'Coming back to life': The bar scene returns in full force as people reemerge, ditch COVID-19 precautions

New York City's Lower East Side was electric on a Saturday night in June as lines snaked around blocks characterized by the scent of cheap beer, mingled with sweat, perfume, the occasional cigarette and the faint aroma of puke.

Impromptu fireworks went off in the distance as patrons waited to enter dimly lit bars pulsing with the beat of popular music.