About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 179. Not illustrated. Chapters: Drinking Establishments in Manhattan, Historic Bars of New York City, Cafe Au Go Go, Fraunces Tavern, the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, 21 Club, Veselka, Webster Hall, the Village Gate, Billy's Topless, Stork Club, Stonewall Inn, Joe's Pub, Mcsorley's Old Ale House, P. J. Clarke's, El Morocco, Rainbow Room, Iridium Jazz Club, Knitting Factory, the Ear Inn, Terminal 5, the Bitter End, Toots Shor's Restaurant, Julius, Peppermint Lounge, Coyote Ugly Saloon, Tonic, the National Underground, Hallo Berlin, the Dump, Campbell Apartment, Gallagher's Steak House, Chumley's, Old Town Bar and Restaurant, West End Bar, Bowery Ballroom, Village Vanguard, Arlene's Grocery, White Horse Tavern, Mercury Lounge, Pianos, Brasserie Les Halles, the Living Room, Mehanata, the Cutting Room, Dorrian's, Canal Room, Bridge Cafe, Lion's Den, Peter Mcmanus Cafe, King Cole Bar, Don't Tell Mama, Cake Shop Nyc, Pete's Tavern, West Bank Cafe. Excerpt: Fraunces Tavern - New York Mayor Stephanus van Cortlandt built his home in 1671 on the site, but retired to his manor on the Hudson River and gave the property in 1700 to his son-in-law, Etienne "Stephen" DeLancey, a French Huguenot who had married Van Cortlandt's daughter, Anne. The DeLancey family contended with the Livingston family for leadership of the Province of New York. DeLancey built the current building as a house in 1719. The small yellow bricks used in its construction were imported from Holland and the sizable mansion ranked highly in the province for its quality. His heirs sold the building in 1762 to Samuel Fraunces who converted the home into the popular tavern, first named the Queen's Head. Before the Revolution, the building was one of the meeting places of the Sons of Liberty. During the tea crisis of 1765, the patriots forced a British naval captain who tr...
