THE NY PRESS IS DOWN WITH DUFF’S
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 11:01am by Axl Rosenberg
The New York Press, a.k.a. NYC’s free weekly paper that isn’t The Village Voice, has a cover story this week on Duff’s, a.k.a. the best metal bar in New York, if not the entire world. That’s right: the bar is not buried on page 46 or whatever, it’s on the friggin’ cover.
Here’s an excerpt from the story:
“‘Welcome to Duff’s,’ says Jimmy Duff, the dive’s stupendously goateed, hearse-driving owner. He sidles up to the bar, as white as a Republican convention, bends his inked arms and surveys the snake-skinny room: slasher-flick posters, an Elvis bust, autographed memorabilia and DJ booth turned demented shrine to B-movie monsters and Duff’s septuagenarian mascot, former customer Dancin’ Dominick—a deceased postal worker who loved drinking and arthritis-defying gyrations.”
I haven’t been back to Duff’s since they moved locations late last year, but this story gets me itchin’ to go get my PBR on.
You can read the rest of the NY Press’ story here. And while you’re over there, check out their “Amon Amarth for President” piece, too. And you might as well hit up Duff’s official website – they’ve got photos and interviews and lots of other noteworthy shit.
-AR
The new stray bar cat is loads better then the one at the last location. You can actually pet this one.
But will they film Porn at the new spot?
Anyone go to the Kylesa/Tombs show last night at the charleston?
If this place has PBR on draught I might need to make a cross-continent pilgrimage.
There is a cool bar near my house that has metal mondays. Both bartenders are old metal dudes that play good music from about 8-11 and then they have a couple local bands play usually. Its awesome, but fuckin brutal if you have to work on tuesdays because the bartenders are always stoked about the turnouts and the shots tend to come fast and free. In summation, metal bars rule.
Link to DUff’s site is dead & wrong…
I think (Mistress) Juliya works or used to work there…
I would not mind at all for her to get me drunk!!!
Consider it added to list of things to do when next in NYC.
Another awesome metal bar: Crobar in London. They might have the best metal jukebox on the planet, which is a nice foil to the worst toilets in the free world.
The new Duff’s is pretty awesome, but I do miss the deck of the old place. The new one has a large white plastic bar, reminiscent of Korova Milk Bar. It’s an odd retrofit.
Go talk to the bartender Tracy about metal trivia. Mindblowing. And it doesn’t hurt that she’s gorgeous and funny as hell. Her and LA…best bartenders in NYC.