bar for 22nd birthday

hi.. so i live in queens and im turning 22 and have no idea where to go, so i figured someone on here could probably help me.

im looking for a bar where there is dancing, but you don%26#39;t have to get dressed up. it doesn%26#39;t have to be high class, just a fun place to dance and drink.

thanks

bar for 22nd birthday

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bar for 22nd birthday

Hey, happy birthday!! Remember to be smart and be safe!

I%26#39;d start out on Bleecker Street (that%26#39;s always been the NYC version of ';training wheels'; for going out, back in the day.) Go to West 4th Street and exit at W.3rd Street. If you%26#39;re coming from Queens, stay in the front of the train.

Walk east on Bleecker and there%26#39;s lot of bars all in a row. It%26#39;s a mix of NYU, tourists and ';bridge and tunnel'; kids like you and me. Just go from 6th Ave to Lafayette, and you%26#39;ll see lots of option. Red Lion, Peculier Pub, Kenny%26#39;s Castaways, etc.

You could also try the East Village, maybe 1st Ave or Ave A. Lots of bars below 14th Street. ';Ace Bar'; springs to mind. Always fun. (old hangout of Jeanine Gorafolo and Ben Stiller before they were famous.)

The Lower East Side also has a lot of bars on Ludlow Street, but not real dancing places.

As a complete digression....

Keep in mind that NYC still has goofy ';cabaret laws';, that officially and legally PROHIBIT DANCING in bars without a real, official, expensive, bona fide cabaret license. This was no joke in the Giulinai years. I was in quite a few bars (that I suppose were ';undesirable'; at the time) where cops would pop in to check, or bouncers would get the word that the ';dance police'; were coming around, and bouncers and waitresses would ask folks to stop dancing. I kid you not. (Lots of ';fire hazard'; closings during that time as well, I recall. Good way to close down a place when the neighbors complain a lot.)

Not sure how it is now, but I think this is unlikely these days. I thnk people jsut get up and dance if a good song comes one. I%26#39;m out of the loop because, nowadays, I usually go to depressing places (if at all!) where no one has the energy, good health or sunny disposition to dance.

Have fun!