"You’re 25. Inexpensive, alcohol-prioritized birthdays in the East Village are still very much part of the birthday-party package. If you’d like to embrace that fact, go to St. Marks Taqueria. We’ve rolled up with 11 people here on a Friday night without a reservation and somehow made it work, so this is ideal for a last-minute “it’s my birthday?” situation. There’s unlimited (free) chips and salsa, a full bar, $3.50 tacos, and the space downstairs has lots of lights and beer brand decor, big tables, and people your age doing the same thing you are." - Hannah Albertine, Bryan Kim