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This little lounge is a great place to dance the night away. It's stylish but unpretentious, with a ... More
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92nd Street Y Tisch Center for the Arts

This generously endowed community center offers a phenomenal slate of top-rated cultural happenings,... More
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All State Cafe

This subterranean pub is one of Manhattan's undiscovered treasures -- the quintessential neighborhoo... More
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Amato Opera Theatre

This cozy, off-the-beaten-track venue functions as a showcase for talented young American singers. T... More
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Apollo Theatre

Built in 1914, this legendary Harlem theater launched or abetted the careers of countless musical ic... More
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Arlene's Grocery

This casual Lower East Side club boasts a friendly bar and a good sound system; unfortunately, music... More
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Avalon

Housed in the former church where dance-club legend Limelight once reigned supreme, the interior has... More
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B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

This 550-seat venue is one of the prime anchors of Times Square's "new" 42nd Street. Despite its nam... More
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Baktun

This club has been hot, hot, hot since the word go. Sleek Baktun was conceived in 2000 as a multimed... More
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Bargemusic

Many thought Olga Bloom peculiar, if not deranged, when she transformed a 40-year-old barge into a c... More
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Barracuda

Chelsea is central to gay life -- and gay bars. This trendy, loungey place is a continuing favorite,... More
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Barramundi

This lounge has a friendly staff, and a settled-in feel in a neighborhood overrun by hipster copycat... More
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Beacon Theatre

This pleasing midsize Upper West Side venue -- a 1928 Art Deco movie palace with an impressive lobby... More
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Bill's Place

Imagine hearing great live jazz in your living room. That's about as close as what you will experien... More
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Birdland

This legendary club abandoned its distant uptown roost in 1996 for a more convenient Midtown nest, w... More
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Frommer's content excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.