damnlines.comdamnlines.comUnmarked, menu-less 28-seat speakeasy in the old Milk & Honey space, where bartenders build cocktails to taste and walk-ins queue on Eldridge Street.
No sign, no menu. Attaboy sits behind an unmarked metal door at 134 Eldridge that reads 'Please Wait To Be Greeted'; you ring a buzzer to get in, per Time Out New York. Wikipedia puts the room at 28 seats -- possibly the smallest bar in the city -- in the former Milk & Honey space. Most guests are first-come, first-served, with only a handful of OpenTable slots and a six-person party cap, per attaboy.us. So a sidewalk line forms, and Sweets & Bitters notes the line itself is often how people find the door.
The wait is the price of a 28-seat room that mostly doesn't take reservations. Time Out New York says a wait is 'guaranteed late night and on the weekends.' Sweets & Bitters is blunter: on Friday and Saturday, 'expect to wait a couple of hours after you put your name down.' The Infatuation's version is 'come early or be prepared to wait.' None of these are live numbers -- damnlines has no camera at Attaboy.
The standard move is to leave your name and walk off. Guides steer you to nearby bars instead of the sidewalk: Sweets & Bitters lists Bar Goto and Copper & Oak, while Time Out New York points to sister bar Good Guy's next door. Arriving at the 5pm open is how people skip the queue, since walk-in service runs first-come, first-served all night, per The Infatuation and attaboy.us.
No camera here yet — but these lines are on camera right now:
Golden Diner · 9 min walkclosedLucinda's · 16 min walkclosedBánh Anh Em · 21 min walkcloseddamnlines has no camera at Attaboy, so there's no live count. Sweets & Bitters says that on Friday and Saturday you should expect to wait a couple of hours after you put your name down, and Time Out New York calls a wait 'guaranteed' late night and on weekends. Reported waits are shortest right at the 5pm open and on weeknights.
Mostly no. Attaboy's own site says it runs first-come, first-served with only a limited number of OpenTable reservations, and caps parties at six. The Infatuation notes you generally 'can't make reservations -- so come early or be prepared to wait.'
Arrive at the 5pm open. Both attaboy.us (first-come basis) and The Infatuation point to coming early; weeknights draw the shortest reported lines, while Sweets & Bitters flags Friday and Saturday as the multi-hour nights.
134 Eldridge Street, between Broome and Delancey. There's no signage. Time Out New York says to look for an unmarked metal door reading 'Please Wait To Be Greeted' and ring the buzzer; Sweets & Bitters notes the line of people waiting is often the easiest way to spot it.
It's tiny and it's famous. Wikipedia notes it seats 28 -- possibly the smallest bar in NYC -- in the former Milk & Honey space, and it was named the best bar in North America by World's 50 Best Bars in 2022. There are no printed menus; bartenders build each cocktail to your taste.