The Wheeltapper Pub April 24, 2022The Wheeltapper must have been concepted in that era in the 90s when the theory was that the...
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...
Copper Johns Pub and Kitchen May 28, 2020[CLOSED] Ah, the ubiquitous Irish pub / sports bar in Midtown Manhattan. Places that serve domestic beer, Guinness...
McGee’s Pub March 27, 2020I’ve never seen How I Met Your Mother. But, after visiting this bar — which they claim was...
The Malt House – Greenwich Village January 24, 2019Somewhat of a cross between an ancient Irish pub and something you might find in The Shire, The...
The Stag’s Head May 8, 2018I’m generally a fan of bar-like bars. I mean, I love a dive more than anything, but a...
Draught 55 September 14, 2016I’ll give you two guesses what street this joint sits on. Ok, I’ll give you no guesses (and...
Wilfie & Nell November 10, 2014A bar built for a Hobbit. Like as in the Shire. That’s the first thing that came to...
Shoolbred’s April 28, 2013[CLOSED] I kept thinking this joint was called “Schoolbreds.” Which made me think of those Little School Boy...
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...
Mr. Dennehy’s January 26, 2011[CLOSED] So I was drunkenly wandering in the West Village with a group of friends who decided they...
The Sixth Ward November 23, 2010[CLOSED] This, it turned out, was one of those time-killing situations that present themselves when the second of...
Peter McManus Cafe March 7, 2007This joint is as out of place in Chelsea as a piano bar in Bayonne. Old drunks litter...
Brass Monkey March 7, 2007Winding my way through the Meatpacking District and practically out onto the West Side Highway, I thought maybe...
Slainte November 18, 2006I imagine that it’s the exact language that this place trades on that ruins its chances to be...
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...