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CLOVER CLUB<br />
210 Smith St • 718-855-7939<br />
www.cloverclubny.com<br />
One of the newest cocktail emporiums<br />
to hit the city, this Brooklyn outpost is so<br />
popular it was named the world’s best new<br />
cocktail bar at the Tales of the Cocktail<br />
convention in <strong>2009</strong>. Celebrate your trip to the<br />
outer boroughs with a Queens Park Swizzle, a<br />
deconstructed mojito snowcone with a dash<br />
of bitters.<br />
DOUBLE DOWN SALOON<br />
14 Ave A • 212-982-0543<br />
www.doubledownsaloon.com<br />
This Lower East Side incarnation of the<br />
notorious Las Vegas bar is a real dive. Get into<br />
the spirit with a round of pool, a pinball game<br />
and a pint of domestic brew under the graffi tistyle<br />
murals.<br />
CAFETERIA<br />
119 Seventh Ave • 212-414-1717<br />
www.cafeteriagroup.com<br />
By day, this Chelsea restaurant masquerades<br />
as a trendy diner, but come 4am, it morphs<br />
into an after-hours nightspot, complete with<br />
celebrities (Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher<br />
were recently spotted), artisan macaroni and<br />
cheese and impromptu dance parties.<br />
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY<br />
70 N Sixth St, Brooklyn • 718-384-4586<br />
www.publicassemblynyc.com<br />
This warehouse-style bar hosts parties that<br />
are exactly the way you want Brooklyn parties<br />
to be: super-hip, poseur-free and in a pseudowarehouse.<br />
Visit on Dec. 12 for Play It Loud,<br />
a pumping, early-’90s house-inspired dance<br />
party featuring Doug Gomez, Darshan Jesrani<br />
and Son of Sound.<br />
GO DAY-TRIPPING<br />
WARWICK VALLEY WINERY<br />
AND DISTILLERY<br />
67 miles northeast of NYC, 114 Little York Rd,<br />
Warwick, NY • 845-258-4858<br />
www.wvwinery.com<br />
The home of Doc’s Draft hard ciders and<br />
American Fruits eau de vie, this cidery/winery/<br />
distillery celebrates fall with live music and<br />
cozy fi res in its tasting room, which was once<br />
an apple packing house.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
John Hertz, who founded New York’s Yellow<br />
Cab Company, chose yellow because he had<br />
read a study that said it was the easiest color<br />
to see.<br />
Newport News/<br />
Williamsburg<br />
VIRGINIA<br />
— Wayne Dawkins<br />
GO SHOP<br />
LAND OF LAPIS<br />
At City Center at Oyster Point<br />
701 Town Center Dr • 757-596-5274<br />
www.oysterpointonline.com<br />
With a wide variety of Afghan imports (and a<br />
smattering of Turkish and Indian goods), this is<br />
a delightful winter shopping destination. The<br />
authentic lapis lazuli jewelry is stunning.<br />
THE RUNNER’S SOURCE<br />
10355A Warwick Blvd • 757-223-4970<br />
www.therunnerssource.com<br />
Both fi rst-time runners and long-time champions<br />
will fi nd something handy at this shop. In<br />
addition to custom-fi t expertise, the staff has<br />
extensive knowledge of local trails.<br />
VICCELLIO GOLDSMITH<br />
325 Water St, Yorktown • 757-890-2162<br />
www.viccelliogoldsmith.com<br />
Precious metal craftsman J. Henry Viccellio’s<br />
fi ne jewelry line features locally inspired<br />
items, like a Jamestown locket engraved with<br />
an image of arriving ships.<br />
GO SEE<br />
LEE HALL MANSION<br />
163 Yorktown Rd, Newport News • 757-888-3371<br />
www.leehall.org<br />
One of the few surviving antebellum<br />
mansions in this part of Virginia, this former<br />
home of planter Richard Decauter Lee includes<br />
hundreds of artifacts from the old South.<br />
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER<br />
At Peninsula Community Theatre • 10251<br />
Warwick Blvd, Newport News • 757-595-5728<br />
www.pctlive.org<br />
This heartwarming holiday comedy tells the<br />
story of a fi nancially struggling couple trying to<br />
put on a church Christmas pageant after casting<br />
the inventively awful Herdman kids. Dec. 4-20.<br />
MACARTHUR MEMORIAL<br />
Bank St & City Hall Ave, Norfolk • 757-441-2965<br />
www.macarthurmemorial.org<br />
Norfolk’s stately 19th-century City Hall houses<br />
a rotunda (the fi nal resting place of General and<br />
Mrs. MacArthur), as well as galleries dedicated<br />
to Americans who served in the armed forces<br />
from the Civil War through the Korean War.<br />
GO EAT<br />
COUNTY GRILL & SMOKEHOUSE<br />
26 E Mercury Blvd, Hampton • 757-723-0600<br />
www.countygrill.net<br />
This restaurant is so serious about getting<br />
your ribs right, the tables come equipped<br />
with six regional barbecue sauces, including<br />
Memphis, Kansas City and East Carolina. $$<br />
MARY HELEN’S RESTAURANT<br />
87 Lincoln St, Hampton • 757-728-9050<br />
www.maryhelens.com<br />
Local favorites at this Southern and Creole<br />
kitchen include gumbo, jambalaya and red<br />
beans and sausage over white rice. If you can’t<br />
decide, go for the buffet, which includes fried<br />
chicken, cornbread and sweet tea. $$<br />
FAT CANARY<br />
410 Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg<br />
757-229-3333<br />
www.fatcanarywilliamsburg.com<br />
“Canary” actually refers to wine—old ships<br />
used to pick up wine in the Canary Islands—<br />
and there’s certainly a lot of it here. Pair<br />
a bottle with a selection from the eclectic<br />
seasonal menu, which has included dishes<br />
like seared foie gras with hazelnut toast and<br />
blackberries. $$$<br />
GO PARTY<br />
GRANBY THEATER<br />
421 Granby St, Norfolk • 757-961-7208<br />
www.granbytheater.com<br />
If you want a nightclub experience inspired by<br />
the superclubs of South Beach and New York,<br />
stop by the Saturday night “Premiere” dance<br />
party. A giant video screen shows music videos<br />
and DJs spin remixes until close.<br />
AMERICAN THEATRE<br />
125 E Mellen St, Hampton • 757-722-2787<br />
www.hamptonarts.net<br />
If clubs aren’t your thing, have a cultured night<br />
out with a concert or show. The Shoemaker<br />
& The Christmas Elves (Dec. 12) and A Gospel<br />
Christmas with The Holmes Brothers (Dec. 18)<br />
are on the schedule this month.<br />
GO DAY-TRIPPING<br />
GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC MUSEUM<br />
166 miles south of Newport News • 59200<br />
Museum Dr, Hatteras, NC • 252-986-2995<br />
www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com<br />
This museum draws nautical history buffs<br />
with exhibits on piracy, 19th-century<br />
shipwrecks and the technology used to<br />
recover the USS Monitor.<br />
FUN FACT!<br />
The Chesapeake Bay includes two of the<br />
six major North Atlantic US ports: Norfolk<br />
and Baltimore.<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2009</strong> GO MAGAZINE<br />
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