If you're looking for a cultural experience in NYC and enjoy a good drink

If you are looking for a cultural experience in NYC and (like me) enjoy a good drink then maybe this short list of taverns and clubs will help you plan a visit to New York. 

McSorley's Old Ale House:

Located in the East Village McSorley's is the oldest Irish tavern in NYC and has so much character that it's impossible not to like. When you enter the big black doors you can feel the atmosphere hit you instantly, the smells of the brewing ale creates something missing from other pubs and no piece of memorabilia has been removed from the walls since 1910 so you can spend hours just exploring this place without ever sampling the ale (but i don't know why you wouldn't). 

The only two drinks on offer are dark ale and light ale (or you can order one of each) it costs $4 for two glasses and tastes amazing. You can find things like Harry Houdini's handcuffs attached to the railing of the bar as you order the McSorley's cheese platter while sitting in the same place where Abraham Lincoln once sat....what more can i say?

White Horse Tavern:

Located in Greenwich Village on Hudson St The White Horse Tavern is known for it's bohemian culture because of all the writers, poets and artists that gathered here in the 50s and 60. This Tavern is huge and a great place to sit with a Guinness in your hand, the staff are very friendly and helpful and will tell you tales of the tavern like about the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas who is said to have drank his last drink in this very tavern. So many great writers, poets, singers and artists have drank here that I'm not even going to attempt to write them all here...just go there and find out for yourself. 


MacDougal Street:

Located in Greenwich Village next to Washington Square Park this historic street is home to so many great bars and clubs that one night here is not enough. You will enter basements filled with life and laughs like no other place in NYC, each pub and club offers something different from the last. You can go into the Cafe Wha? where so many great musicians and comedians started their careers and is now still a great place to listen to live music and dance. Off The Wagon is a pub just down from the Cafe Wha? and is great for cheap beer and drinking games. I won't list all the bars and clubs here but i would advise anybody going to NYC to give them a try, you can't take a wrong turn from MacDougal St so go there and have fun exploring.