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 I’ve found a new, great area that holds a lot of wonderful little bars and restaurants. It’s the area right below Gramercy Park, between 3rd avenue and Union Square. The houses are browstone and pre-war bulidings and just by walking in the streets, you can tell that it’s one on the more expensive areas to live in. There are christmas decorations everywhere but eveything feels classy and calmed down. It’s a very cozy yet hip area.

Yesterday, me and P had a ‘great-job-this-quarter’ night out. We started with dinner at Vertigo, at place across the street from where we live. It’s a great place that is both a really nice restaurant as well as a sports bar. Well, mybe not so much a sports bar, but the had big tv screensthat aired sports… so you decided!

Then we walked down to Irving Place and stopped by this, fairly small but really cozy bar called Cibar Lounge (56 Irving between 17th and 18th). It’s located in the basement of an upscale brownstone and is a martini lounge with fireplaces, a bamboo garden, and an amazing collection of speical martinis. I had a Blackberry Cosmo while P drank a Bloodgrape martini and they were delicious. You could tell that these kind of drinks are what they specialize in, and they did it oh so well! Yummy!

New York Magazine calls Cibar the Miss America of Bars and Cityserach syas that it’s a small and superb bar on Irving Place. Cibar was also named the best office party site as well as Best Martini. A place to check out? I think so. Or infact, I recommend it!