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9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC
Loosie's Kitchen & Cafe is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

1. Loosie's Kitchen & Cafe

91A S 6th St (btwn Berry St & Bedford Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bistro · Williamsburg · 17 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Sure, you could ring in your next birthday in a dark, candlelit bar, or you could sip frozen plantain slushies in the sun-drenched Loosie’s Kitchen. Oh, and there’s fried chicken. Read more.

Milk Bar is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

2. Milk Bar

8.4
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: It’s a known fact: Momofuku Milk Bar makes the tastiest birthday cake in all of NYC. Grab your best friends and head to the Williamsburg cooking classroom to learn to make your own. Read more.

OddFellows Ice Cream Co. is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

3. OddFellows Ice Cream Co.

175 Kent Ave (btwn N 3rd & N 4th St), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Williamsburg · 231 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: The milkshakes at OddFellows are an amazing treat on their own. But for your birthday, you can rent out the entire store for two hours, bring your own alcohol and concoct boozy ice cream creations. Read more.

Frames Bowling Lounge is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

4. Frames Bowling Lounge

6.5
550 9th Ave (at W 40th St), New York, NY
Bowling Alley · Garment District · 98 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: OK, we know you haven’t been bowling since your sixth-grade birthday party. But Frames, a hidden spot below Port Authority, has traded pizza and smelly shoes for truffle flatbread and Champagne. Read more.

Nitehawk Cinema is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

5. Nitehawk Cinema

9.5
136 Metropolitan Ave (btwn Berry St & Wythe Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Movie Theater · Williamsburg · 300 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Birthday dinners are overrated. Get your meal and drinks served to you at Nitehawk Cinema while you swoon over Ryan Gosling in the midnight screening of Drive on June 24. Read more.

Arlene's Grocery is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

6. Arlene's Grocery

7.8
95 Stanton St (btwn Ludlow & Orchard St), New York, NY
Rock Club · Lower East Side · 103 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Jump up onstage at Arlene’s Grocery, where you can sing rock hits accompanied by a live band and backup dancers. Look out, Beyoncé. Read more.

Locals Surf School is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

7. Locals Surf School

8.4
Beach 67th st and beach front rd (beach 67th st and beach front rd), Far Rockaway, NY
Surf Spot · 7 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: Head to Rockaway Beach with a few adventurous buddies for a beachside surf lesson with Locals Surf School. Read more.

Apothèke is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

8. Apothèke

8.5
9 Doyers St (btwn Pell St & Bowery), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Chinatown · 434 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: For when you just can't have another cranberry vodka. Let the expert mixologists at Apothéke Academy teach you a few of the classics, like the Sazerac, French 75 and old-fashioned. Read more.

Pier 25 Mini Golf is one of 9 Places to Celebrate Your Birthday in NYC.

9. Pier 25 Mini Golf

8.4
225 West St (at N Moore St), New York, NY
Mini Golf Course · Tribeca · 35 tips and reviews

PureWowPureWow: The only thing better than watching the sun set over the Hudson? Watching the sun set over the Hudson while playing 18 holes at Pier 25…then going next door for oysters at Grand Banks. Read more.