Message from Cheap Shots
Finally - A Bar That Lives Up To Its Name
- East Village's Best Dive Bar
- #1 For Birthdays on Citysearch
- Drinking Games Galore
Welcome to Cheap Shots where the drinks are cheap and...well...what more could you want? We are the East Village's favorite dive bar and we pride ourselves on having fun and making sure that our customers have even more opportunities to get more discounts on drinks. We offer some of the best drinking gaming in all NYC. Not only do we offer the basics: Airhockey, board games & the essential video games, but we also host beer pong and flipcup tounaments. Everyday is special and there is always something new. First off, if it's your birthday, you drink for free - no shit!
Monday: All U Can Drink for $10.
Tuesday: Rock/Paper/Scissors for 1/2 price your drink order.
Wednesday: Beer & Shot $5.
Thursday: Ladies drink 1/2 price.
Friday: $1 shots on the hour.
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 Cheap Shots
(212) 254-6631
140 1st Ave
New York, NY 10009
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Editorial Description by Citysearch
For when you just can't afford another $15 cosmo.
Rated 9.0 out of 10 by Citysearch.
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Awesome 
I love Cheap Shots! Get there early so you can grab a table. Air hockey is great. Also, bring a marker, patrons are free to write anywhere, the walls, the tables- it's great. The bathroom is scary but by the time you get there you're usually pretty drunk. It's really relaxed and I can honestly say my favorite bar.
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cheap shots, air hokey, what else can you ask for in a bar? 
First of all, drinks are cheap. $8 pitchers of bud and a few other beers, $2 select shots. They have an air hockey table and some arcade games like Big Buck hunter. They also have a few board games - monopoly, connect four, some others. The people who work there are really great. Although the bar is really divey, there is an older, richer crowd there after work. Later on, towards 11 or 12, the crowd gets college aged.
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Agressive Macho bouncers spoil what could be a good place
Uh oh! Just when you think you find the perfect place, some idiot has to come along and ruin it. Our last visit was great. A fine mix of people showed up at the table, introduced themselves, and joined in the party. At first I made the mistake of buying a $4 Yuengling... with a tip that's $5, just like anywhere else. Then I noticed the $7 pitcher sign, and from there, things went well... We did indeed have a parade of people... all kinds, all ages, sitting with us, spreading the gossip, shaking hands, sharing the beer. Then Topher goes to the mens room. When he returns, he's being followed by a large goon. "I'm being thrown out," he yells to us on the way out. "This guy says I was smoking w++d in the bathroom." No trial. No proof. No evidence. (Topher doesn't smoke... not p*t, not anything.) Just a whiff of something that could have been there for ages. POW! A macho bouncer jumps in the act and spoils the night for the lot of us. So BE WARNED! You risk being thrown out of the place simply by being unlucky. Maybe it's better not to go in the first place. --Drink Club is a roving group of NYC Drinkers
Pros: cheap beer/booze deals, friendly crowd
Cons: over crowded, awful bouncers
Posted 09/21/07 at 8:34pm
Simply Awesome
I've become a friday night frequenter of this place. Bouncers & bartenders are fun and super attentive whenever i go. It does get very packed and a bit uncomfortable when you don't get a seat, but with $7 pitchers - who cares?
I've enticed my friends to Cheap Shots by telling them tehre's anair hockey table. It's great if you can actually get to the table.
The bathroom is a bit questionable, but it's so much fun waiting on line and chatting with drunk people!
Best dive bar ever - the only one i like to go to. Great job Cheap Shots!
Pros: bartender/ bouncers/ airhockey
Cons: bathroom
Posted 07/03/07 at 6:13am
Friendly atmosphere
This is my favorite Friday night hangout spot. Everyone is really friendly, the bouncers, the bartenders, the drunks. Drinks are dirt cheap $7 pitchers, $2 shots. Selections on the juke box range from Willie Nelson to The Spice Girls to Jay Z. There's something for everyone. The crowd is super diverse, and even on your first visit you feel like a regular. The only down side is that it gets super crowded after 8pm (if you want to look at that as a "down side"), and the bathrooms aren't the best in town. All in all CheapShots rocks! The best dive bar in the city.
Pros: cheap drinks, friendly atmosphere
Cons: bathroom
Posted 01/20/07 at 8:25am
The name is truth in advertising
Drink free on your birthday. Drink cheap any other time. Yeah, it's full of 22 year olds. Yeah, people heave on the floor. But who cares?... or rather that's the charm of this place. With the friendliest crowd this side of The Patriot, the cheapest drinks this side of the Hudson River, this is a great place. You need to come early to get a table. It's a small place, and at these prices it's packed. No food, but who needs it? --Drink Club is a roving group of NYC Drinkers
Pros: cheap prices, friendly clientelle
Cons: messy floor
Posted 01/14/07 at 5:30pm
Quality Dive
A must on any EV dive bar crawl. The $2 shots will help ensure a proper bloodbath ensues, especially at 2pm.
Pros: "Cheap Shots"
Posted 11/08/06 at 12:00am
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