Posted
7/31/2006 05:12:00 PM
by Douglas
Meet the Marfreless couch bar. It's in
trouble. It's so freakin' cool, man, no one's heard of it. Imagine that?
Tucked discreetly behind the theater building, its entrance unmarked, lurks the Marfreless couch bar, whose regulars fear losing their unique refuge to the wrecking ball.
"Even if the bar is still here, I don't think people will enjoy going to a bookstore before a movie. I think people will prefer going to a bar where they can have a world-class martini," Pekmezaris said.
The bar, dimly lit, has an upstairs floor filled with love seats where couples can be somewhat intimate.
"It's a different than your average bar," said Tracey Florio. "You can come here with friends and not worry about dealing with loud people or being picked up."
"But," she adds, "you can still pick up people."
To those over 40, "pick up" means "fuck."