place: bar one
hood: noho
drink: tokyo mule
plus – this place has happy hour until 9 pm. plus – this place has a cool vibe. plus – this place is super laid back. plus – this place plays vinyl… the real deal. i listened to it with my own ears. i saw the records. they even had charles bradley on vinyl. and aretha franklin. with all of this, i could not care about the one obvious minus… there were no men in the joint. except for the bartender. let me back up…
it was a jeans kind of an evening, but i wore a semi-fancy top and those shooties you love to hear about. but the hair was down and the make up casual. i strolled into this place and the only person there was the bartender. me and the tender. i said hi. he said hi. he brought me a menu and we chatted about drinks. it took me forever to decide. i went with his suggestion, the tokyo mule. i’m sure the absence of the moscow mule was not a political choice, but considering current relations, it’s best to keep them separate. back to my mule, it was damn tasty. and refreshing. i loved the mint. i’d love to say it was a sipper but nope. it went down way to easy. they also have beer and wine on the menu, and sweet v (the bartender) let me try a couple of things. i tasted a delicious stout with chocolate and some kind of pepper, yum. and i tasted a syrah-grenache blend, double yum. that wine was beyond delicious – but i wanted a chilly night, a fire and a man to go with it. a girl can dream.
back to tokyo and this bar. every night seemed to bring something different, there was a trivia night, a burlesque night and this night was analog night. i love how you can hear the needle glide across the record. and the music sounds amazing, but it’s really about the whole experience. it is so nostalgic. i could have stayed and listened to music all night. just me and sweet v… until others started showing up. no, i mean it’s good. i want the place to stay in business. it has a definite neighborhood vibe. the kind of place you might want to walk to. often.
i did run into some fun people, heard some interesting stories, had some laughs and annoyed sweet v with all of my picture taking. but i did it all for you. enjoy…
overall score: 8 dates
cheers,
Traci
this here is the tokyo mule.
ambiance.
and more.
yes. a record player. and albums.
the shit.
one bar. one drink. 