Cinco de My-Oh-My What Beautiful Eyes You Have

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo (& the Derby)! And like the PYT you are, plenty of one-liners are coming your way. So, get ready for a warm up of one-line recommendations of Cinco de Mayo Hot Spots

• Mex Fest at the Seaport: (Time: 12 PM –  7  PM) Pier 16, 80 South St.
  Get your cinco de drinko food truck fix and take your chico down to the Seaport. General Admission ($22) includes Entry, 2 Vouchers, Sombrero and Mustache!
• Fiesta en el Rio: (Time: 12 PM –  5 PM) Pier 81, W. 41st St
  Lucha libre wrestling & cervezas?! Get your senorita in a cab! This $15 in advance, $20 at the door party has music, food & drinks…and wrestling to keep this Fiesta going.
• No Fun (Time: 11 AM – 4 AM) 161 Ludlow
  This LES hotspot will be greeting you with open arms, Don Julio & Dos Equis…all. day. long.
• “The Cinco de Mayo Party” weak of heart & will, need not apply. (Not a date spot, but piqued my interest!)
  Location: Ssh, it’s a secret!
  The only location that has been revealed is that it is near Morgan St L Train stop, with more details revealed later today. Two  dance floors, a roof deck, & pro-wrestling arena. This whacky Brooklyn party promises pinatas, body-building Luchadors pumping iron, live mexican wrestling shows & good beats. Sounds like a sketchingly interesting Cinco.
  
• Brooklyn Winery (Time: 4PM – 8 PM) 213 N. 8th St Brooklyn
  Get your cinco de derby on at Brooklyn Winery’s Brooklyn Derby show down. Watch hipsters donned in seer sucker sip on their mint juleps at this open bar.
• Diablo 167 Ave A OR 189 W. 10th St.
  Time to get a little devilish with your little lady, you can go casual with outside seating or get a little closer in the candlelight…either way, a perfect way to spend your cinco.
• Mercadito (11:30 AM – close) 179 Ave B OR 100 7th Ave
  Ay dios mio! East Village & West Village locations are serving up tacos starting at 11:30 AM & $40 Sharing menu of guacamoles, tacos and sides after 5 PM.
• Tacombi 267 Elizabeth St
  Experience the battle of the Puebla at this South of the Houston Border Taco truck. Costumes & tacos?! What more could you ask for?
• Pulqueria 11 Doyers St
  Keeping things interesting, head down to China Town to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at this underground spot (endorsed by The Bible), known for it’s elitist servings of pulque.
• Mole 57 Jane St. is my fave, but take your pick of the litter
  Mole is ready to keep you & your bonita chica’s glasses full with spicy margaritas, hefty guacamole servings & fish tacos to keep you saying ay yi yi!
• Gran Electrica 5 Front St Brooklyn
  To top off your Cinco de Derby Electrica will open their rooftop garden overlooking  the Brooklyn Bridge. Complete with music, dancing, a delicious menu & a gran (electrica) opening, you are guaranteed to have a buen tiempo.

THE BIBLE

• As always the Bible has out down themselves, again. Check out their Cinco de Mayo vs. Derby Day run down for all of Saturday’s festivities. Which is definitely worth a read!

Take advantage of all these cinco spots with your chiquita or chiquito, because SEIS DE MAYO is just another day!

Auction House–Time to Get Him Sold on You

Auction House
Location: 300 E. 89th St
Reservations? No
Phone: (212)-427-4458
Type of Date: Let’s end this bidding war

It’s time to take your date #3 and slide up north to Auction House hidden in the Upper East Side. Walking down the residential 89th Street, it is easy to walk right past this bar, if not for the American Flag in the window. However, once you open the door to this dimly lit antique feel bar and get a drink in your hand, it is time to get the bidding started.  As you scan the room, you can clearly see that the Auction House is a discussion piece in it’s own.   Between the old velvet couches, mahogany dressed wood and nude portraits hanging from the walls, there is plenty to catch your eye, and his.  The Bible aptly names the Auction House a diamond in the rough.

If your plan is to make a minimum bid with your man, then a drink or two at Auction House will definitely suffice. However, if you want make this date a little more dynamic, perhaps start at casual at Cascabel Taqueria (80th & 2nd) or Shake Shack (86th & 3rd) and then get a little closer on the velvet of the Auction House.

Like Salt n’ Peppa once wisely said, we all want a mighty good man (click it!), so if date #3 just isn’t your thing…pass him along to the next highest bidder.