Louisiana joined the Union on April 30, 1812.  For a Louisiana-focused NYC bar crawl, we suggest including Ninth Ward at 180 Second Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village, Delta Grill at 700 Ninth Avenue and Bourbon Street Bar & Grill at 346 W. 46^th Street; both in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.

We came across a NY Post article on a British pub crawl: http://nypost.com/2015/03/26/an-idiot-proof-guide-to-an-epic-british-pub-crawl/

Our thoughts:

While we have not had the pleasure to visit Yorkshire in England, this article makes us put Yorkshire a bit higher on our to-visit list of places.  A pub crawl in England sounds like a lot of fun!  There’s nothing quite like an English pub in NYC.  Probably the closest NYC bar to an English pub that we know is Pound & Pence, located at 55 Liberty Street in Manhattan’s Financial District.

We came across a buzzfeed article recently: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/bars-in-america-you-should-drink-at-before-you-die#.yjQGkZ0NWB

Our thoughts:

Two NYC bars are mentioned in this article, East Village’s Please Don’t Tell and Prospect Heights’ The Way Station.  We agree that Please Don’t Tell is definitely a spot to visit at least once.  While we enjoyed our visit to The Way Station, the place did not strike as a must-visit spot.  Definitely include The Way Station on any Prospect Heights NYC bar crawl, but we don’t think it’s worth going out of your way for (unless you’re a Doctor Who fan!).

For a Scottish NYC bar crawl, we recommend the following Manhattan pubs: Caledonia, at 1609 Second Avenue; St. Andrew’s, at 140 W. 46th Street; Shoolbred’s, at 197 Second Avenue.  In Brooklyn, visit Isle of Skye at 488 Driggs Ave and Duke of Montrose at 47 5^th Ave.

On this first day of Spring, our NYC Bar of the Day: Spring Lounge, located at 48 Spring Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy.

It is here once again, our favorite month of the year!  There will be numerous Irish NYC pub crawls around the city.  We’ll provide info on some.  If you would prefer to create your own pub crawl, we can help, free of charge!  We just ask that you visit and “like” our facebook fanpage first, www.facebook.com/pubcrawlnyc and follow us on twitter (@nycpubcrawl). We’ve been to the overwhelming majority of bars across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. And we’re happy to share our wealth of knowledge.  Drop us a note on FB.

As we near the end of NYC Craft beer week, we want to share this Gothamist article: http://gothamist.com/2015/02/24/nyc_brewery_guide.php.  It’s an informative summary of the new breweries that have opened in the last one or two years in the five boros of NYC.  Now that gives us a good idea for a NYC bar crawl…

We recently came across an informative article discussing beer and beer ingredients at the following URL:  http://earthweareone.com/8-beers-that-you-should-stop-drinking-immediately/

Our Thoughts:

Regular readers to this space know that we at Pub Crawl NYC are craft-beer fans.  So, we rarely find ourselves drinking any of the eight beers mentioned in the article (with the exception of an occasional Guinness).  Most of these mass-produced beers will contain adjuncts, such as rice or corn (which are cheaper ingredients than barley malt).  Better to stick with beers made at smaller (and preferably local) breweries.

Our NYC Bar of the Day: Bourbon Street Bar & Grill, located at 346 W. 46th Street in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.