How on earth did Common Ground ever end up on Avenue A? That's got to be one of the greatest mysteries of 2006.
The bar itself is nothing more than a glorified sports bar. Very clean, very new- it wouldn't be out of place in the corner of the Garden State Plaza. Not exactly your dad's Alphabet City.
I stopped in on a Saturday night, and it was crowded, but not annoyingly so. We found a table off the bar, and watched as the stripped shirt crews wandered by and Bon Jovi blasted from the speakers (no joke).. two beers later, we moved on..
Cons: crowd, music
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