Old Town Bar, Open Since 1892 on E. 18th Street and Park Avenue S. in Flatiron

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After being revived by a bowl of ramen at Ippudo, we stopped at the Old Town Bar to meet up with some friends.  We did not eat here, but this is a notable place because it is a real throwback bar, like you read about, and open since 1892.  It is the kind of bar where the bartender enthusiastically and knowledgeably discusses the on-going Allman Brothers run at the Beacon Theatre and the person sitting next to you at the bar offers you a hard cover copy of Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen because she has finished reading it and it is such a good book. That kind of place.