Address:
113 St Marks Pl
Manhattan, NY 10009
Cross Street: 1st Ave
Phone: 212.614.0386
URL: View Website
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Features:
   
Delivery/House Calls: No
Indoor Seating: Yes
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Hours of Operation:
06:00 PM - 02:00 AM (Mon)
06:00 PM - 02:00 AM (Tue)
06:00 PM - 02:00 AM (Wed)
06:00 PM - 02:00 AM (Thu)
06:00 PM - 03:00 AM (Fri)
06:00 PM - 03:00 AM (Sat)
06:00 PM - 02:00 AM (Sun)
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| About PDT: |
Overview
Crif Dogs' New Underground Speakeasy |
| Press Reviews: |
 New York Magazine, Rob Patronite and Robin Rainsfeld
PDT is the hot-dog joint for grown-ups. Actually, it’s the cocktail-lounge annex to Crif Dogs, an East Village mainstay known for its deep-fried Jersey-style franks. Accessed through a vintage phone booth within Crif Dogs, PDT (short for Please Don’t Tell) is a snug, sexy speakeasy with a twist: Along with its high-quality classic cocktails and a well-chosen selection of beer and wine, patrons can order food from Crif’s kitchen next door. Oddly, it works: A paper boat of foil-wrapped waffle fries goes nicely with the Astoria Bianco, a refreshing martini derivative. PDT’s abbreviated menu offers a smallish, bowling-alley-style burger, and four kinds of deep-fried dogs—although you can put in special requests from the full Crif Dog menu next door, which includes our favorite, the New Yorker, Crif’s sole grilled all-beef frank. The idea is genius and a time-saver: food you eat when you’re drunk, served while you’re in the process of getting that way.
New York Magazine, Daniel Maurer
As well as rendering classic cocktails with unparalleled expertise, mixologist Jim Meehan (formerly of Gramercy Tavern and Pegu Club) offers up irresistible seasonal creations (an old-fashioned made from bacon-infused bourbon and maple syrup) and delicious infusions (buttered-popcorn rum). The highlight of the $22 “high roller menu” is the Staggerac, a potent Sazerac made with 140-proof bourbon and absinthe.
UrbanDaddy
To get to PDT, walk down the four steps into Crif Dogs. Along the dive's left wall, you'll find a wooden phone booth from the 1940s. (On some nights, you'll also find a man working the door—making Crif Dogs the first hot dog stand in America with a bouncer.) Enter the camera-installed booth, pick up the phone and press a button. As you wait for bartender Jim Meehan (Gramercy Tavern) to check you out on his monitor and buzz you in, note the rules of etiquette posted nearby—e.g., don't hit on women you don't know.
Once inside, you'll find a low-ceilinged, very dimly lit space for 45, with three large black leather booths and plenty of taxidermy (otter, raccoon, jackalope, etc.). You'll hear classic rock, old-school hip hop and Sinatra, and you'll taste classic-minded cocktails like Aviations and gin and tonics. Food-wise, you'll be able to order from the Crif Dogs menu—the fare is sent through a small slot behind the bar—plus a few new Crif dogs will be created exclusively for PDT. (Sorry, we were sworn to secrecy.)
And before you leave, be sure to check out the bathrooms, which feature glass-shard mosaics from artist Jim Powers and signs declaring, "No Opium Smoking" and "No Cocaine Peddling."
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Subways:
1.  1565 ft
1st Ave & 14th St
2.   1874 ft
Astor Pl & 4th Ave
3.   2240 ft
2nd Ave & Houston St
Parking Lots & Garages:
1. Nice 1046 ft
311 E 11th St
(1st & 2nd Ave)
2. Kinney 1357 ft
220 E 9th St
(2nd & 3rd)
3. Icon 1743 ft
115 E 9th St
(3rd & 4th)
4. MPG 1827 ft
74 3rd Ave
(E 12th)
5. Icon 1864 ft
2 Cooper Sq
(E 4th)
6. GGMC 2258 ft
70 E 10th St
(4th & Broadway)
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