manitobas

The punk rock bar had been in the neighborhood for 20 years.

East Village bar Manitoba's has been saved from going under, thanks to a little help from its friends.

Manitoba's, the East Village punk dive that's inhabited its Avenue B home since 1999, is in danger of closing thanks to a pesky—but apparently quite hefty—settlement it's being forced to pay.

The reporter and all around cool dude knows his dive bars; here's where he likes to sip a cold Bud Light or two.