The Perfect Pint – East May 24, 2021If someone asked you to point to a quintessential Midtown Irish bar in NYC, The Perfect Pint would...
Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant – 5th Ave. February 12, 2021So, I’m starting off on a weird foot here. Apparently there are up to three of these Connolley’s...
The Stagecoach Tavern January 9, 2021Once there was a place called Stage Deli. It was famous for its insanely huge pastrami sandwiches and...
McCoy’s Pub September 23, 2020I suppose there’s such a thing as a neighborhood bar in midtown. And god love you if you...
McGee’s Pub March 27, 2020I’ve never seen How I Met Your Mother. But, after visiting this bar — which they claim was...
J.G. Melon – Greenwich Village August 5, 2015I was last at a J.G. Melon — obviously the original Upper East Side location — back when...
Wilfie & Nell November 10, 2014A bar built for a Hobbit. Like as in the Shire. That’s the first thing that came to...
Iona November 4, 2014My grandfather (b. 1910), who lived a good chunk of his adolescent and adult life in Williamsburg, would...
Shoolbred’s April 28, 2013[CLOSED] I kept thinking this joint was called “Schoolbreds.” Which made me think of those Little School Boy...
The Four-Faced Liar December 15, 2012Odd to think the last time I was in this joint was when it was called The Flying...
P.J. Carney’s September 14, 2012Apparently this joint has been around for a really long time. Its Home Depot, rote Irish pub decor...
Emmett O’Lunney’s Irish Pub October 24, 2011I should have known going here after a Michael Jackson event was a bad idea. From a bizarre...
Bull McCabe’s March 29, 2011I’ve categorized this as an Irish Pub merely because the words “Irish Pub” are right there on the...
Mr. Dennehy’s January 26, 2011So I was drunkenly wandering in the West Village with a group of friends who decided they wanted...
Robert Emmett’s July 12, 2008[CLOSED] I’m sure I’m supposed to know who Robert Emmett is. Is he another drunk poet? One of...
Dempsey’s Pub April 4, 2007[CLOSED] We thought we were being bright when we stopped by Dempsey’s for some pub grub before heading...
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...
