Choosing a spot for a Tinder date is no easy task. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. You want somewhere quiet enough to hear your date talk, but with a decent amount of people around… You know, because safety and stuff. And choosing the location gives you an immediate leg-up — you choose the spot, you get to wear the pants. Here’s where to take your Tinderella.
Coffee shops
Mudspot
Quiet, twinkle-light-y, usually no wait to get seated. Bonus: if your date is a dud, leave your number for one of the hot waiters.
Stumptown (to-go)
If your date is a coffee snob, grab a drink to-go and walk around Wash Sq. Park.
Third Rail
Floor-to-ceiling windows will put an end to any instagram-filter photo trickery right off the bat.
Bars
The Wayland
Yeah, you’re adventurous, and yeah, you’re gonna order a kale margarita. You’re killin’ this date.
Art Bar
Slide past the bar and behind big velvet curtains, and you’re in the coziest bar in the neighborhood. Couches everywhere. A fireplace. Doesn’t get much date-ier than this.
Empellon Al Pastor
One of our favorite low-key places in the East Village, perfect for having tequila-based drinks at the bar. And, if all goes well, you might end the night with a tray of pork shoulder tacos.
Ace Bar
Dive-y! Cheap drinks! Games! Impossible to have a bad date here. Well, don’t quote us on that.