55 Christopher St
(at Seventh Ave South) West Village
| Map
212-929-9883
Subway: 1 to Christopher St–Sheridan Sq
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Prices
Average drink: $6.
Cash only.
Description
Many ghosts haunt the sodden crossroads known as Sheridan Squarepoets, painters, firebrands. But only at 55 Bar can you imbibe alongside a living legend, weekly gigging jazz-rock guitarist Mike Stern. Other top boppers and bluesmen swing the narrow basement boîte nightly. All shows have a two-drink minimum, but never fearthe bartenders know how to mix. If you want to talk, sit in back so the head-bobbing jazzbos dont shush you.