Upper East Side Irish Pubs #1

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New York City 38%&5∃:/6
Duration: 1 to 5 hours
Distance: .75 miles
Interest Categories: Pub Crawls, Nightlife, St. Patrick's Day
Tour Route
Parks
N
E
W
S
Bodies of Water
First Avenue
MAP KEY
96th St.
Second Avenue
6
Third Avenue
87
Lexington Avenue
MAP
95th St.
94th St.
Pedestrian Areas
Kinsale
Notable Buildings
93rd St.
Monuments
Big Easy
Shops
Recommended
92nd St.
Bars/Restaurants
Biddy's
Restrooms
91st St.
Restaurants
To Fifth Avenue /
St. Patrick's Day
Parade Route
? Information
Subway
Stations
90th St.
Bar East
Bus Stops
Genesis
Pat O'Brien's
89th St.
Gaf Bar
END
88th St.
Upper East Side
Central Park
Harlem
Upper West Side
Manhattan
Rathbone's
Midtown
Greenwich
Village
MAP
87th St.
88
4
5
6
86th St.
Financial
District
Maps are not to scale
All images and content
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2007 Lisochris LLC. All rights reserved.
The Upper East Side has one of the highest concentrations of Irish pubs in Manhattan. So many, in fact, that it
takes three pub crawls to cover them all. This tour covers six pubs in the uptown third of the neighborhood's
bar district, as well as a raucous bar where it's Mardi Gras every night. There are another sixteen pubs and bars
in the second and third tours in this series, Tailored Tours #88 and #89.
TIP: New York's St. Patrick's Day parade is the largest in the world, outside of Ireland. The parade features
150,000 marchers and draws over 2 million spectators each year. The parade route runs up Fifth Ave. from
44th to 86th Streets starting at 11:00 am. To get to the parade route, walk west on any street south of 86th St. to
Fifth Ave. Most of the bars on this tour will be open during, or immediately after, the parade.
Note: Use of this tour by anyone under 21 years of age is strictly prohibited. Please drink responsibly. TailoredTours.com cannot be
held responsible for anything dumb, dangerous or just plain embarrassing that you do, or have done to you, while taking this tour.
GETTING THERE: In Manhattan, "uptown" is north, the direction in which street numbers increase. For example, 86th St. is
uptown from 72nd St. "Downtown" is south. If uptown is on your right and downtown is to your left, you're facing west. Fifth
Avenue is the dividing line for "East"-"West" streets. If you get lost, just ask for help.
From the Upper West Side: Catch the M96 bus across Central Park and get out at 96th St. and 3rd Ave. Walk south down 3rd Ave.
(against the flow of traffic) to the start point.
From uptown or downtown: Take the #6 subway train to 96th St. station. Walk east on 96th St. to 3rd Ave., then turn right and walk
south to the start point. Alternatively, catch the M98, M101, M102 or M103 bus up 3rd Ave. (from the south) or down Lexington
Ave. (from the north) and get off at 94th St.
START at the southwest corner of 94th St. and 3rd Ave. Walk south on 3rd Ave.
(against the flow of traffic) to the first stop on the tour, Kinsale Tavern
(www.kinsale.com). Kinsale has 29 beers on tap and another eighteen bottled brews.
It also offers 52 types of scotch, eighteen kinds of whiskey and nineteen varieties of
bourbon. The bar's kitchen serves a full menu of food, with entrees averaging $10.
From Kinsale, continue south along 3rd Ave. until you cross 93rd St., then turn left. Turn right once you cross
2nd Ave. and step inside The Big Easy (www.bigeasynyc.com), a bar that revels in its reputation as a meat
market with a Mardi Gras atmosphere. The Big Easy offers karaoke, beer pong, a pinball game and ladies' nights.
Tired of watching attractive people do body shots on the bar? You can watch sports on the bar's multitude of TVs.
Turn left as you exit The Big Easy, and walk down 2nd Ave. to 91st St. Turn left at
91st St., and just around the corner you'll find Biddy's Pub (www.biddyspub.com),
a tiny bar with eleven bottled brews and six beers on draught, including their own
Biddy's Ale. Biddy's has a dartboard and also hosts trivia nights.
Next, continue east down 91st St., heading away from 2nd Ave. Turn right when
you reach 1st Ave., crossing over 91st St. Continue down 1st Ave. for a block, until
you cross 90th St. and come to Bar East.
Bar East (www.bareast.com) is a multi-level pub with darts, video games, pool tables, foosball and weekend
DJs. The adjacent live music venue, Underscore (www.theunderscore.com), presents an eclectic mix of bands
playing rock, ska, reggae, Celtic and country music. Check their website for upcoming events and cover charges.
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From Bar East, turn right and continue down 1st Ave., across 89th St., to Gaf Bar, a
roomy pub with wood paneling, video games, a dartboard and an older clientele.
Next, backtrack up 1st Ave. to 89th St. and turn left, then turn left again at 2nd Ave. About
halfway down this block is Genesis (www.genesisbar.com), a relatively new pub (opened
in January 2006) with a slew of plasma TV's and a beer garden that's open during the
warmer months. Genesis also offers a full menu.
Two doors down from Genesis is Rathbone's Pub. Established over 30 years
ago, Rathbone's has been lauded in the New York Post and the Daily News as
serving one of the best burgers in the city. On weekends, the bar hosts DJs or live
music. Otherwise, entertainment is provided by the pub's video games and the
sporting events shown on eight plasma TVs and a big-screen projection TV.
Just across 2nd Ave. from Rathbone's is Pat O'Brien's (www.patobriensnyc.com), the last stop on your pub
crawl. The bar shows sporting events on ten large TV screens and also offers beer pong.
END your tour here, or continue downtown with 38%&5∃:/6tour #88 or #89.
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Distance: .5 miles
Parks
N
E
W
S
Bodies of Water
93rd St.
First Avenue
Tour Route
Second Avenue
MAP KEY
94th St.
Third Avenue
88
Lexington Avenue
MAP
92nd St.
Pedestrian Areas
Notable Buildings
91st St.
Monuments
Shops
Recommended
MAP
87
90th St.
Bars/Restaurants
Restrooms
89th St.
Restaurants
? Information
Tavern on First
Subway
Stations
Aces & Eights
88th St.
Bus Stops
Marty
O'Brien's
87th St.
4
5
6
Upper East Side
Central Park
Harlem
Upper West Side
Manhattan
Fiona's
Midtown
86th St.
Tin Lizzie
Molly Pitcher's
85th St.
To Fifth Avenue /
St. Patrick's Day
Parade Route
84th St.
Greenwich
Village
END
Waterloo
Ryan's Daughter
MAP
89
Financial
District
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The Upper East Side has one of the highest concentrations of Irish pubs in Manhattan. This tour covers eight
pubs and bars in the middle section of the neighborhood's bar district. There are another fifteen bars covered
by adjacent Upper East Side Irish pub crawls in Tailored Tours #87 and #89.
Fifth Ave. Most of the bars on this tour will be open during, or immediately after, the parade.
From the Upper West Side: Catch the M86 bus across Central Park and get out at 2nd Ave. Walk north up 2nd Ave. (against the flow
of traffic) to the start point.
From uptown or downtown: Take the 4, 5 or 6 subway train to 86th St. station. Walk east on 86th St. to 2nd Ave., then walk north on
2nd Ave. Alternatively, catch the M98, M101, M102 or M103 bus up 3rd Ave. (from the south) or down Lexington Ave. (from the
north) and get off at 86th St.
START mid-block on 2nd Ave. between 87th and 88th Streets, at Marty O'Brien's, a
sports pub that has a dartboard and presents live music on the weekends.
From Marty O'Brien's, walk south on 2nd Ave. (with the flow of traffic) and turn left at
87th St. Turn left again on 1st Ave. and you'll find Aces & Eights not far down the block.
When the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back of the head during a poker match in
1876, he died holding a pair of black aces and a pair of eights. This became known as the "Dead Man's Hand,"
and is also the inspiration behind the name of your second bar, Aces & Eights (www.acesandeightsnyc.com).
The bar offers nightly drink specials, a pool table, video games, beer pong and some decent pub grub.
Next, cross 1st Ave. to the Tavern on First (www.tavernonfirst.com), which is
home to a darts league, and hosts weekend DJs and the occasional "backyard
barbecue" on the bar's back patio. The Tavern on First also offers some pretty
generous nightly drink specials (check their website for the latest details.)
Your next stop is Fiona's Bar & Restaurant, a block south of Tavern on First on
1st Ave. Fiona's is a roomy bar that's locally famous for both its burgers and its
bartenders' excellent Guinness pour.
From Fiona's, walk south on 1st Ave. (against the flow of traffic), then turn right after you cross 85th St. A few
steps down 85th St. from 1st Ave. is Ryan's Daughter, named after a 1970 movie about an Irishwoman who
has an affair with a British officer. The pub has a dartboard, video games, a pool table and a mini basketball
game. In addition to a generous roster of beers on tap and in bottles, the pub also offers a house brew.
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Turn left as you leave Ryan's Daughter, then cross 85th St. when you reach 2nd Ave. Cross 2nd Ave. to Molly
Pitcher's Ale House (www.mollysalehouseny.com). Molly Pitcher was a patriotic woman who followed her
husband into battle during the Revolutionary War. She was also the namesake of The Molly Pitcher Club, an
organization of women that worked to repeal prohibition (which outlawed alcoholic beverages in the U.S. from
1920 to 1933). Even though prohibition is a thing of the distant past, this bi-level sports bar carries on their
fight, with cheap drinks, live music, pool tables, and a full menu.
Just a few doors up from Molly Pitcher's, on the same block, is Tin Lizzie. Tin
Lizzie was the nickname of the Ford Model T automobile. This Tin Lizzie has no
wheels, but does feature a dance floor, two bars serving reasonably-priced drinks, a
full menu and a DJ who spins danceable 80s tunes.
To get to the last stop on your pub crawl, turn right as you leave Tin Lizzie and head south on 2nd Ave.,
passing Molly Pitcher's and crossing 85th St. Halfway down this block you'll find Waterloo Tavern, a sports
pub known for serving tasty pub grub with cheap drinks (try their burger and cottage fries). Waterloo presents
soccer, rugby and other sporting events on eight TV screens scattered around the bar, and also features a DJ on
the weekends.
END your tour here, or continue your pub crawl with the other two Upper East Side Irish pub crawls in
Tailored Tours maps #87 and #89.
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Distance: .75 miles
MAP
89
MAP KEY
Tour Route
Parks
MAP
4
5
6
N
E
W
S
86th St.
88
85th St.
Bodies of Water
Trinity Pub
84th St.
Pedestrian Areas
Notable Buildings
Monuments
Ship of
Fools
Jack Russell's
Shops
Recommended
Brady's Pub
83rd St.
82nd St.
Bars/Restaurants
Restrooms
Restaurants
Johnny
Foxes
To Fifth Avenue /
St. Patrick's Day
Parade Route
? Information
Subway
Stations
81st St.
80th St.
Doc
Watson's
First Avenue
Second Avenue
79th St.
Third Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Upper East Side
Central Park
Harlem
Upper West Side
Manhattan
Bus Stops
78th St.
77th St.
6
Midtown
76th St.
Greenwich
Village
Mo's Caribbean
END Iggy's
Financial
District
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The Upper East Side has one of the highest concentrations of Irish pubs in Manhattan. This tour includes five
pubs in the downtown third of the neighborhood's bar district. Also included are a sports bar, a karaoke pub,
and a Caribbean-themed bar that will give you spring break flashbacks. There are another fifteen bars covered
by adjacent Upper East Side Irish pub crawls in Tailored Tours #87 and #88.
Fifth Ave. Most of the bars on this tour will open during, or immediately after, the parade.
From the Upper West Side: Catch the M86 bus across Central Park and get out at 3rd Ave. Walk south down 3rd Ave. (against the
flow of traffic), then turn left at 84th St. to the start point.
From uptown or downtown: Take the 4, 5 or 6 subway train to 86th St. station. Walk east on 86th St. to 3rd Ave., then turn right.
Walk south down 3rd Ave. (against the flow of traffic), then turn left at 84th St. to the start point. Alternatively, catch the M98, M101,
M102 or M103 bus up 3rd Ave. (from the south) or down Lexington Ave. (from the north) and get off at 84th St.
START your pub crawl on a low-key, civilized note at Trinity Pub, on the north
side of 84th St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Trinity is a small bar that has the
look and feel of a private library, with a relatively conservative clientele to match.
Turn left as you leave Trinity, heading east towards 2nd Ave. Once you reach the
corner, turn right, crossing 84th St. Keep going until you cross 83rd St.
Mid-block on 2nd Ave. between 82nd and 83rd Streets is Jack Russell's, a sports bar that's filled with over 21
TVs, including one in every booth. Jack Russell's also has video games (including Buck Hunter), two pool
tables and a fireplace. Burgers, tater tots and the usual pub grub suspects are available from the pub's kitchen.
Just down the block from Jack Russell's, on the corner of 2nd Ave. and 82nd St., is Brady's Pub. Opened in
1961, Brady's offers pool tables, darts, and Golden Tee and MegaTouch video games.
From Brady's, cross 2nd Ave. and turn left. Your next bar, Ship of Fools
(www.shipoffoolsnyc.com), is just across the avenue from Jack Russell's. Ship
of Fools is a sports bar that features a mind-blowing 42 TVs, including
thirteen big screens. Two pool tables, four dartboards, video games and an
Internet jukebox round out the bar's entertainment offerings. Ship of Fools'
menu includes standard pub grub, burgers and twenty different entrees.
Next, head south on 2nd Ave. (with the flow of traffic), crossing 81st and 82nd
Streets. Mid-block on 2nd Ave. between 80th and 81st Streets is Johnny Foxes.
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The main attraction at Johnny Foxes is a large year-round back garden. The bar
also features a good selection of brews, including its own amber ale.
Three blocks south of Johnny Foxes, on the block of 2nd Ave. between 77th and
78th Streets, is Doc Watson's (www.docwatsons.com). Another pub with a great
back garden, Doc Watson's also has a separate game room with pool tables and a
dartboard.
The next stop on the tour is Mo's Caribbean (www.nycbestbar.com/mos/), a
bar/restaurant that gets Cancun-at-spring-break crazy after dark, with cheap
pitchers and margaritas in fifty flavors. The bar area has three 100-inch projection
TVs and eight plasma flat-screen TVs. Mo's also features a full menu of Mexican
food and an outdoor seating area. If you get tired of watching people dance on the
bar, Mo's has video games, beer pong and a pool table to keep you busy.
Two doors down from Mo's is Iggy's (www.iggysnewyork.com/uptown/), an Irish pub/dive bar that's known as
karaoke central on the Upper East Side. The place is small, with just enough room for a dartboard, a pool table,
a couch, a video game and a few booths. But what it lacks in space it makes up for in cheap Brahma beer.
END your tour here, or continue your pub crawl uptown with Tailored Tours #87 and #88.
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Upper East Side Irish Pubs #1

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