving up tasty burgers, Brass Monkey flexes its kitchen power by putting mussels and calamari on the bar-food-plus menu. Late nights here get the predominantly male crowd that the nightclubs didn’t want, but when you look at whom area nightclubs do admit—particularly on weekends—that’s not a bad thing.
