What's your favorite bar?

[SinA]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm a big fan of Murphy's in DC.&nbsp; I know the one in Alexandria is more popular,&nbsp;which is probably why I prefer the one in DC.&nbsp; The food is&nbsp;good, the music is good, and it seems like every third beer gets poured for free.</p><p>Madam's Organ is my #2.&nbsp; If you've ever been, you probably know why.</p>

[foodcourtdruide]

I love Dewey's FlatIron in midtown.

[A.J.]

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[cupcakelove]

As soon as I saw this thread title I thought of Murphy's in Old Town.&nbsp; I love that bar, and its only 5 minutes from my house.&nbsp; Second would have to be my happy hour spot, Champion Billiards in Shirlington.&nbsp; From the outside, it looks there's a good chance you'll get shot when you get inside, but inside its actually a pretty laid back pool hall.<br />

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>Although it's more of a restaurant than an actual bar, I enjoy Brother Jimmy's Bait Shack.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rodeo Bar is also fun.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> </p><p> </p>

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[cupcakelove]

<strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><p>I'm
a big fan of Murphy's in DC. I know the one in Alexandria is more
popular, which is probably why I prefer the one in DC. The food is
good, the music is good, and it seems like every third beer gets poured
for free.</p><p>Madam's Organ is my #2. If you've ever been, you probably know why.</p><p>Madam's Organ is a great bar, but its too much of a pain in the ass to get a DC cab driver to take me back to Alexandria.<br /></p>

[UnknownPD]

<font size="2">Cronin and Phelan's Astoria</font>

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[QueensideDave]

House of Brews in NYC

[WhistlePig]

Mine was the Brown Pelican here in Frederick until the owner didn't pay his
taxes and it closed down last November. It was the last cool "old people's bar" --
small, underground, lots of alcoholic regulars. All the other bars in town are full
of young kids who don't know how to drink and are always puking in the
bathrooms. Cross-eyed chicks with back tattoos and thongs stumbling by with
that sweaty, too-many-shots smell about them.

It actually turned out to be good timing because right after our bar closed I got
pregnant so I can't drink anymore anyway and don't feel like I'm missing
anything. Maybe it was meant to be.

[terry1979]

Jake's Dilemna.&nbsp; UWS

[EliSnow]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Although it's more of a restaurant than an actual bar, I enjoy Brother Jimmy's Bait Shack.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rodeo Bar is also fun.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Tenbatsuzen on 8-4-06 @ 10:38 AM</span> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I used to go to Rodeo Bar all the time 10 years ago when I lived on 29th and 3rd.&nbsp; My favorite bar at that time was Rocky Sullivan's, an Irish bar partially owned by cops and every wednesday they had a reading by an irish-american author, and tuesday nights was Pat McGuire night.&nbsp; Every 4th drink was free, and I always got wasted there.</font></p>

[TooCute]

I like Tuesday trivia night at Rocky Sullivan's with Liam - he also does trivia
Wednesday nights at uhmm the place on the corner of 62nd and 1st or
thereabouts - the name slips my mind at the moment. I'm a big fan of
pubquiz nights. The Baggot Inn (which the cash cab guy mentioned as the
place where he got beat up in the bathroom when he was on last week) also
has a good trivia night.

My favorite bar is probably Bacchus in New Paltz. With an <a href="http://
www.bacchusnewpaltz.com/beers.php?sel=Beers">excellent beer selection
</a> (and if they don't have it, they'll get it for you), live music, and
excellent fish and chips (I get sweet potato fries!) it is a great place to go
after a long day of climbing. Actually, I think I'll go eat there tonight! I
haven't been there in like a month!

[jimmyNYC]

Red Rock on 17th &amp; 10th ........... 2nd best Red rock on 92nd &amp; 2nd ...... i sense a pattern<br />

[TooCute]

Def my favorite place in the city.

[A.J.]

<strong>WhistlePig</strong> wrote:<br />Mine <em>was</em> the Brown Pelican here in Frederick until the owner didn't pay his taxes and it closed down last November. It was the last cool <strong>&quot;old people's bar&quot; -- small, underground, lots of alcoholic regulars.</strong> All the other bars in town are full of young kids who don't know how to drink and are always puking in the bathrooms. Cross-eyed chicks with back tattoos and thongs stumbling by with that sweaty, too-many-shots smell about them. <p>That's the kind of place I like too Whistlepig.&nbsp; I want a place where can sit without people bumping into me, spilling drinks on me and where I can watch my Sox games on satellite in peace with the company of my fellow barflies.&nbsp; The other advantage is places like that have bathrooms that don't look like a crime scene.&nbsp; The amateur drinkers you described get real old real fast.</p>

[kevcala]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong />My favorite bar is probably Bacchus in New Paltz.&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Crazy. . . I was going to say Oasis in New Paltz, but then I thought, who the hell would know Oasis.</p><p>I actually just ate at Bacchus last night.&nbsp; No drinking, but I'll make up for that tonight.<br /></p>

[Jennitalia]

<strong>terry1979</strong> wrote:<br />Jake's Dilemna.&nbsp; UWS <p>I go there with some friends for happy hour.&nbsp; and, i like going to the beanpost and the wicked monk, which are each a block or so from my place.&nbsp; it really rocks not having to worry about driving to and from a bar nowadays</p>

[mexicandospirit]

<p>mine is a cowboy lesbian bar called the tipsy bull&nbsp;in lancaster, ca it's a shithole but the lesbo chicks are cool to drink with</p>

[SinA]

<strong>WhistlePig</strong> wrote:<br />Mine <em>was</em> the Brown Pelican here in Frederick until the owner didn't pay his taxes and it closed down last November. It was the last cool &quot;old people's bar&quot; -- small, underground, lots of alcoholic regulars. All the other bars in town are full of young kids who don't know how to drink and are always puking in the bathrooms. Cross-eyed chicks with back tattoos and thongs stumbling by with that sweaty, too-many-shots smell about them. It actually turned out to be good timing because right after our bar closed I got pregnant so I can't drink anymore anyway and don't feel like I'm missing anything. Maybe it was meant to be. <p>Is the Raw Bar still around?</p>

[EliSnow]

<strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br />I like Tuesday trivia night at Rocky Sullivan's with Liam - he also does trivia Wednesday nights at uhmm the place on the corner of 62nd and 1st or thereabouts - the name slips my mind at the moment. I'm a big fan of pubquiz nights. The Baggot Inn (which the cash cab guy mentioned as the place where he got beat up in the bathroom when he was on last week) also has a good trivia night. My favorite bar is probably Bacchus in New Paltz. With an <a href="http://www.bacchusnewpaltz.com/beers.php?sel=Beers">excellent beer selection </a>(and if they don't have it, they'll get it for you), live music, and excellent fish and chips (I get sweet potato fries!) it is a great place to go after a long day of climbing. Actually, I think I'll go eat there tonight! I haven't been there in like a month! <font size="3">I thought Liam was doing trivia at a place on 2nd Avenue between 87 and 88th.&nbsp; Of course that was two years ago, when I lived up there and George and Liam owned the bar up there.&nbsp; I don't know if they still own a place there or not.</font>

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[TooCute]

I haven't gone in a couple of months, but last time I was doing trivia
regularly, he was doing Wednesday/Thursday at Baker Street/Rocky
Sullivans... he's quite a clever fellow, really but damn the music rounds
always kill me.

Shit. I'd better get going if I'm going to get to New Paltz today!

[EliSnow]

<strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br />I haven't gone in a couple of months, but last time I was doing trivia regularly, he was doing Wednesday/Thursday at Baker Street/Rocky Sullivans... he's quite a clever fellow, really but damn the music rounds always kill me. Shit. I'd better get going if I'm going to get to New Paltz today! <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Now that I think about it, George is the one doing trivia on Wednesday nights at the bar on 2nd and 88th.&nbsp; </font></p>

[suggums]

that little irish pub the brogue in great falls<br />

[SatCam]

What's your favorite bar?

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[docgoblin]

<p>http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4132/snickersxb9.gif</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>but seriously...</p><p>I haven't gone to bars that much over the last 15 years or so, but my all-time favorite was a little bar called the Pastime Pub here in Amityville NY. During the 70's I saw some great bands there for about $6.00. We saw The Ramones, The Good Rats, The Freelance Vandals, Blue Oyster Cult, Twisted Sister, Zebra and many others. The place was so small you could be at the back of the room and still be within an arms length of the performers and it was packed every night there was a show. It closed down about 20 years ago and has changed several times to a different type of club, but none of them last for more than a couple of years.&nbsp;</p>

[SatCam]

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[WhistlePig]

[/quote]<p>Is the Raw Bar still around?</p>[/quote]<p></p>

It's still called that but it has new owners and has turned into a teen hangout too.
They play rap music and have crummy bands now. I loved the old Raw Bar that
had blues bands and buckets of rolling rocks. Frederick bars suck anymore.

[kevcala]

<p>In Manhattan, I'm a big fan of 2x4 on 2nd and 4th.</p><p>Keep in mind I'm a yokel from the Hudson Valley.&nbsp;</p>

[Gmann]

<p>Red Rock West on 17th and 10ave. That place is home. St Marks Ale house on St Marks Place and 3rd Ave is my #2 and if Im feeling extra white trashy Doc Hollidays is my #3. If Duffs in Williamsburg ever gets their AC working properly (especially after this week) it will break into the top 3.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>years ago it was Madison's in Hoboken on Washington and 16th(i think 16th)...&nbsp; they had a great raw bar and you'd get a dozen clams for 3 bucks.&nbsp;You'd drink 2 or 3 Wiess beers and get 2 dozen clams and life was very good.&nbsp; they had this old time fantastic cieling in there and a great atmosphere</p>

[Keotok]

In Frederick, there's a great little place called Acacia.&nbsp; It's
quiet and small.&nbsp; More for us older types, but it is right across
the street from the brewery, so you can watch all the drunks try to
walk down the sidewalk!&nbsp; We watched this one guy trip over the
stoop and hit the ground so hard you could feel it.&nbsp; He was
gushing blood from head and hands, and he got up and looked around like
it happened to someone else.&nbsp; Great!<br />

[pete_in_NJ]

<p>What is my favorite bar?...............any bar where the bar maid can open a bottle of beer with ther teeth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p align="center"><img width="600" height="831" border="0" src="http://www.funfry.com/data/507/weirdo_smile_big_teeth_funny_picture_funfry_resize .jpg" />&nbsp;</p>

[flavopop]

<p>Martells Tiki Bar&nbsp; in Point Pleasant NJ has always been my favorite summer Jam!&nbsp; Live bands , cold beer and all outside,,,nuthin better than summer fun!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seeee yaaaaa</p>

[Jennitalia]

<strong>flavopop</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Martells Tiki Bar&nbsp; in Point Pleasant NJ has always been my favorite summer Jam!&nbsp; Live bands , cold beer and all outside,,,nuthin better than summer fun!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seeee yaaaaa</p><p>cool beans.&nbsp; i'm going to point pleasant in a couple of weeks and will definitely check out this place.</p>

[fiestygal]

Agave in Ambler, pa... the bartender makes the yummiest mojitos

[Evilpete]

Stout bar in Midtown by MSG is a pretty cool place, especially if you're into sports

[FreshJ]

<p>MY Favorite Bar has 2 things.&nbsp; </p><p>1.&nbsp; It is close to whereever I am at the time.</p><p>2.&nbsp; I get free drinks....But we all know that' ain't happening.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[narc]

<img src="http://www.bewarethecheese.com/mrgoodbar.jpg"
<br><p>
I enjoy Fado's in Chinatown (DC) quite a bit. They also serve Fin Du Monde there which I love. <br><p>
I've never done pub quiz, but I'd love to. I bet TooCute and I would be unstoppable as a team.

[absinthe]

In my neck of the woods the vast majority of the bars all cater to the college crowd (Texas A&amp;M) so you have to go to the dives outside of town.&nbsp; Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[pete_in_NJ]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Jennitalia</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>flavopop</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Martells Tiki Bar in Point Pleasant NJ has always been my favorite summer Jam! Live bands , cold beer and all outside,,,nuthin better than summer fun!</p><p> </p><p>Seeee yaaaaa</p><p>cool beans. i'm going to point pleasant in a couple of weeks and will definitely check out this place.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cant say that i havent been there for a couple of cold ones ......or more! The more you have the better the band is!<img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/thumbup.gif" />&nbsp;</p>

[StewySezILoveGo]

<p><font size="4">The Saint!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" /></font></p><p><font size="4">Asbury Park, NJ!</font></p><p><font size="4">Great music, great ambience and, on a good night,&nbsp;the added thrill of finding your car just where you left it!</font></p>

[outlawfrank]

<p><font size="4">Gusoline Alley</font></p><p><font size="4">Royal Oak, Mi.</font></p><p><font size="4">Remember Patrick says!</font></p><p><img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/outlawfrank/patrick.jpg" border="0" /></p>

[Gvac]

<p>I don't really drink anymore and I tend to hang out in restaurants more than bars these days.&nbsp; It's one of the first signs that you're starting to geeze.&nbsp; <br /> </p><p>Back in my hellraising days, though, I always preferred an old fashioned &quot;gin mill&quot; to any gimmicky, trendy place.&nbsp; The kind of place where old men are drinking by 9 AM and they don't own a blender.&nbsp; <br /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I don't really drink anymore and I tend to hang out in restaurants more than bars these days.&nbsp; It's one of the first signs that you're starting to geeze.&nbsp; <br /></p><p>Back in my hellraising days, though, I always preferred an old fashioned &quot;gin mill&quot; to any gimmicky, trendy place.&nbsp; The kind of place where old men are drinking by 9 AM and they don't own a blender.&nbsp; <br /></p><p>and a nice big jar or pigs feet by the register...</p>

[Marc with a c]

grassroots tavern on st. marks place,

[furie]

croxley's ale house in Franklin Square

Cassedy's in East Elmhurst

The Park Lounge in Kings Park

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[feralBoy]

<strong>furie</strong> wrote:<br />croxley's ale house in Franklin Square Cassedy's in East Elmhurst The Park Lounge in Kings Park <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by furie on 8-20-06 @ 8:30 PM</span> <p>Croxley's is great.&nbsp; 70 beers on tap, 10 cent wings, and awesome food.&nbsp; Definitely my favorite bar.</p>

[badorties]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>furie</strong> wrote:<br />croxley's ale house in Franklin Square Cassedy's in East Elmhurst The Park Lounge in Kings Park <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by furie on 8-20-06 @ 8:30 PM</span> <p>Croxley's is great.&nbsp; 70 beers on tap, 10 cent wings, and awesome food.&nbsp; Definitely my favorite bar.</p><p>yeah ...! 10 cent wings, man ...! </p><p>yeah ...! 10 cent wings, man ...!</p><p>yeah ...! 10 cent wings, man ...!</p>