Stanton Public
17 Stanton St
(between Bowery & Chrystie St)
New York, NY 10002 (212) 677-5555
- Nearest Transit:
2nd Ave-Houston St (F, V)
Bowery (J, M)
Downtown Bleecker St-Lafayette St (6, B, D, F, V)
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 4:00 p.m.-4:00 a.m.
Sat 2:00 p.m.-4:00 a.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Music: DJ
- Best Nights: Thu, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour: Yes
- Alcohol: Full Bar
- Smoking: Outdoor Area/Patio Only
- Coat Check: Yes
19 Reviews for Stanton Public
A nice place to grab a drink with friends, not necessarily a place to meet people. The space is pretty small, but they have a great beer selection. I'd definitely stop by again.
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So i looked up places on Yelp in the EV/LES area that had an outdoor garden and happy hour. This had the highest ratings so i checked it out. Happy Hour on weekdays is 4-8pm so i rolled in about 6pm before it got crowded. The backyard was nice but it was kinda humid out so we chilled inside. It was dim, the music was chill, and the bartender was friendly. Five stars might be toooo generous but i had the best time here. Mostly because who i was with but this place is definitely me and i'm coming here alot more often.
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Delirium!! the Drink of choice over there....two of these will do you right...Service is pretty good even though it's packed on the weekends. The outdoor space is TINY so get there early to get a good table. There is a downstairs with a cute lil private room where you can take pics of your drunk friends and write on there faces when they fall asleep b/c of the comfy seating area.
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I like this beer garden, very laid back and relaxing. They have a good list of beers and the outside area is quaint and comfy. I had two wheat beers, Allagash and Heiveweisen (sp?), both very good. They also have DTs, if you like them. Nice place to go on a summery night :)
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I was here over the weekend with friends and had a good time. The drinks are cheap, and there's a decent-sized patio out back with tables.
The DJ played a good mix of music, and it wasn't filled with too many gramercy douchebags yet.
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Great music, great beer.
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So my first experience with the Stanton Public was this past summer when my friend decided to have her birthday celebration there. We went a week earlier to check the place out. Apparently some Guido idiots from Jersey had come in the week before and caused quite the scene. The manager was very concerned whether or not my friend would bring suitable lower east side/ east village kids to the party. Who wants to hang with Guido kids anyway?
To the review... The back patio is a perfect chill spot for the warmer months. It's a very relaxing atmosphere with lots of seating for you and your friends. Excellent beer selection, both on tap and in bottles. Can get pretty crowded. I wouldn't recommend Stanton Public if the weather's not nice. We went once when it was getting colder outside and everyone was crammed inside. We didn't stay long that night. But dfinitely check it out once the weather gets warm again.
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I've been here a bunch of times and, as a beer enthusiast and home-brewer, have never been disappointed by the selection. The bartenders are very friendly and generally (but not always) are knowledgeable about the beers on tap. The inside space is very cool: dark and mirrored, with the beer list written on a large chalkboard. The outside space with its picnic benches, banquette, and umbrellas is perfect for summer days, and they occasionally show a good film on the TV screens inside (For a Few Dollars More was on a few visits ago). However, I ran into one problem the last time I went. It was a cold and relatively crappy evening in early May. We were having an informal party at the bar with about 25 people, most of whom were already inside. I showed up and the bouncer said that there were "too many guys" inside. It's a beer bar, that's what happens, chief. I told him as much and, after much back and forth that probably got me pretty close to an ass-kicking, we were let in. It's a pub--and a good one--but a pub nonetheless. You should never have to wait on line for a pub or be told there are "too many dudes" in there. Don't go growing up too fast, Stanton Public, I like you just the way you are: friendly and full of delicious beer.
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Last Friday at this bar, we used math to establish that it would be okay for Rob to touch my boobs.
Uh...WTF?
Yeah. It was one of those nights. Allow me to expand a bit...we were discussing a certain party at a certain Yelper's apartment the weekend before. I mentioned a conversation I had with Nina and Joolie where we were essentially comparing...boob firmness. THEN, a guy whom we had just met that night comes up and says jokingly "I want in on this...!" and, after we laugh (slightly uncomfortably) and explain, PROCEEDS TO GRAB OUR BOOBS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A BY-YOUR-LEAVE. Uh...hello?!
Anyway, here at Stanton Public, I was saying that it was offensive not so much because of the boob grab but because I didn't know him. At this juncture, Maria touches my at-this-point-overexposed boob, and I say "see? that's fine -- I KNOW Maria," at which point Rob says "so that means it'd be okay if I were to touch your boob, then." My response:
"Not necessarily...I don't necessarily know YOU like that. However....if you were to be allowed to touch MARIA'S boob, then...by the TRANSITIVE PROPERTY, theoretically you should be able to touch mine, too. If the ability transfers from Rob -- Maria -- Audrey, then Rob -- Audrey would make sense."
At which point Rob touches Maria's boob and says "Like this?"
"Yup, like that."
Hello, transitive property!
Throughout this exchange, there is an artsy black-and-white film on IFC playing on the flatscreens above (complete with arthouse rough sex and black-and-white boobies) and indie-ish, angry-ish music is playing from the speakers. Boasting a wide variety of drinks for you to imbibe, Stanton Public offers something for everyone, it seems. And, quite honestly, an all day Sunday happy hour IS for everyone.
I enjoyed my time here, boob-grabbing and all, and will *ahem* fondl...y remember it as probably the only place in New York where math has been used to "get some."
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Hey Chloe B. Where are you from? Oh yeah, upper east...I work for & promote at a lot of bars/clubs in the LES & brooklyn (studio b, the annex), & can easily tell you that the reason your friends didn't get in was probably not because of the guy/girl ratio, but probably because they were fratty-b&t types. As a lot of us here know, some nights in the LES (and now on yelp) becomes swarmed with fratty types like locusts descending on Egypt. if you get to this place early enough they can't kick the penny-loafer set out, but if the alpha-beta dudes get there late, they'll probably have to head over to epstein's bar, b/c Stanton & 205 club are the ones responsible for bringing out the coolness on the block over the last 2 years & I don't think they're not about to ruin it that easily, so get there early.
I was there for all of 20 minutes tonight, and it gets 5 gazillion stars already.
1. Happy hour from 4-8 pm.
2. Happy hour Saturday 6-8 pm.
3. Happy hour Sunday. ALL DAY. And all of the night.
4. It's your birthday! Take yourself and 10 friends to Stanton Public and drink free all night. ALL. NIGHT.
It's a very cozy place, and I bet it does get packed. There is a small garden in the back, and great music. Chalk boards all over the place advertise the huge amount of beers they have along with their alcohol by volume. So you know exactly what you're getting into. Lots of different beers on tap, and a menu of others with descriptions. This would be a good place for Brian K. That's what I thought as soon as I saw the menu.
Screw the laundry. I'm so there this Sunday.
PS - I'm also so there on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until 7. When you see the bartender (assuming it's the bartender who said he'd be working then), you will thank me. Yum.
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The run down:
Small but Cozy
Nice garden in the back with ample seating and standing room
Big beer menu with many over 5%
17 taps
Happy hour all day Sunday
4-8 happy hour Mon-Sat
Your birthday? No problem, bring 10 friends and you drink for free all night
The bottom line: a definite must-go place. I can see this place filling up quickly, and space coming up short, but there is plenty of room outside, and waitresses to assist you in your refills.
Reminds me of my hometown bar Effin Gruven (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
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i came here last night with a friend just for a few beers and dinner and to eat outside since it was so nice. buuuut their back patio was cool (they started showing an old b&w movie later on), but it was all closed in and had no music playing out there. so it was like we were sitting on my friends porch while the people next door were having a party. food was good, but a little pricey for the serving size.
great beer selection though, so i want to take a star off for the patio, but i'll add one for the beer selection. if you like good beer and a big variety, come here, and the bartender was more than helpful to talk about some beers and to offer some suggestions.
but i'm gonna have to take a star off (probably my own fault), just because the crowd was basically older, just-off-work, dressed up people, annnnd that's not me really. maybe if i worked in the city it would be, but they were definitely older (30s-ish and up maybe).
overall a good time, would come back for the beer, the back patio (when its open?), and the bartenders, just not for dinner.
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One of the great things about yelp is that you can walk into a restaurant/bar and act like a regular: "Do you have pumpkin beer tonight?" "Is the patio open tonight?" (answers: No. and yes but it's freezing cold despite being enclosed and semi-heated)
A few friends and I wandered in here tonight. We looked around at the dimly lit space and the cool menu on a chalkboard. The place was pretty empty and we were unsure of whether to stay or go. Obviously we stayed, and I'm really glad. The drink selections were excellent. I ordered a green apple cider that was awesome -- highly recommended. The music was fantastic, the atmosphere very comfortable, the bathroom was surprisingly large and clean and well stocked.
I hope to drag some more friends here soon.
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Came here prior to going to 205 Club on a Friday night. We were chilling with the "money-taker-girl" at 205 and asked where a little dive bar where we could go pound some shots. She sends us to Stanton Public.
Dive bar it's not. Anywhere that charges $8 for a beer classifies as a "pretentious wannabe neighborhood bar". Now I understand they apparently have a happy hour, but I wasn't there during it.
The interior is actually pretty cool - I felt like I was in an old A-frame upstate. Beer selection was fantastic - they had DT and Hofbrauhaus! The even have the hofbrauhaus "boot" that you can drink out of but they charge you $70 to do it (it's about 2 beers). Honestly, what is that all about?
I was just really turned off by the place in general - we headed over to 205 and ended having a rousing good time.
Maybe I'll stop back in the summer for happy hour when the patio is open.
Very cool, low-key spot. Friendly people, good crowd. Love the enclosed smoking patio, too. :)
Oooh - and very yummy pumpkin beer!
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seriously, worst bar ever. this place thinks they're the waverly inn of the les. i went with a bunch of friends, the girls got there first, the boyfriends got there a little after us....and they were denied at the door because of the RATIO of dudes vs chicks. i nearly drop kicked the guy at the door who also was the manager. we're on stanton and bowery. there is a homeless guy peeing in a box on the corner and youre seriously going to pull some velvet rope bs? the back patio where we were sitting was completely empty so it made no sense at all why they were denied. this bar blows.
*great* beer selection, low key. on rare occasions (but with increasing frequency) filled with meatheads.
enjoy it while you still can. no doubt it will suffer the same fate as lolita, or parkside lounge or insert LES bar here.
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Held a Super Bowl/Birthday Party there. Great group of people. Wonderful service. Would recommend to anyone. A gem. A clean friendly place...great alternative to "dive bars". Fun darts area.
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