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LOST BY THE EIGHT BALL by Peter Nolan Smith

June 24, 2023 – 4:05 am

None of the cops from the 9th Precinct were happy about the closing of the basement bar next to their station house in the summer of 1980. Even fewer were excited by its re-opening as a French bistro. Evelyn?s Bistro was another sign that the East Village was giving way to a new crowd. Not […]

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SANDWICH RUN by Peter Nolan Smith

December 22, 2022 – 10:21 am

New York nightclubs closed at 4am in 1979, however many people didn’t want to go home after Studio 54, the Mudd Club, Xenon or CBGBs. The Mafia ran the after-hour clubs like the Cisco Disco, the 82 Club and the Nursery on 3rd Avenue. Drinks were served with an undesirable degree of danger, so when […]

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