Sturdy wooden tables and a sea-blue-and-gold motif create a lazy pub atmosphere at this West Village saloon. Friendly barkeeps dispense 20-ounce drafts of Guinness and affordable, if basic, highballs. Avoid the Banana Republican louts who invade the place on Saturdays; show up on Sunday instead for the biweekly Frequency poetry series, which has been known to draw bookish types, including staffers from literary magazine The Believer.

The Four-Faced Liar
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- Address
- 165 W 4th St
- New York
- 10014
- Cross street:
- between Cornelia and Jones Sts
- Transport:
- Subway: A, C, E, B, D, F to W 4th St; 1 to Christopher St–Sheridan Sq
- Price:
- Average drink: $5. Cash only
- Opening hours:
- Daily noon–4am
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