Depending on how you look at it, St. Patrick's Day is either the greatest bar holiday of the year or yet another Amateur Night. But both those who celebrate year-round and those who turn Irish only on March 17th will enjoy these authentic pubs!
Paddy’s a great place to listen Irish rock from the likes of Black 47 and The Prodigals while drinking the ample Guinness provided on-tap—the bar is, after all, the "first and only" all-draught Guinness bar. Just stay away from the Budweiser and all of its variants if y...
519 2nd AveAh, Molly's. The name suggests an authentic recreation or worthy approximation of a pub in Ireland, and that's just what you get.
287 3rd AveBack in Ireland, when you say you're going to the scratcher, it means you're off to bed. Drink enough pints of Guinness or Boddington's on tap here, and you get the picture. While you might generally avoid the Irish fare and stick with the alcohol, this is a phenomenal place to g...
209 East 5th Street (Third Avenue)Even if you live on the other side of the planet, you know you are home when you walk into Failte Irish Whiskey Bar. The first floor transports you to a rustic pub in Ireland with a roaring fireplace, a wattle and daub ceiling, and a beautiful rough-hewn wooden bar. The friendly ...
531 2nd AveA teensy Irish pub that attracts big drinkers. So many poets died drinking in NYC; here is the place to drink spirits in their honor.
450 Amsterdam Ave (West 81 & 82 Streets)Superlatives abound when you are talking about one of New York's oldest continuously-operating bars. McSorley's is so old, in fact, that it it might as well have come with the colony when the British bought it. For over 150 years, McSorley's has been brewing its own, and just ent...
15 East 7th Street (2nd and 3rd Avenues)Scores of imported beers and ales and the antique decor of a true Irish pub.
583 3rd AveIrish natives Loretta Heaney and Samantha Meehan's Ceol is a piece of the ol' heath in Carroll Gardens, with plenty of Irish music throughout the month!
191 Smith StreetLocal favorite Mullane's mixes concepts as proficiently as they do drinks. Part sports bar, mostly pub, and full-service grill, this Fort Greene drinking establishment is routinely packed with patrons watching multiple games on massive flat screen televisions—that is, unless ther...
71 Lafayette AveCraic a difficult word that New Yorkers know intuitively. Its about being fun, and funny, and entertaining, and well... you can find that at this authentic Scottish/Irish pub in Williamsburg! Serving the booming neighborhood with whisky so fine they filtered out the "e"...
488 Driggs Avenue (bet. N9th and N10th Streets)Nestled along 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Irish Haven is just that—a cinderblock fortress of Hibernian character, with a bar tended by brogue-weilding barkeeps and flanked by vigilante regulars and off-duty bartenders from the surrounding neighborhoods. Maybe a bit of hike if you ...
5721 4th AveBrazenly Irish pub, with decor of stone walls and stained glass windows transported from Greenmount Monastery from Cork, Ireland. Solid pub fare, occasional live music, great vibe. For the adventurous types, or those wishing to celebrate Eire in America, well worth a trip out.
9510 3rd AveVastly popular for over 100 years, dead poet Dylan Thomas drank his last here, then staggered off and died the next morning. Perhaps that explains why the White Horse Tavern remains eternally hip with the college crowds, who seek it out for enormous quantities of beer and spirits...
567 Hudson Street (West 11th Street)Gather your pals and raise glass, to your health you will say. "Sláinte!" Traditional Irish toast, at this classic New York Irish bar. Rotating selection of craft beers on tap, typical and reasonable bar food, and TVs. Upon the TVs one will find sport. Like football. Wh...
304 BoweryThe folks behind more than a few drinking endeavors—Stout and the Half Pint come to mind—bring a beer hall to Greenwich Village.
80 West 3rd StreetWhile this upscale Irish pub—with a massive collection of sports-filled TVs; standard visual fare for sure in the midtown bar set—may want to sanitize its image by removing "Hooker" from its name, we're here to remind you.
7 East 36th StreetDonnybrook is an authentic Irish pub serving real Irish cuisine in a sophisticated yet unpretentious environment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
35 Clinton StreetDublin 6 derives its name from owner Jason O'Brien's neighborhood in Dublin—referred to by postal code D6 and otherwise known as Ranelagh. The contemporary Irish bar and restaurant brings together all the personality of the Irish & Scottish and combines it with European Ameri...
575 Hudson St (bet. Bank & W. 11th Sts.)For its regulars—and there are quite a few—Farrell's a second home and the best possible bar, but for everyone else, it may just been a little too local to bear.
215 Prospect Park WestA piece of Ireland in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Tir na nOg offers the warmth of an Irish pub with a new American menu. The bar boasts 22 draft beers from Ireland, Belgium, England and American craft breweries. A small but concise wine list has something for all palates and ...
315 West 39th Street (bet. 8th and 9th Avenues)