New York 07.22.2008

Drink In History

Do it in the melting pot

Your momma says it’s a waste of time to keep spending all those hours in impossibly historic, low lit bars…but how else are you gonna get a date? The world wide Interweb? You’re old fashioned!

Which is why you prefer to mix your cocktails with strangers. The East Village Drinking Tour makes it possible to meet new people and drink…with a purpose! Cheers! Who says history is boring? Make it an educational party along St. Marks Place – the world famous epicenter of radical arts and activism.

And because the counterculture rebels who gave this place its fame were never, ever sober…why should you be? Raise a glass to them! Just take it easy. You’ll want to remember all this tomorrow.

An expert local guide shares all the juicy tidbits about the area’s most outrageous movements, uprisings, influences and characters as you hit up bars that have seen more action than sailors on shore leave. All the greats have been here: Houdini. Lincoln. Sinatra. Warhol. Madonna. Your momma is missing out!

The East Village is only a piece of what was properly known as the Lower East Side. Here was the birthplace of slums, gangs and even a killer-cannibal who cooked his victim and served her for soup in Tompkins Square Park! See, you need a shot!

Buy the whole tour a shot. You don’t have to do this alone.

Tour Cost: $15 (plus drinks)
This Saturday, July 26 at 5:00 p.m. sharp
Beginning August, Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Must be 21 and over. Groups are welcome.
Duration: 2 hours, 4-6 bars, about 5 blocks
Meeting point: Find out when you make a reservation
www.eastvillagetours.com

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