An L-shaped marble bar anchors one side, and semicircle banquettes line the other. Sky blue tables are scattered around the front.
Inside, round lighting fixtures hang from the ceiling like fat drops of water.
The bar is just south of Cooper Triangle, on the ground floor of the Standard, East Village hotel - part of a mini-campus that includes a restaurant, cafe and garden. “We’re reimagining what a New York City gay bar is.” “I really considered the history of the area, what the neighborhood needs, and the future,” said Angela Dimayuga, the creative director of food and culture for the Standard, who calls the project her baby. While some visitors hail from the five boroughs, others come down from their rooms. In addition to the usual gay bar trappings (“RuPaul’s Drag Race” viewing party and bingo night), it also hosts speed dating and a Wednesday lesbian night called “Slather!” Hotel bars may be as ubiquitous as A.T.M.s these days, but how many cater specifically to queer patrons? No Bar, which opened in February at the Standard hotel in the East Village, is one.
