Bar of the Week: The Anchor

If you’ve been a fixture on the New York nightlife scene since your teens and you’re starting to feel like you want a mellower vibe than those fully fabulous Bungalows and Marquees, you might just have to open up your own place. That’s what the three friends (and now business partners) Amanda Silverman, Chrissie Miller and James Cruickshank have done with The Anchor. Silverman, one of the most powerful celebrity publicists in town, says with a laugh, “We’re getting old, and we wanted our own place to get drunk at.” The Anchor has the cozy and relaxed vibe of your friend’s basement, and is the kind of place where you never know what you’ll stumble onto. One night it’s a bunch of cute JAPs chilling; the next, a birthday party hosted by supermodel Jessica Stam, featuring an alarmingly well-endowed male stripper. Or it might be all boldfaced Hollywood names like Bosworth, Olsen and Dunst or the street-cred crowd with Eve, Drea de Matteo and Damon Dash. It’s equal parts hipster, hip-hop and high-end all brought together for cheap drinks in a regular hangout. 310 Spring St., anchornewyork@gmail.com. Mickey Boardman