"It's up on Bowery and Rivington?the old Pioneer Bar," I instructed a friend on my cell, while looking curiously around the 3,000-square-foot space at 218 Bowery, which has recently been rechristened R Bar. The brand-new theme here is rock 'n' roll, or as the bar's preview website states, "Rock n Roll Reinvent Reborn Revolutionary Renaissance . . . Is Coming." What came is bordello-red walls, chandeliers, black padded walls, and stripper poles . . . read more (By Corina Zappia)
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