Washington St, West Village
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"Really residential and pretty uneventful"
Washington and 14th marks a bunch of clothing boutiques that now make up the majority of business in the Meatpacking District. There's only one actual meat store that remains on this block. But, this area is still kind of as ugly as it was when it was only Butchers. It just has a lot of trendy stores, restaurants and Europeans. Hogs and Heifers is a bar right at the end of the block that I find abominable. It is rowdy and there are bras hung from the ceilings; but, if you are in a frat, this is the place for you.
Between Little west 12th and 13th is the block of Washington that actual is still all meat shops. Oh, except for the "luxury" bar and restaurant called the Highline that is completely surrounded by dead animal carcass stores. I find that incredibly amusing. The next block south is an even split of high end boutiques and meat shops. Again, I think this is hilarious. No matter how trendy this area tries to get, it still is the butcher neighborhood.
The area around Bethune and Jane on Washington is where all the crazy loft apartments that I previously mentioned are. These residences are definitely not for the middle class; nor are they for people who like old timey homes. They're very modern and high tech sort of homes. But, they're really cool. There are two restaurants in this area that are great for very different reasons. Barbuto is a beautiful open space with a kitchen you can see into. It has great food but sort of a pompous, banker crowd. Tortilla Flats (across the street) has terrible food and it's quite rowdy but it's really fun and they always have activities like Trivia on Sunday nights.
The Highline starts around here. It used to be an above-ground train that is now a walking area with a view. It's pretty cool. You get to see the west side of the city from a different perspective.
The corner of Bank and Washington is a bar called Automatic Slims. I really like this bar. It's mellow and not a lot of people seem to remember it's there. There's a seafood place a few blocks down called Bongo that is apparently great and has Oyster Happy Hour. I live right and have yet to go, but I really to. It's been well reviewed so if you like oysters . . .
I like Washington street. There's never any traffic so I always walk on it if I can at all help it. It's much more peaceful than West or Hudson.
- Great for jogging
- View of Hudson
- Fast traffic
- Remote
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