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Edition: 27 January, 2010
Subterranean Bars Insider Recommendations
Sake Bar Hagi Stairs
What is it about subterranean bars that are so seductive? Especially the hard to find ones. Traveling to Tokyo can be just a staircase away at these four NYC izakayas (Japanese pubs).

Descend below West 49th Street into Sake Bar Hagi. Flat screen TVs qualify it as a sports bar, but this is not knucklehead central. Go on the later end of the night and you’ve got a good chance of seeing your favorite sushi chef on their off hours, hanging with friends.

Sakagura has one of the best sake selections in the city, with over 200 kinds. To get there, you walk through a non-descript Midtown East office building and down the back stairwell. Expect to see lots of Japanese businessmen.

Decibel is Sakagura’s downtown hip sister. Just as focused on sake, but less serious, more tattoos, graffiti walls, and a gritty East Village vibe.

The newest sunken treasure of the bunch is B Flat is Tribeca. Opened by the founding bartenders from Angel's Share, they mix up concoctions with wasabi, yuzu, shiso and other Japanese speciality items for fantastic cocktails.

All places serve great Japanese pub food, sake, shochu, cocktails, and beer. So, enjoy and Kanpai!

Sake Bar Hagi
152 West 49th Street
New York, NY 10019 (map view)
T: 212.764.8549

Sakagura
www.sakagura.com
211 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017 (map view)
T: 212.953.7253

Sake Bar Decibel
www.sakebardecibel.com
240 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10003 (map view)
T: 212.979.2733

B Flat
www.bflat.info
277 Church Street
New York, NY 10013 (map view)
T: 212.219.2970


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For the sake novice, check out TIPS from Sakaya sake store owner Rick Smith.

If you want to learn more about sake, there's a free sake tasting this Friday at Sakaya, January 29th from 6pm to 8pm.

www.sakayanyc.com
324 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003 (map view)
T: 212.505.SAKE (7253)

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