Coffee Shop/Marc Ballroom: There’s always Coffee Shop. Seriously, the diner-inspired place’s notorious aspiring-model wait staff, solid menu, and stamina have made it the definitive Union Square scene. And whether the surrounding nightlife is up or down, you can always count on Coffee Shop to one, be open (it famously operates 23 hours a day on weekends); two, serve strong but playful cocktails; and three, be packed. By night, it teems with a lively young crowd to the point of overflowing the busy corner of Union Square that many of us can’t resist. At the crack of noon, to truly rest on the seventh day, there’s nothing like a hefty spinach feta omelet and an Irish coffee—the perfect combo for recapping the previous night or trying forget it all together. |
