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Welcome to the Johnsons

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123 Rivington St. (Norfolk St.)
nymag.com/listings/bar/welcome_to_the_johnsons
Z to Essex St.; F to Delancey St.
Bar/Club/Lounge

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Welcome to the Johnsons

A nightspot dedicated to the pursuit of irony as much as the opposite sex, Welcome to the Johnsons is a hipster haven among hipster havens on the Lower East Side. The bar is a meticulous mock-up of a seventies-style suburban rec room, complete with family photographs, worn chairs, pool table, board games, and ludicrously cheap beer. (You won't catch anyone here drinking anything but Pabst Blue Ribbon or neat bourbon whiskey). That potent combination has attracted, at one point or another, just about every young drinker in New York--many of whom spill out onto the sidewalk in the busiest, early evening hours.

Welcome to the Trainwreck

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I was in the zone. I saw my dream girl, and angel, and upped my game. Then again, maybe I wasn't in the zone.

Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Place: Welcome to the Johnsons
Storyteller: tim
Date Posted: 12/01/2008
Affiliation: Travelgoat
Tags: Nightlife Romance Slice of Life

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