Playwright Celtic Pub March 7, 2007It’s always interesting when a bar owner feels the need to take what is essentially a generic, personalityless...
Peter McManus Cafe March 7, 2007This joint is as out of place in Chelsea as a piano bar in Bayonne. Old drunks litter...
Tír na nÓg – Penn Station March 7, 2007[CLOSED at this location] We could have all sorts of fun with this name (especially with a word...
Slainte November 18, 2006I imagine that it’s the exact language that this place trades on that ruins its chances to be...
Shades of Green November 15, 2006More like shades of beige. After trying to bring our group of five or so to Revival next...
Lunasa September 7, 2006[CLOSED] So utterly unremarkable I’ve already forgotten what the hell is going on. No, seriously. I’ve gotten through...
Garvey’s September 7, 2006[CLOSED] Steve Garvey was my favorite baseball player growing up. His Ken Doll good looks (which I learned...
Iggy’s Keltic Lounge May 15, 2006The fact that this place is in any way related to the ”ugliest place on earth” is both...
Dublin 6 September 26, 2005[CLOSED] So, I’ve actually been to Dublin, and let me tell you: this place ain’t no Dublin. Dublin...
The Irish Rogue September 26, 2005[CLOSED] I’m always a little skeptical of Irish pubs that feel the need to actually put the word...
The Irish Pub April 9, 2005Well, it is Irish. We know this because we heard at least two U2 songs as we drank...
Manchester Pub August 6, 2004[CLOSED] We here at The Survey don’t know much about British football culture. We’ve seen it firsthand in...
Puck Fair June 10, 2004[CLOSED] Let’s start off by saying that Puck Fair is not for the faint of heart. It’s not...
Burke’s Restaurant & Bar June 10, 2004[CLOSED] Uh, I’ve come to understand that this place closed like a week after it opened. Shame, as...
Hunters February 5, 2004[CLOSED] We can only assume this joint is supposed to resemble a hunting lodge or something, but instead...
George Keeley February 5, 2004This place somehow reminds me of the lobby of the giant, 1980’s UES apartment building I used to...
Swift Hibernian Lounge February 5, 2004I’m woefully deficient in my knowledge of seventeenth century Irish authors. I think Jonathan Swift wrote some television...
McCormack’s August 6, 2003[CLOSED] It’s so nice that the old, neighborhood alcoholics have somewhere to go. Shunned by the yuppies and...