PM Lounge

Even Manhattan Nightclubs Take the Pledge On New Year’s Day

PM Lounge at 50 Gansevoort Street.
Chris Shott
PM Lounge at 50 Gansevoort Street.

New Year’s Eve was a fleetingly spirited affair at swanky PM Lounge in the meatpacking district.

Packed with revelers, the two-story, 3,900-square-foot building on Gansevoort Street heaved with thumping beats, as an advertised open bar approached its sixth consecutive booze-fueled hour at 3 a.m.

“It’s pretty happening,” said one patron, Ben, 27, standing behind the velvet rope in a shiny checkered shirt, smoking a cigarette, while a stretch limo idling out front blared “Hotel California.”  read more »