Description: Imagine that Alice had walked into a bar instead of falling down the rabbit hole. In the tradition of J. R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar and the classic reportage of Joseph Mitchell, here is an indelible portrait of what is quite possibly the greatest bar in the world--and the mercurial, magnificent man behind it. The first time he saw Sunny's Bar, in 1995, Tim Sultan was lost, thirsty for a drink, and intrigued by the single bar sign among the forlorn warehouses lining the Brooklyn waterfront. Inside, he found a dimly lit room crammed with maritime artifacts, a dozen well-seasoned drinkers, and, strangely, a projector playing a classic Martha Graham dance performance. Sultan knew he had stumbled upon someplace special. What he didn't know was that he had just found his new home. Soon enough, Sultan has quit his office job to bartend full-time for Sunny Balzano, the bar's owner. A wild-haired Tony Bennett lookalike with a fondness for quoting Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, Sunny is truly one of a kind. Born next to the saloon that has been in his family for one hundred years, Sunny has over the years partied with Andy Warhol, spent time in India at the feet of a guru, and painted abstract expressionist originals. But his masterpiece is the bar itself, a place where a sublime mix of artists, mobsters, honky-tonk musicians, neighborhood drunks, nuns, longshoremen, and assorted eccentrics rub elbows. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming city, Sunny's Nights is a loving and singular portrait of the dream experience we're all searching for every time we walk into a bar, and an enchanting memoir of an unlikely and abiding friendship. A few photos spread sporadically through the book as well as a map of Brooklyn and Red Hook area of Brooklyn.
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Location: Charlestown, New Hampshire
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: Sunny's Night Lost and Found at a Bar at the End of the World
MPN: Does not apply
Item Length: 8.5in.
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1in.
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Personal Memoirs, General, Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending, Customs & Traditions, Bartending, Red Hook NY, Brooklyn, NY, Social Life and Customs, Sunny's Bar
Item Width: 5.8in.
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Brand: Unbranded
Publication Year: 2016
Author: Tim Sultan
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Cooking, History, Social Science
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
