Our first review of 2014 goes to Maggie Reilly’s located in northern Chelsea at 340 9^th Avenue (near 30^th Street), located in the former Blarney Stone location.  Alas, with this particular Blarney Stone passing on, the Manhattan True-Dive NYC bar crawl continues to shrink.  Anyway, Maggie’s is a decent place for affordable drinks and decent pub grub.  The layout is practically identical to Blarney Stone’s layout, except the pool table in the back has been replaced by a dining area.  Maggie’s offers ten draft beers with some good local representation.  A solid spot for any West Side pub crawl in NYC, Maggie’s is also a good place to stop in at and get out of the cold January weather!

Several weeks ago, we shared a photo of a cheeseplate from Brooklyn’s Olympia Wine Bar.  The photo below is from the recently-opened Vitis La Vineria, located at 284 Third Avenue in Manhattan’s Gramery nabe.  Vitis is a great addition to any East Side NYC wine bar crawl.