Taavo Somer has followed up his hit Bowery restaurant Freeman's with The Rusty Knot, a nautical-themed dive-ish bar on Manhattan's far west side (right up against the West Side Highway and the Hudson River). But don't let the unassuming description fool you - there's a line of prepped out hipsters out the door at 6:30. Somer teamed with Spotted Pig owner Ken Friedman to create the studiously low-key joint (we're talking Busch beer on tap, peel-and-eat shrimp, and pigs-in-blankets, along with some modestly more upscale fare). Which is what makes TRK, like the taxidermy-filled Freeman's when it opened, special. There ain't nothing else like it in Manhattan, folks. So get there early and stay late (its open until 4 am) on your own personal Gilligan's Island. Click here for a hilarious video tribute to The Knot.
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