Walker's

Walker's was transformed from a dank trucker bar into a low-key neighborhood family bar and restaurant in the late 1980s and, despite the Tribeca real estate explosion and 9/11, is still standing strong. The atmosphere is unpretentious and inviting, with unfinished floors, a wooden bar and a tin ceiling. The two back dining rooms are chill, with paper-covered tables and crayons, while the front bar area buzzes with jazz, after-work regulars and a variety of draft beer on tap like Guinness and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The pub grub is better than average, particularly a bowl of cowboy chili, a 12-oz. Angus shell steak and the beefy burgers. The crowd consists of local resident regulars, after-work finance fellows and a nightly parade of people who've heard whispers that this might be the best-kept secret in Tribeca.