“We had a night off before we were doing ‘Colbert,’ and I was a little burned out and not ready to go to a party or see anybody. “I was back in New York a lot this month because we played the Garden, and would come back between East Coast dates,” he says, referring to a tour that’s booked into arenas through October 2020. Koenig doesn’t have favorite haunts anymore, he comes to realize out loud, so much as favorite walks. The 35-year-old singer-songwriter visits Manhattan on a regular basis, but he’s sometimes disappointed to learn that a favorite former hang, like his beloved Temple Bar on Lafayette, has closed down while he was away. lately, since he shares a home there with Rashida Jones, with whom he has a 1-year-old son. He may be the leader of arguably the most celebrated New York band of the decade, but the creator of the recent “Father of the Bride” album has spent more of his time in L.A.

When you ask Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig for a short list of favorite haunts in his native New York City, he’s at a loss for a few moments.

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