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Party Earth Review A high-energy gay hotspot with a devil-may-care attitude, Eastern Bloc is a rollicking neighborhood joint that attracts a wild, fun-loving party crowd. Though exposed pipes, touches of red and black, and a few propaganda... ... read full review
505 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009
F: Lower East Side-2nd Avenue-Houston Street
212-777-2555
Daily 7pm–4am
East Village, New York –
A high-energy gay hotspot with a devil-may-care attitude, Eastern Bloc is a rollicking neighborhood joint that attracts a wild, fun-loving party crowd.
Though exposed pipes, touches of red and black, and a few propaganda posters give a token nod to the bar’s name, the communist theme is undermined by the amusing and inexplicable collection of exotic taxidermy.
As couples and young professionals gather at the dimly-lit bar to contemplate the zebra head, dangling bobcat, and horned creature hovering next to the “Goat Czech” sign, singles and mixed-gender groups of giggling college students huddle on leather banquettes to break the ice over cheap beer and to peruse the display of gay pornography images.
Patrons who haven’t had enough visual stimulus can hang out by the glowing DJ booth in the back to watch psychedelic videos on the TVs, or just show up on one of the many theme nights when disco balls and go-go dancers whip the crowd into a sweaty mass of hard-bodied dance fanatics and glammed-up, Adam Lambert-styled punk rock boys grooving around the stripper pole.
Mellow and welcoming on the off nights, Eastern Bloc really takes off on party nights when an exuberant crowd and electric atmosphere reign supreme.
Young professionals, dance fanatics, couples, curious newcomers, and college students of both genders, 20s to 30s.
DJs spin most nights, ambient music otherwise. Theme nights include Atomic Karaoke on Mondays, Tricky on Tuesdays for funk and soul, Good Times on Wednesdays for disco, Contact on Thursdays for electro, retro, and rock, Bloc Parties on Fridays and Saturdays with DJ X+Y and go-go dancers, and Beer Blast on Sundays for cheap drafts all night.
TVs display psychedelic images and old black-and-white videos. Stripper pole.
Happy Hour daily 7–10pm.
Beer $4+, wine $6+, cocktails $6+.
Gay club casual: tight t-shirts, polos, nice jeans. Undershirts, dresses, and suit jackets on some theme nights.
Wednesdays for the disco DJs, and Fridays and Saturdays for the crowds.
Two blocks away is Horseshoe Bar (108 Avenue B), a sprawling party bar that’s less gender specific but just as fun and rowdy.
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