West Fourth/Jane

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With a 100+ beer list that features highbrow artisanal brews like Delerium Tremens, Unibroue and Hitachino alongside low-rent brews like Schlitz, Miller High Life and 40-ouncers of Olde English, two former New Yorkers are bringing the uptown/downtown aesthetic to West Fourth and Jane.Founders Steven Lieberman, who worked the bar at Hennessey's Tavern, the Penthouse at the Huntley Hotel and Ford's Filling Station, and Keith O'Brien, who has worked as a financial analyst and a bartender, have curated the menu's self-conscious schizophrenia. If you don't feel like a market-fresh organic salad or beer-steamed mussels, how about tater tots, a street dog with "all the NY fixings" or the All-or-One Hangover Sandwich, a hot mess of peppered turkey, salami, warm coppacolla and a fried egg? And not to bury the lead, but West 4th/Jane offers bacon-crusted French toast. It's made from ovals of French bread dipped in an egg batter, dredged in bacon and served with maple syrup. The only question is: Do you order that before, during or after your hangover?