Gotham City Lounge Dive Bar

BUSHWICK, NEW YORK –

Comic book nerds looking to tank up on cheap booze will be hard-pressed to find a better drinking den than Gotham City Lounge, a tiny dive dressed in so much indiscriminate superhero kitsch it’d make the average ten-year-old’s head explode.

Walls blanketed in Captain America’s shield, Wolverine’s claw, and an original die-cast toy Batmobile from 1972? Check. Comic collage across the bar? Check. Quixotic display of Muhammad Ali boxing Superman? Of course!

Shadowed by the elevated M train and accessible only by a door buzzer, the single-room joint attracts relaxed hipsters and tatted closet nerds looking to tie one on, as well as casual locals who – while ignorant of the alternate timeline in which Magneto led the X-Men – are well-versed in the $3 PBR-and-a-shot combos.

Patrons pad across a floor inlaid with comic books as they make their way to the back, where pierced bike messengers play pool, catch a little kung fu cinema on the projection screen, and pound out their frustrations on the Marvel vs. Capcom arcade game.

Evenings start slowly, but by midnight the place is buzzing with mixed groups of charmed twenty-somethings chatting and laughing about how many of the action figures dangling from the ceiling they used to own.

An enchanting little bat cave with some of the best drink deals in town, Gotham City Lounge is the perfect destination for superheroes, sidekicks, and even average Joes.