The Skinny Bar & Lounge has been part of the community for 18 years, embracing the funky, artsy and eccentric patrons that have visited over the decades with ever-changing interiors to match.

Skinny’s Bar & Grille has been a fixture on East 222nd Street for more than three decades, and I remember a few years back, it wound up with a high ranking in a similar online poll. I visited ...