The archive
Every night we have published.
43 nights so far. Each one is five New York rooms and the way in, kept exactly as we published it at 6pm.
A past night is a record, not a promise — doors change. Go to tonight’s five for a room you can sit in now.
Thu 29 Oct — the latest night
Spicy sesame soba on the Lower East Side
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Raoul's SoHo · Cocoron Lower East Side · Fairfax West Village · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Wed 28 Oct
A Greenpoint dive bar with wood-fired pizza
J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Via Carota West Village · Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Kiki’s Lower East Side
Tue 27 Oct
Oysters until 11:30pm in Williamsburg
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Raoul's SoHo · Cocoron Lower East Side · Fairfax West Village · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Mon 26 Oct
Small plates above Hudson Yards
J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Via Carota West Village · Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Kiki’s Lower East Side
Sun 25 Oct
Oysters until 11:30pm in Williamsburg
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Raoul's SoHo · Cocoron Lower East Side · Ruby's Nolita · Fairfax West Village
Sat 24 Oct
A Greenpoint dive bar with wood-fired pizza
J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Via Carota West Village · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · The Fly Bedford-Stuyvesant · Kiki’s Lower East Side
Fri 23 Oct
Oysters past midnight in Williamsburg
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Raoul's SoHo · Cocoron Lower East Side · Fairfax West Village · Ruby's Nolita
Thu 22 Oct
A burger after midnight on the Upper East Side
J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Via Carota West Village · Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook · Kiki’s Lower East Side
Wed 21 Oct
Oysters in Williamsburg, with a walk-in bar
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Raoul's SoHo · Cocoron Lower East Side · Fairfax West Village · Me and Paul's Greenpoint
Tue 20 Oct
A Division Street izakaya that seats small tables at the door, and a basement of bar lights on Second Avenue that books nobody
Kiki’s Lower East Side · Paradise Lost East Village · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook · Corner Bistro West Village · Carnegie Deli Midtown
Mon 19 Oct
A Hudson Boulevard café-bar that only knows weekdays, and a 74th Street burger room that pours to 3am
Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Westville Upper East Side Upper East Side · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Cocoron Lower East Side · J.G. Melon Upper East Side
Sun 18 Oct
A riverside park café that takes no bookings at all, and a Greek room that saves its tables for the door
Ellington in the Park Upper West Side · Kiki’s Lower East Side · Paradise Lost East Village · Carnegie Deli Midtown · Corner Bistro West Village
Sat 17 Oct
A Yorkville café that stays walk-in-only until 4am, and a cocktail bar in Long Island City that pours to 3am
Café Maud Upper East Side · Via Carota West Village · Raoul's SoHo · The Fly Bedford-Stuyvesant · Dutch Kills Long Island City
Fri 16 Oct
A Bedford Avenue oyster bar whose bar seats answer to the door, and a Greenpoint dive that has never kept a booking book
Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook · Cocoron Lower East Side · Ruby's Nolita
Thu 15 Oct
A Division Street Greek room that saves its tables for the door, and a park café at 105th where every table answers to the queue
Kiki’s Lower East Side · Paradise Lost East Village · Carnegie Deli Midtown · J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Ellington in the Park Upper West Side
Wed 14 Oct
A West Village tavern that sets bar seats aside for the door, and a mezzanine café-bar that never opens a booking book
Fairfax West Village · Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Westville Upper East Side Upper East Side · Cocoron Lower East Side · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Tue 13 Oct
A West Village tavern that keeps bar seats for the door, and a first-avenue room where walk-ins are always welcome
Fairfax West Village · Westville Upper East Side Upper East Side · Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Cocoron Lower East Side · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Mon 12 Oct
A café-bar hidden on a Hudson Yards mezzanine that takes no bookings, and a Delancey soba counter that never has
Bar Torino Hudson Yards · Cocoron Lower East Side · Ellington in the Park Upper West Side · Carnegie Deli Midtown · Corner Bistro East Village East Village
Sun 11 Oct
A riverside park café at 105th that takes no bookings at all, and a Red Hook smokehouse that seats the queue until the brisket runs out
Ellington in the Park Upper West Side · Café Maud Upper East Side · Ruby's Nolita · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Sat 10 Oct
A Yorkville café that takes no bookings at 84th and Second, and a Greenpoint walk-in bar firing pies until 2am
Café Maud Upper East Side · Me and Paul's Greenpoint · Ruby's Nolita · Rolo's Ridgewood · The Fly Bedford-Stuyvesant
Fri 9 Oct
A soba counter on Delancey that accepts no reservations at all, and the SoHo bar where the twelve burgers belong to whoever queues
Cocoron Lower East Side · J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Maison Premiere Williamsburg · Sarge's Delicatessen & Diner Kips Bay · Raoul's SoHo
Thu 8 Oct
A Second Avenue room that is walk-in only until 2am, and a Chinatown parlor whose two-tops belong to the door
Paradise Lost East Village · Bar Pisellino West Village · Nom Wah Tea Parlor Chinatown · Katz's Delicatessen Lower East Side · Dutch Kills Long Island City
Wed 7 Oct
A Tuscan counter whose West Village door never books, and a basement sake bar that is predominantly walk-in
Fiaschetteria Pistoia West Village West Village · Via Carota West Village · Kiki’s Lower East Side · Sake Bar Decibel East Village · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook
Tue 6 Oct
A deli that prints the words No Reservations on its page, and the burger pub that never booked a table in its life
Carnegie Deli Midtown · Corner Bistro West Village · Corner Bistro East Village East Village
Mon 5 Oct
A dim sum parlor that keeps its two-tops for whoever walks in, and a burger room open to 3am
Nom Wah Tea Parlor Chinatown · J.G. Melon Upper East Side · Vin Sur Vingt Upper West Side · Cull & Pistol Chelsea · ICHIRAN Brooklyn Bushwick
Sun 4 Oct
An 1884 saloon whose bar never takes a booking, and an oyster room serving to 10:30
West10West West Village · Bar Louise Park Slope · Maison Premiere Williamsburg · P.J. Clarke's Midtown East · Ella Social Upper West Side
Sat 3 Oct
A bistro bar that seats twelve burger-seekers a night, first come first served
Revelie Luncheonette SoHo · Mariscos El Submarino Clinton Hill · The Fly Bedford-Stuyvesant · Sevilla Restaurant & Bar West Village · Raoul's SoHo
Fri 2 Oct
A Ridgewood dining room that holds its bar for walk-ins
Rolo's Ridgewood · Bar Goto Lower East Side · Wildair Lower East Side · Suzume Williamsburg · Bar Pisellino West Village
Thu 1 Oct
A basement izakaya that keeps 75% of its room for walk-ins
Izakaya MEW Midtown · Vanessa's Dumpling House Lower East Side · Big Wong Chinatown · Sarge's Delicatessen & Diner Kips Bay · Saigon Shack Greenwich Village
Wed 30 Sep
The West Village osteria that keeps no book at all
Via Carota West Village · Kiki’s Lower East Side · Superiority Burger East Village · Wu's Wonton King Two Bridges · Dutch Kills Long Island City
Tue 29 Sep
A basement sake bar in the East Village pours until 2:50
Katz's Delicatessen Lower East Side · Scarr's Pizza Lower East Side · Sake Bar Decibel East Village · Los Tacos No.1 Chelsea · Xi'an Famous Foods Williamsburg
Sun 20 Sep
Five rooms where Sunday night needs no booking
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao Flushing, Queens · Kopitiam Lower East Side · L'Industrie Pizzeria Williamsburg · Hometown Bar-B-Que Red Hook · Veselka East Village
Sat 19 Sep
Five rooms where Saturday night belongs to whoever shows up
Revelie Luncheonette SoHo · Golden Diner Two Bridges · Great N.Y. Noodletown Chinatown · AbuQir Astoria · Win Son East Williamsburg
Fri 18 Sep
Five rooms where Friday means the book closes and the door opens
Ruby's Nolita · I Sodi West Village · Thai Diner Nolita · Buvette West Village · The Fly Bedford-Stuyvesant
Thu 17 Sep
Five rooms that keep no book at all, from a Brooklyn Heights counter to a Hamilton Heights kitchen
Kiki’s Lower East Side · Noodle Pudding Brooklyn Heights · Wu's Wonton King Lower East Side · Cocina Consuelo Hamilton Heights · Mariscos El Submarino Park Slope
Wed 16 Sep
Five rooms where the bar counter is the best table in the house
Via Carota West Village · Raoul's SoHo · Wildair Lower East Side · Ops Bushwick · Fiaschetteria Pistoia West Village West Village
Tue 15 Sep
A Boerum Hill corner room keeps most of its tables for the door
St. Anselm Williamsburg · Thursday Kitchen East Village · Rucola Boerum Hill · Bernie's Greenpoint · Malatesta West Village
Mon 14 Sep
A tabac-style wine bar on Seventh Avenue South takes walk-ins only
Le Dive West Village · Vin Sur Vingt NoMad · Therapy Wine Bar 2.0 Bedford-Stuyvesant · June Cobble Hill · Bar Louise Park Slope
Sun 13 Sep
A narrow Bedford Street wine bar with no way to book it
Uva Upper East Side · Ruffian East Village · Aria West Village · The Long Island Bar Cobble Hill · Roman's Fort Greene
Sat 12 Sep
A Williamsburg bar of antique mirrors and candles takes no bookings
Bar Pisellino West Village · Bar Kabawa East Village · Hotel Delmano Williamsburg · Bar Vinazo Park Slope · Anton's West Village
Fri 11 Sep
A candlelit Bedford-Stuyvesant room takes walk-ins only
Rhodora Wine Bar Fort Greene · Cervo's Chinatown · Bunny Bedford-Stuyvesant · The Ten Bells Lower East Side · Place des Fêtes Clinton Hill
Sat 5 Sep
A Greenpoint bistro keeps no book at all for a table of two
The Snail Greenpoint · Bánh Anh Em East Village · Lucky Charlie Bushwick · Emilio's Ballato Nolita · Bar Pitti Greenwich Village
Fri 4 Sep
A ten-seat bar on the Lower East Side takes no reservations at all
Le French Diner Lower East Side · Sailor Fort Greene · Lei Chinatown · Dean's Hudson Square · Prosciutto East Village
Cut from these nights
Every room we have published that takes the door instead of a booking, in one place, with the night we last checked it.
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