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Give us your hot take: What are we coming here for? If our previous warning didn’t make you take heed, we’ll say it again: Graffiti Bar is popular, oh so popular-especially during weekday happy hour (Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. Start with the General Tso’s soup dumplings, tuna rice cracker, and edamame dumplings before making your way through mains like kung pao chicken wings and beef short rib lo mein.

Worth ordering something to eat, too? Graffiti Bar is serviced by the kitchen at Sampan (same as next-door neighbor Double Knot), which consistently turns out perfectly executed, thoroughly crowd-pleasing modern Asian dishes.

#Graffiti bar plus

There are also sakes, beers, and house wines by the glass, plus sharing-sized Scorpion Bowls with a tequila, vodka, or whiskey base. How are the drinks? The tight bar menu focuses on Asian-inspired revamps of the classics, like the Ming Mule (vodka, lychee, mint, and ginger) and the Hashi Old Fashioned (Applejack rum, bourbon, and smoked caramel). Though spring and summer are the bar's most popular seasons, Graffiti Bar is open year-round if you’re willing to brave the cold, a covered roof, heat lamps, and minimal crowds offer a chiller but no less atmospheric evening. Groups of friends catch up over happy hour, while sports fans post up at the bar on game nights (there are numerous flat-screen TVs). So who’s there? As one of the neighborhood’s most popular hangouts, Graffiti Bar is often brimming with college and post-college crowds (arrive early to avoid a wait). The bartop and two rectangular communal tables are likewise decorated with graffiti. The narrow alleyway opens onto a 30-seat open-air patio, with a three-story-high mural commissioned by local artist Ali M Williams serving as a backdrop. Just off Midtown Village’s bustling 13th Street, Graffiti Bar sits around back from Sampan, the much-lauded Asian restaurant from restaurateur Michael Schulson (whose sable of hot spots includes Double Knot, Harp & Crown, and the new Giuseppe & Sons).

Tell us about this place: Where is it, and what's the vibe? Your mom may have taught you to avoid long, dark alleyways, but scout’s honor, this one leads somewhere safe.