Tokyo Kanpai Boys Presented by the New York Comedy Festival

Before

Long walk · 0.7 mi · 14 min walk; 2 min ride - Murray Hill

Homestyle Korean on 31st, a block southeast of the 32nd Street crush, built around set meals that arrive as a tray of banchan, a soup, rice and a main. It opened around 2015 and made its name feeding office workers at lunch. Makgeolli comes in a brass bowl and there is a short soju list behind the bar.

After

0.3 mi · 5 min walk - Union Square - Gramercy

Sawdust on the floor and a wood-burning fireplace that gets lit in winter, in a bar that has stood at 287 Third Avenue since 1895. Peter O'Connell took it over in 1991 and gave it the current name. The mahogany bar is original and the Guinness pour takes as long as it should.