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On the weekends, you may have to share a round leather booth with some strangers, but isn't it worth it to experience some of the worst karaoke in town? There's no shame here, folks, and this is one of very few bars located near a lot of great restaurants. Karaoke is $1 per song and the noise is rivaled only by the Chinese men and women playing dice at the bar.
Dingy, dimly lit, and not too crowded, Winnie's in Chinatown is the antithesis of the slick, sanitized karaoke bars you're likely to encounter uptown. As you enter, you'll notice it's a bit segregated: On the left, old Chinese dudes play dice games at the bar; on the right, spacious red booths are packed with skinny-jeans-wearing hipsters and local office workers cheering on their friends at the mic. It's $1 per song with a two-drink minimum--but who would do karaoke without a couple of... More »
Tiny Bj girls grab the veil from a Jersey bridal party and challenge them to a fight while an informal after-party from the gay prom congregates in the back corner, and we all drink pitchers of nine-alcohol fruit punch and get laughed at by the cops. Jesse Jackson's dream has finally been realized at WINNIE'S, in karaoke form. More »
You feel really cool when you get to WINNIE'S and everyone in there is Chinese and playing dice and not really talking. It makes you feel like having some whiskey and a Tsing Tao and being cool enough to know how to play dice. Then a bunch of yuppies show up and do karaoke, but that's OK--it's another weird thing to watch. The videos that go with the songs are shockingly incomprehensible. The "Suspicious Minds" video is about spies. That is amazing. More »
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