Johnny N.
Yelp
Another addition to the "Reasons why I love Alphabet City with all of my soul" list. Ave C from Houston to 10th may be the most slept on pocket in nyc. Although Ave B might have something to say about that idk...
Anyways, I saw them setting this place up as I live right down the street. It's decorated like it is straight out of Whoville. The kid and adult in me were absolutely ecstatic, as both share an equal unrelenting passion for the Christmas spirit.
The Miracle on 9th Street is a Christmas pop up bar that takes over what is normally The Cabinet, a fantastic mezcal bar. I wonder how they do that... do they just take over the lease for a couple months? Or do The Cabinet owners just do a complete revamp for Christmas? Idk, the business side of things interests me at times.
My big homie and I walked in here on opening night(Nov 9th) with no reservation and were seated immediately. The walk to our seats was like walking through a Christmas theme bar in a Hallmark movie where an out of town city girl falls in love with the owner of a bar in a small town, who is struggling to make ends meet and is going to have to close his bar, his one true passion in life. She convinces him that an all out Christmas Blitzkrieg theme is the only way to save it, but he has too much pride to give in so her, his little sister, and his mom sneak into the bar one night and spend all night decorating. He comes back the next evening to a line waiting outside his bar, as the whole town gets injected with the Christmas spirit due to this makeover, thus saving his bar and his dream.
After the billion dollar script idea left my head, we sat and cracked opened the festive menu with drink names ranging from "Christmapolitan" to "Yippee Ki Yay Mother F****r!" ... Die Hard is ABSOLUTELY a Christmas movie btw, what a silly debate that is.
I went with the Snowball Old-Fashioned in which there was a literal snowball ice cube making it tough to drink, but was still tasty nonetheless. My big homie got the Jingle Balls Nog which SLAPPED.
We realized that damn near everyone else in the place had hats that had Christmas lights flickering on them, and after feeling major FOMO we ended up inquiring and were told you get one if you make a reservation. Smh.
Christmas time in Alphabet City is about to be a MOVIE! A-Town stand up!
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