Dark Room: Indie rockers who very well may carry official hipster ID badges in place of driver’s licenses know this spot all too well. When you hear blind item, gossip page accounts of members from Interpol or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs partying in a “downtown bar,” it probably happened here. There’s a slight photo lab theme to this subterranean hotspot, as evidenced by red bulb-illuminated photo lamps and very dark walls. There is a bit of a suburban element here on weekends, but it seems to be on the decline as that crowd now has more predictable and sanitized nearby spots that still allow them to drive home and say they “partied on the Lower East Side.” (The “B&Ts” who really dig this spot are from Williamsburg and they’re more “downtown” than downtown itself these days.) |
