New NYC Bar Alert! Located at 22 West 46th Street, St. Patrick’s Pub opened for business in mid-September. After we have a chance to visit St. Patrick’s Pub, we will provide a brief review.
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Is it a bar or a restaurant?
It’s a question we often ask ourselves and a recent New York Times article caught our attention: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/dining/a-blurry-line-between-bar-and-restaurant.html?_r=0
The article discusses how a few recently opened NYC establishments are either restaurants with a great drink menu or bars with quality food. Some of these new establishments have been opened by successful chefs in what is their first attempt at a bar. The article got us to thinking about how sometimes, when researching for new NYC pub crawl routes, it’s difficult to judge when a potential establishment is a restaurant or bar. Most of the time, it’s obvious whether an establishment is a bar or a restaurant. Though 10-15% of the time, the place could go both ways. We could write about this topic for a long time, but we like to keep things brief. Ultimately, whether or not the borderline spot is a restaurant or a bar comes down to the patrons’ primary activity. If they’re mostly eating, then the spot is a restaurant. If the patrons are mostly drinking, then it’s a bar. It’s important, as we like to say, to “see the place in action.” What are your thoughts on this topic? Please leave us a comment!
NYC Oktoberfest pub crawl on Saturday, September 19
Here’s a NYC bar crawl with an Octoberfest theme for Saturday, September 19. Ulyssses is sponsoring their annual Octoberfest on Stone Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. It’s an opportunity to do some bar hopping along Stone Street and visit Ulysses and other spots, such as Vintry, The Growler and Adrienne’s. Details in the announcement below (courtesy of Ulysses’ website):
Happy Half-way to St. Patrick’s Day!
Just six months to go until one of the best NYC bar crawl days of the year!
Two bars in Manhattan's Chelsea on our radar
A couple of spots we look forward to visiting. The first, World of Beer (a national chain, we gather), just opened a location in Chelsea at 316 8th Avenue. As craftbeer fans at Pub Crawl NYC, we look forward to stopping in at World of Beer on our next NYC pub crawl through that section of town. A few blocks north, another beer bar / gastropub, Haymaker, located at 262 West 29th Street, is expected to open for business in the coming days (or weeks). Soon after our visits to both spots, we’ll post our brief thoughts on the two establishments.
September 9th marks the 165th anniversary of California statehood
Our NYC Bar of the Day: Pacific Standard, located at 82 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.
Our thoughts on Labor Day, 2015
Because it marks the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day always brings a touch of sadness to us at Pub Crawl NYC. Summer in NYC offers many opportunities of beautiful weather for NYC bar crawls. September is still a good weather month in NYC and, if lucky, October can be as well. But, those two months just aren’t quite the same as June, July and August. Either way, we look forward to many more NYC pub crawls in the months ahead. Happy Autumn!
A review of Stout NYC near Grand Central Terminal, part 2
See below for part 1 of our review of Stout NYC near Grand Central Terminal. Twenty-four mostly-quality tap beers are a big draw here. The food menu includes bar appetizers, different types of burgers and other non-burger sandwiches. This location of Stout NYC is open daily starting at lunchtime and closes for business around 2am at the earliest. The staff is friendly and the food is tasty; we look forward to our next visit to this location of Stout NYC.
A review of Stout NYC near Grand Central Terminal, part 1
Located at 60 East 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan, Stout NYC expands its empire with this third location, adding to its already successful Penn Station and Financial District spots. This bi-level space is similar to the other two locations, as a combination Irish /craft-beer / sports bar with decent eats. Its location just south of Grand Central Terminal should bring in numerous office workers / commuters, as there are not many bar options in the few blocks immediately south of GCT. Check back later this week for Part 2 of our visit to Stout NYC.
A review of McGettigan’s Irish pub in Midtown Manhattan, part 2
Click here for part 1 of our review of McGettigan’s. The pub’s layout includes the following: A crescent moon-shaped bar greets patrons on the left just past the entrance. High-top tables opposite the bar and seating in back and on the second level. There’s also a small second level just above the entrance that offers window seating, along with a few tables for outdoor seating. There’s also some seating on a mid level area directly behind the bar.
We look forward to our next visit to McGettigan’s. If you work nearby, make McGettigan’s your new after-work go to spot.
