Saturday, October 2nd, 2010—Bar 265
Day 265—Friday, October 1st, 2010
The Flying Puck
Okay, sometimes work kicks my ass and tonight is one of those nights. As I’ve said before, I’m not going to blog about my night job, who wants to get dooced in this economy, but let’s just say tonight sucked monkey lungs on moldy whole wheat toast. It’s going on two in the morning and I’m just getting out of here. Tonight’s the 265th night and I had a special bar all picked out, but sometimes I’ve got to improvise on this crawl and tonight is one of those nights. I’m beat and I’ve only got a couple hours till the bars close, so I’m going to a hockey-themed bar that’s about a block from where I work. We’ll be there before...
You know it. See, here we are at the Flying Puck. Let's go inside and get a well-deserved drink.
Great, it's not too packed in here and plenty of seats at the bar. Only the serious drinkers are out at this hour.
And Paul, the friendly bartender serves up the first beer of the evening. And after learning this was the 265th night on the crawl, he told me it was on the house. Thanks, Paul!
Which can only lead to the age-old traditional "Wearin' of the Guinness."
There's a decent selection of drafts at the Flying Puck.
Hocky art and photos dominate the dark, wooden walls.
And the skylights are also devoted to hockey imagery.
And of course all the latest hockey is on the multiple TV's in the bars.
Wooden tables line the wall opposite the bar.
Australia is a recurring theme here on the bar crawl and who do I meet on this night out? More Australians! Shane and Lorraine were in town from Adelaide, Australia and wished me well on the bar crawl.
And of course Shane was watching the AFL game on the TV.
The center of the bar all wooden and mirrory.
A close-up of some of the lit-up spirits on display.
Seated next to me at the bar was Paul's roommate, Julie.
And speaking of Paul, here he is with co-worker, Rachel. And Shane jumps into the photo at the last minute.
A shot down the long, red bar.
Here's Mindee and Chris who were in from Cortland, New York. Mindee told me that Cortland has some great bars, so if I can figure out how to get there, maybe I'll make it a stop on the crawl.
Rachel's invented her own shot at the bar called, The Blue Ray.
The parting shot. Goodnight, everybody!
Review
If you’re a New York Rangers fan, The Flying Puck is a handy pit stop before you go to the game at the Garden. It’s located about a block away and it’s the new kid on the block, having just opened up its doors about a year ago. The bar is clean, red and lengthy and hockey art dominates the dark wooden walls and there’s stained glass hockey skylights overhead. Overead the lit up bar are plasma TV’s with sporting games and of course the latest hockey matches. The bartenders and staff are friendly and the crowd is a pretty equal mix of locals and tourists.
There’s a full bar and a good selection of bottled and draft beers. There’s also food at the Flying PUck with the usual burgers and sandwiches, but there’s also specialty items on the menu including Irish Nachos and Margherita Pizza.
And make sure to try one of Rachel’s patented Blue Ray shots, but watch out, those things are stronger than they appear! Cheers!
The Flying Puck
364 Seventh Ave. (near 30th St.)
212-736-5353
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Bonus Photos
Australian 365 commentator Tim Clack just got a new gig at a new bar and restaurant way down under in the Land of Oz and he was kind enough to take some photos and take us on an extra bar crawl. Tim snapped a lot of photos, so I thought I’d run it in two parts over the weekend. Here’s part one, Take it away, Tim!
Welcomte to Toronto Bay Bistro @ Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto (Australia, Not Canada!). Some other ways to pronounce Toronto are "Tronn," "Ronno." "Ron" or my personal fave "The Toe."
Whaddaya havin'?
Decisions, decisions. Great selection of tap beers but I don't recommend the Fat Yak.
Obligatory Baroom mirror shot.
Night time view from the balcony.
Nice work, Tim! Stay tuned for part II, tomorrow!
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Just 100 to finish this amazing journey. I'm growing sad, because I wish 1000 more! Marty, you began the bar crawl in NY, after ending this, do you could do a world bar crawl? Do you wanna this? I think all of us will stay very happy!
To 100 more!!!
@Luc Ramone: Thanks! But I think when this is over, I'm hanging up my bar-crawling shoes. I will write a book about the whole experience and keep this blog going by writing about that and other experiences.
To 100 more!
Thanks for the shout out Marty. Feel bad I haven't been able to get on here on a daily basis lately, feel out of the loop and I miss it :)
@kari: Welcome back! I wondered where you were!