If you haven’t already, go check out my friend and neighbor Manhattan Transfer’s list of 240(ish) bars below 14th Street.  I’m tellin’ ya, life is great down here.  It’s a fabulous neighborhood for alcoholics social drinkers, and in fact, the NYC Health Department highlighted our tendencies for "heavy drinking" in a recent study, Alcohol Use in New York City.  So go pick a bar off of the list and make your neighbors proud!