The Wheeltapper Pub April 24, 2022The Wheeltapper must have been concepted in that era in the 90s when the theory was that the...
The Press Box Restaurant & Pub August 3, 2021[CLOSED] I’m not certain it’s a fair assessment, but it’s a realistic one: The Press Box has at...
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, 2021[CLOSED] So, I’m starting off on a weird foot here. Apparently there are up to three of these...
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, 2015[CLOSED at this location] I was last at a J.G. Melon — obviously the original Upper East Side...
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, 2011[CLOSED] I should have known going here after a Michael Jackson event was a bad idea. From a...
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, 2011[CLOSED] So I was drunkenly wandering in the West Village with a group of friends who decided they...
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...