Public Bar

Freshly unwrapped sports bar wants to be the everyday, after-work after party for ballin' guys with a taste for fine shoes—alas, "urban" concept and brick wall of topsy-turvy TVs is the post-modern ESPN zone for city dudes with secret Phi Beta Sigma tattoos who still say "dude." Design is metallic, male, and a tad over-thought: wallpaper-size black and white photos nod to sports greatness, college-era booths for splashing of strong drinks, sophisticated American brews.