Stop By Little Town Before Hitting The Big City

Little Town - Union Square

118 E15th Street, New York, NY

Choose your beer from the colored chalk listings. Among the pints of ale you can order are "Nipple Top" and "Mother's Milk". Not a beer drinker myself, my brew buff of a roommate gives them the thumbs up. For $6 it's not a bad price, either.

The small bar remained packed for the duration of our stay, and constant noise did impair our conversation capacity. But despite the full house, it wasn't unpleasant. The crowd likely had an average age of less than 30 years. And people weren't just young--they seemed attractive and normal. People mingled; no one was obnoxious, and no one got rowdy.

During the week Little Town offers $.99 oysters; we settled for $1.25 each. Don't expect a waiter to come over to your table and ask if you'd like any, though. Once you place your order at the bar, a server will deliver a round of oysters atop chipped ice with lemons and sauce. 

A whiskey sour and three oyster slurps later, we left for our next destination. But, I would come back. Little Town is a pleasant pit stop on the way to the big city.