text: 'GRAND' DAMES
  What do the Bar Belles like more than a night of drinking?
  A night of drinking to tunes of our own choosing.
  Last Monday, we treated tipplers at the Soho Grand Hotel's sultry Grand Bar to the Belles' signature Wall of Sound, meaning a mix ranging from the Cars to the Pixies to Guns N' Roses to AC/DC. 'Twas a hoot – just ask the friendly hecklers (a.k.a. our co-workers) who turned up to sip $8 Coronas (!) and listen.
  We'd like to boast that our turn behind the tables went down so well that it'll be a regular gig. Alas, it's not to be: This Monday – and many Mondays thereafter – a different media duo will be assaulting innocent eardrums at the Grand Bar.
  We can't promise the next act will be savvy enough to wrap their set with "Freebird," but we can assure musically inclined drinkers that the place has a great sound system and amazingly roomy couches, and it draws a crowd that's quite handsome – at least it was when our friends were there.
  Grand Bar & Lounge, at the Soho Grand Hotel, 310 W. Broadway, bet. Grand & Canal Streets; (212) 965-3000.