![]() Cocktails (all $9) include concoctions like the Let Me Tango (light rum “Charanda,” lime, demerara), Night Moves Spritz (St. Perhaps the most impressive part here is that the prices stay true to a dive bar. Brown, whose child nickname was Dolly, decided to hang a smattering of paintings featuring women from the 1930’s to 1970’s throughout the bar instead of the usual featured men or half-naked women. There are also views of the East River from inside and an outdoor patio.īut the Dolly’s reference has a stronger connection to artist Teresa Brown, who helped open Midnights and decorated this space. In the former Café Biba digs, you’ll find a vintage-looking jukebox, saloon-style stools at the handsome wraparound bar, plush banquettes and yes, an ode to Parton in the bathroom with a wall plastered in her records. Owners Raffaello Vancouten and Devin Schuck recreated their vision of a dive bar “from your 20’s” and as Vancouten says in a statement: “Devin and I took all the things we love most about a dive bar, like the boisterous attitude and cheap drinks, and made it just a little more grown up.” ![]() To that end, Dolly’s Swing & Dive, which opened today in Williamsburg, loosely plays off the busty singer’s “My boobs are fake but my voice is real” business plan (here, the space is more refined than your dingy-but-cool watering hole). ![]() “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap,” is one of Dolly Parton’s most famous lines.
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