Before he opened 1534, an elegant cocktail lounge in New York, Justin Noel had run the beverage programs at The Breslin, Pranna, and the Ace Hotel. He’s a traveler in the bar trade who has worked all over the world, so it makes sense that his dark-wood Soho bar is named after the year of Jacques Cartier’s discovery of Canada. Now, Noel pours some of the city’s best-made cocktails and does just about everything else too, from HR to payroll to bar backing and more. We caught up with Noel to find out how he keeps it all together. 

In our obsession with shows about sex, singles, and ways of helping singles have sex, it is with great sadness that we announce this season’s final performance of Never Sleep Alone this Friday (tomorrow). Yes, we are in fact talking about that New York Times-acclaimed show that helps singles hook-up (evidence provided). And since each show sells out before you can even say “but I’ve been involuntarily chaste,” get your tickets today so you can get laid tomorrow.

So, that face-eating thing! I'm starting to be convinced that it's all an elaborate hoax, some grand social experiment to see just how disgusting, vile, and tasteless humanity can be when talking about someone who was attacked by another person. That has to be it, right? Granted, I've done my best to avoid reading any of the very many stories covering the incident on the internet (no, I will not click on your links! But animated cat .gifs? Yes, please!), and I'm assuming that, if it hasn't happened already, there are at least four slideshow galleries somewhere across the internet called "Top Ten Eaten Faces in History!" It's the end of the month, after all. Gotta get dem pageviews!

Tired of the bottle service-heavy, interaction-light nightlife of Los Angeles, best friends Marc Rose (left) and Med Abrous (right) opened the Spare Room, a unique lounge in the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, early last year. The lounge features bespoke cocktails, vintage bowling alleys, and a variety of gorgeous handcrafted board games. The combination has proven wildly successful among partiers looking to socially network without staring at pixelated screens. We asked the innovative duo how they managed to get Angelenos to put down their iPhones and pick up their Scrabble tiles. 

Venice Beach is known to be a little on the crumbly side; take a look inside your best surf buddy's ocean-side apartment for a reminder. So, it's with great tradition (or irony) that the guys behind Dry Tour, a new wine bar serving charcuterie and paninis and artisanal cheeses, has stripped its historic building at 80 Windward down to its 1904 studs. When it was all said and done, they left the original chipped ceiling and floor tiles behind, and highlighted the antique vaulted ceilings and old brick with Edison bulbs and simple chandeliers.

The glittering, glamorous merry-go-round of new restaurants, nightclubs, and popup stores on the East End has come full circle yet again, and the outlook for the scene this season is worth buying a book of Jitney tickets just to experience. If you’ve been keeping up with the buzz about who’s bought what and renovated such and such a space you are probably on information overload. No worries. In the name of science and convenience we’re going to load it all into one big beachy shotgun shell and fire it right at your head. Dying to know which of your favorite executive chefs is behind David Lowenburg’s new digs? The devil and the details are all in BlackBook's Hamptons Guide and its über-helpful app counterpart, perfect for getting schooled on the go. For now, let’s talk business. 

Iconic rock bar Manitoba's has occupied the same two stories on Avenue B, just below Tompkins Square Park, for the past fourteen years. Handsome Dick Manitoba, roadie-turned-singer of the late seventies punk band The Dictators, opened Manitoba's with simple intentions: a sub-culture clubhouse. Though it used to be known as the after-show hangout for the CBGB’s crowd, the bar has simmered to a nostalgic neighborhood staple, it's still a fun place to get a drink. 

The 2012 Gumball 3000, a road rally in which a bunch of outrageous people drive a bunch of crazy fast cars from New York to Los Angeles, is now underway. The drivers took off from Times Square at noon today, and are now on their way to Niagara Falls for their first check-in. Gumball is something akin to the Cannonball Run, except that organizers stress that it's not a race, and there are no prizes for being the fastest, but it's likely that at least a few drivers in their Ferraris and Lamborghinis may go a couple of notches above the posted speed limit from time to time, because, why not? 

When your kid brother ups the ante, you've obviously got to rise to the occasion. So with the Dream Downtown having become one of the defacto NYC nightlife fabulosity magnets, the Dream New York has taken decisively to the task of becoming the same. First there was the wild new Russian karaoke bar, Jelsomino, opened in April in the basement. Now comes The Bar, an elegantly stylish new lobby bar.

What do you get when you combine an Australian punk rocker, an owner of a dive-like venue, and someone behind one of the hippest dance-party bars in Manhattan? Anyone? Well, you get The Flat, a classy new bar in Williamsburg run by Johnny Siera of the band Death Set, Lit Lounge's Max Brennan, and Home Sweet Home's Kristin Vincent.