With music there will always be hype.
So you may have already heard about a bar opening Friday in the East Village owned by a few bands and their
managers called
Angels and Kings. We got past the door (and the name) to tell you what you can
expect.
Launched in part as a hangout for the members of Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is... and Gym Class Heroes,
Angels and Kings
—or AK-47, as the kids are calling it
—is
your chance to sip a cheap bottle of beer and chat up attractive TRL aficionadas. The signature touches of
the large and divey one-room bar are framed mug shots of the likes of Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Sid
Vicious, Lil' Kim and Frank Sinatra (thank you, public records). Also mounted on the wall: a jukebox so you
can play songs from the guys who own the place
—or better yet, the ones featured in
photographs.
From 5 to 8 p.m., bartender Dan Ryan (Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge) will serve up two-for-one drinks
(including a solid
Dark and Stormy). As for entertainment, you won't lack for it here: The bar will
host impromptu acoustic shows; "Starlette Sundays," a gathering of NYC lesbians (and you thought
you had little interest in Pete Wentz); karaoke battles and a Sinatra night the first Monday of
every month.
Old Blue Eyes and Gym Class Heroes
—together at last.
VITALS
Angels and Kings
500 E. 11th St
(between Aves A and B)
East Village
New York, NY 10009
212-254-4090
website