Pianos Zack opened the Arrow bar on Avenue A

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Posted in NYC | music | venues on April 1, 2008

Pianos Zack opened the Arrow bar on Avenue A

Arrow Bar, 85 Avenue A (basement), betw 5 & 6

I found this out last night...

First-time bar owner Zachary Waldman, a talent booker at Lower East Side nightspot Pianos, tries his luck at the booze biz in the space that briefly housed the Rook. Here, cocktails are the specialty: Concoctions include the Wysteria (champagne with lavender liqueur and peach bitters) and the potent Vesper (gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc and Cointreau). Drinks are two for one during happy hour, from 4 to 9pm daily, and DJs spin most nights; upcoming artists include Sweatshop Labor and Lauren Flax. [Time Out]

Support bars with cool owners (who are also in bands)!

Tags: Arrow bar, Avenue A, East Village, The Octagon

Posted on April 1, 2008 7:03 PM

Comments (27)

I miss Route 85A

Posted by Chris | April 1, 2008 7:12 PM

Lauren Flax presents Epic T-Shirt: this Friday April 4

Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2008 8:23 PM

Zach rocks. I will be supporting this bar early and often.

Posted by nyctaper | April 1, 2008 8:48 PM

They sound a lot like camper Van Beethoven.

Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2008 10:13 PM

fucking loud metal whenever i am there.

Posted by Anonymous | April 1, 2008 11:52 PM

You can totally shotgun Pale Ale in the back. All bullshit aside, i used to hit 85A a lot and its great to see it fall into the hands of a killer dude.

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 12:19 AM

he's an arogant jerk, support bars by their
attitude, prices, service and management,
not by their owners.

Posted by anon | April 2, 2008 12:19 AM

he's not an arrogant jerk. he's totally a softie.

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 3:37 AM

He's a fucking asshole.

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 8:04 AM

^^^
Aww... Did Zach book your band for a Tuesday at 8:30 when you REAAALLY wanted an 11 o'clock Friday show?

Zach's rad.

Posted by Keeez | April 2, 2008 9:34 AM

Old News. This is so March.

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 9:57 AM

I thought Jasper Coolidge was the booker for Pianos, is he not there anymore?

Posted by deb | April 2, 2008 10:04 AM

zach is the man, but does the east village really need another bar?

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 10:07 AM

jasper's with rehab now

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 10:41 AM

zack mexico for president

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 10:49 AM

is this why the pianos website is taking so long to put up?

Posted by sarah | April 2, 2008 12:24 PM

i give this bar 6 months. nothing last there.

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 12:47 PM

"jasper's with rehab now"

exactly. Part 2:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/04/pianos_jasper_i.html

Posted by brooklynvegan | April 2, 2008 2:19 PM

I love Zack!!!! His bar is as wonderful as he is!

Posted by catherine | April 2, 2008 2:37 PM

no, we're in the process of switching servers on the Pianos website. it has proven more complicated than initially thought. the whole thing is designed and ready to go -- when the server switch goes through it will be up and running.

thanks for the kind words, people -- come by on friday to dance when lauren flax spins, she's awesome.

Posted by zack | April 2, 2008 2:46 PM

Congrats, Zach! Our support will be considerable because we all drink waaaaay too much.

Posted by americanooos | April 2, 2008 4:46 PM

I love nyc bar owner personality wars on blogs!

Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008 11:32 PM

i dj here all the time - GREAT bar.

Posted by grizzlebizzle | April 3, 2008 10:45 AM

I'm DJing here tonight for Shea's going away to Asia Party!

love Mike Dextro

Posted by Mikers From Rikers ya digg | May 5, 2008 6:48 PM

Soooo glad I got to experience the Arrow Bar once before skipping town in March...Zack done good.