Saturday, July 3rd, 2010—Bar 174
Day 174—Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Irish Times
Okay, it’s Friday night and as usual I’m really tired and feel pretty burned out. And, yes, I would like some ice with my whine. Anyway, as I’ve constantly moaned about since I started this 365 Bar Crawl, Fridays are impossible to do my usual thing where I go around and talk to people. The bar is crowded, most people are out in groups, so it’s tough to approach them and the biggest thing is by this time of the week I’m really fucking sick of talking to people! I just want to make like Marcel Marceau, drink my three drinks, take some photos and get the hell out of Dodge. Last week I used quotes from Frank Booth, Dennis Hopper’s great, creepy character in the movie “Blue Velvet” for photo captions and I was going to start using different movies every Friday. The only problem was I couldn’t find another character that worked as good as Frank did. And then I realized, what the fuck, just because I don’t talk to people doesn’t mean I can’t write captions. So the captions are back on Friday’s posts, I just won’t know anyone’s names. And they won’t know mine, sometimes that’s a good thing. Oh and we’re going to Irish Times because it’s about a four minute walk from where I work. Set your stopwatches, you’ll see.
See? Here we are. Okay, let's go in and get this over with...err...have a good time.
Hey, look at this! It's not very crowded at all in here! Plenty of seats at the bar.
And Rijo serves me up an ice cold beer before I even sit down. Looks like I can do this Friday in true Bar Crawl fashion. Hooray for me!
I joined a friendly group of people for a drink who were sitting nearby. From left: Steve, Lauren, me and Amanda.
The TV's and lit up booze bottles make for a nice bar setting.
Large, comfortable wooden booths line the walls opposite the bar.
The long and winding bar.
Some of the beers on draft.
The dining area in the front...
And in the back, plenty of seats in here.
And there's an upstairs.
Let's check it out.
A spacious area with a great view.
A bird's-eye-view of the bar, part one...
And part two.
And something I haven't done for awhile, the obligatory bathroom mirror shot. Goodnight, everybody!
Review
Okay, this is a good bar in a bit of a no-man’s land in Manhattan. If you’re going to an event at Madison Square Garden or want a quick drink or three before taking your train back to Jersey, you can’t get much closer than this. There’s always a good chance at getting a seat at the long and winding high polished wooden bar. There’s tables in the front and back for dining and drinking and a spacious seating area upstairs. Sports programs are projected from all of the 15 screens scattered throughout the bar.
There’s a decent selection of bottled beer and a very large selection of brews on tap including: Guinness, Steinlager, Palm Amber Ale and Boston Lager. Irish Times has a large selection of food including such Irish staples as: Irish Beef Stew, Shepherd's Pie, Fish And Chips and an Irish Breakfast that has grilled Irish bacon, sausage, pudding, tomato, eggs and served with french fries. They also have three varieties of burgers and a large selection of sandwiches and salads. There’s nightly drink specials and Happy Hour runs Monday through Friday offering six dollar martinis and cosmos, four buck beers and five dollar well drinks and shots.
Stop by on a Friday night, there’s plenty of seats. For now.
Irish Times
254 West 31st St. (Near 8th Ave.)
212-216-9355
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Reader Comments (28)
I love lit up liquor bottles but hate The Shining. What to do...what to do?
@anchorman: No sir, I did not know that, it is good to know this fact.
@Biff: Here's Johnny!
all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY!
i LOVE that movie!
What a neat bar!! I like it quite well.
@Jason : Is this why I found as much oil bottle in your appartment!!!! O_0 LOL :D