As downtown New Yorkers grew tired of the bar scene, there arose a need for something else besides belligerent door men, sloppy loose chicks, mooching of your boy’s bottle, lists, bad djs and hot smokey, skinny spaces. Enter The Bench: A public outing (and ceremony even) created three men of leisure, three men of renaissance, three men who just want to chill in public sometimes. These three men are non-other than Matt Goias, Max Glazer and On-The-Go Ari. Thanks to these men, along with fourth man Espo (known to his mommy as Steven Powers) and several other leisure seeking downtown folks, we all were given a place to see life pass us by together, right on the street, on the corner of Houston and Orchard in the Lower East Side.The bench attracted the brightest “talent” that downtown New York has to offer.

Now, the guys who brought you The Bench, bring you their new blog Business Class NYC. Judging from their gut-busting antics of the past, this should be a regular visit for your RSS reader. We have only one question for the Bench guys: When is it coming back?

Pictured above: Dante Ross’ grammy at The Bench.

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