Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2007.

1 Orchard

...closed. Orchard, lower east side bar where I learned to mix in front of an audience on Sunday nights is closed. May you forever remain in my memory, smoke laden and perpetually 4 am.

I met many fine folks here like my friend Aro the barback with SIN tattooed on his throat, and learning beats from Josh, the original Yak Pak designer (whose owners held a share of the bar) and DJ Spooky, who had a weekly there in its early days.