Unfortunately, The National Underground is coming under some financial scrutiny. They are quickly losing funding and they have had to shut down 3 of their 5 locations.
Sebastian Junger: The Half King
The Half King was started in 2000 as a place to house journalists and filmmakers after their long days in studios in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. This bar has since closed and reopened twice, but it stayed under the same ownership. The Half King remains the premiere facilitator of journalistic freedom and cheap drinking.
This is just your standard bar, but the interior was built out of reclaimed wood taken from a barn in Pennsylvania that was built in the late 1700s.
Debi Mazar: The Tuscan Gun
When Debi Mazar met her husband Gabriele Corcos, she knew that they absolutely needed to bring their taste of Tuscany to LA and NYC. Corcos showed the world that you don’t need to make insanely expensive dishes, nor must you pair equally pricey wines with them.