August 31, 2011

I decided to check out a hotel bar for tonight’s Tuesday Swizzle Stick search. Googling around I found a bar called Forty Four in the Royalton Hotel in midtown. The name alludes to the address, 44 W. 44th St. It’s close enough to walk to, so let's be on our way.

And we're off. Another nice night in New York City. Hard to believe that last week we had an earthquake and a hurricane tropical storm here.

Anybody else find the name, "My Daddy's Pizza" kind of creepy? I don't know why, but I do.

Speaking of creepy, the name of this store should be "Pedophiles R Us."

I walked by the bar twice because there's no sign, just this marker on the wall.

Here's the entrance. Let's check it out.

There's a long hallway and this is a dark place.

There's several lounge pits on the way to the bar. Here's one of them. The photos will be a little on the dark side, since I don't want to pop flashes in a dark place like this.

Here's another lounge area.

There's a square bar in the back of the club.

I chose a seat at the back of the copper-topped dark wooden bar.

A view of the bar from my perch at the bar.

And I found out they have a special swizzle stick drink here. It's called the Queen's Park Swizzle and here's Enid, the pretty and friendly bartender serving it up with a great smile.

Houston, we have a swizzle stick! And it's metal! Nice.

Here's Joshua with Enid who was also tending the bar. Everyone here is really friendly.

As you can see, it's a well stocked bar.

For my second drink, Enid suggested a Vieux Carre, which includes this huge block of ice.

And here's the finished product. It was delicious and loaded with booze.

The check and the swizzle. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.

The Swizzle Stick Collecton so far. Thanks to all who have contributed. They're prized possesions indeed!

Forty Four
In The Royalton
44 W. 44th St. (Near 6th Ave.)
212-944-8844

Further reading: New York Magazine, Royalton Hotel, Black Book and Shecky’s.

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Bonus Photo By Melanie!

Melanie from the fine photoblog, Musings By Melanie sent in this smiling Cardboard Box Man. I think he's on mushrooms! Thanks, Melanie!