I have been living in the neighborhood for 5 years and have been a regular at banc and 515 for all that time. Like a lot of Murry Hill I wasnt too happy at another bar opening esp to the magnatude of tonic but on tuesday me and a few friends decided to check it out anyway. Turns out it was a really fun place. The tvs are great. Great place to watch the world series in spring- they even have them in the bathroom. The barstaff is great. Alison (who hates the name Ali and loves New Jersey) and Nyll are on game making sure your drink is full and like to chit chat which makes the place seem less overwhelming and pretentious. The only cons: the music was a little too loud and a little to Z100 for my taste and the food is only good if you take it for what it is: a bar. So eat the nachos and burgers, stay away from the ""satay"" which is 9 bucks for a morsal of chicken with stringy carrots. Also gets PACKED on the weekends so the off days are def a better bet. Either way its worth going to have a beer at.
Pros: bartenders, drink prices, tvs
Cons: music, food thats not fried, too busy on weekends
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