124 Old Rabbit Club is on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, down a staircase into a room that has made a genuine commitment to being exactly one kind of bar. The walls are covered in vintage punk and metal posters, the music matches, and the beer list runs to over seventy taps and bottles with a focus on Czech and German ales, sour ales, and obscure imports that you're not finding at the standard beer bar.

Cash only. That policy is either a dealbreaker or a sorting mechanism depending on how you feel about it. The bar does not try to appeal to everyone, and the customers who come here are specifically people who want this bar rather than a bar.

For a small underground room in a neighborhood that has been thoroughly colonized by mediocre options, the depth of 124 Old Rabbit Club's beer program is notable. It's also just a good place to drink: loud, specific, and indifferent to whether you're impressed.