Sometimes you just want a big, beefy burger with a pile of greasy salty fries, and you want it on a paper plate, and you want it served with a beer. You got it. West Village mainstay Corner Bistro has been serving up burgers and beer long before Marc Jacobs graced Bleecker Street. Here, the menu is simple: several kinds of beer, the requisite stocked liquor shelves for mixed drinks, burgers, and for the token vegetarian, grilled cheese. The burgers are thick and meaty, cooked to perfection and served on a bun that will soon meld to become one with its greasy midsection. The fries are thin, hot and crispy. And the lone meat-free item? A star grilled cheese in a meat-eater's world.

(W 4th St at Horatio. Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F to West 4th St).