Dark Bullet Sake & Oyster Bar

Japanese Sports Bar Dark Bullet Nails Its Burger | Eater NY

"Steps from the express stop at 72nd and Broadway, the sinister-sounding Dark Bullet may be the Upper West Side’s foremost dive bar—spacious, raucous, and beery-smelling—but it also operates as an izakaya with a full Japanese American fusion menu and rows of sake bottles, including a special menu that guides neophytes to carefully selected styles. I went for the oysters but ended up ordering the compact hamburger ($11), wrapped in tissue like a present, topped with raw onions and a slice of American cheese that happily went limp, cushioned by an unexpectedly generous leaf of lettuce and a thick, flavorful mayo; it was damn good. My milky Nigori sake ($18) paired surprisingly well with the burger." - Robert Sietsema