American Trash

Located on the Upper East Side, American Trash is sandwiched between enough Baby Bjorn-wearing parents and subpar Italian restaurants to make just about anyone crave a Jack and Coke at a run-down watering hole. Dive bar critics – as if such a thing exists – will try to tell you that American Trash isn't an actual dive bar. They're wrong. Cheap drinks, a biker crowd, and a bartender who sounds like she spent the last 3 decades sucking on Marlborough Menthols is actually the exact recipe for a dive bar. If you find yourself in this dead zone of decent bars, consider stopping in for a few songs on the jukebox and a basket of wings – you won't be disappointed.