Please go asap. Also that photo looks weirdly photoshopped between the Di Fara and Supper J [sic] Discount Store storefront. It's not, just a curiosity.
Funny NYC story about McSorley's though...when I was pretty new to the city, a friend invited me to McSorley's for a group gathering. I arrived a bit late; everyone was already at the table with their beers, so I thought "I'll just order a beer at the bar right quick and join the group". I walked up and didn't see a menu, so I asked "what kind of beer do you have?" The bartender, in stereotypical Irish broque, said "we've got a light beer and a dark". I ordered the light, but I guess what makes the story "funny" is that McSorley's is notorious for typical rude NYC service...but this guy seemed so refreshed by the fact that I didn't even know anything about the bar's historic pedigree, that he was actually quite polite. Anyway, it's actually a really boring story. oh well
I'm a Central Park guy myself. Used to spend as much time there as possible. Not so much an more...and with the coronavirus...even less. I like Chelsea's waterfront area. The Frying Pan is a favorite watering hole...where I meet up with some of my friends from other forums where I post.
The City is great...and not nearly as rude as some want to pain it.
Reply to Frank Apisa I really enjoyed living in Chelsea (23rd & 8th) and "Hells Kitchen" (52nd between 9th & 10th). Old haunts like Columbus Circle, Chelsea Pier & Meatpacking District, Gansevoort Hotel, etc etc and the Lower Eastside (Rivington, Ludlow, Delancy, etc). I miss the city more and more of late as the ravages of the pandemic (first surge of still ongoing first wave) become clearer even from down here in Atlanta. Some of my old lifelong New Yorker friends are moving out of Manhattan or out of NYC altogether.
Reply to 180 Proof Yeah, there are people moving out, but it still is the most exciting city in the world. My wife and I do the Chelsea Piers...and take lots of evening jazz cruises down to the Statue...and around up the East River under the Brooklyn Bridge.
One of my go-to NYC pastimes is slowly working my way through the classic pizza joints. A recent gem that's new school but near the top of the list is L'Industrie. A recent COVID casualty is Sal's, a neighborhood joint in Carroll Gardens that appears to be gone; opened in 1956. :sad:
I've only passed by New York, viewing the gray gloomy cityscape on the horizon from the comfort of a passenger train, and even after reading the fourth Paul Auster book in a row have no real sense of it. Is every New Yorker a baseball fan?
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Please go asap. Also that photo looks weirdly photoshopped between the Di Fara and Supper J [sic] Discount Store storefront. It's not, just a curiosity.
I know every inch of that place. :starstruck:
Of course. I know that spot well as well.
Cool. Have you found this hidden corner?
I have not.
I used to climb these ten times in a row. (I even did 15 times once) The memories... :halo:
Oh wait is that in the northeastern part that's sectioned off from the rest of the park?
The no-man's land! Sadly the only time I checked that area out a homeless person was stalking me. :sad:
Aww, that's a shame. It is sooooo beautiful during the fall season.
I can imagine!
Nice place.
How bout McSorley's?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McSorley%27s_Old_Ale_House
There's no way I am entering an unfriendly place.
:yawn: :vomit: :death:
Funny NYC story about McSorley's though...when I was pretty new to the city, a friend invited me to McSorley's for a group gathering. I arrived a bit late; everyone was already at the table with their beers, so I thought "I'll just order a beer at the bar right quick and join the group". I walked up and didn't see a menu, so I asked "what kind of beer do you have?" The bartender, in stereotypical Irish broque, said "we've got a light beer and a dark". I ordered the light, but I guess what makes the story "funny" is that McSorley's is notorious for typical rude NYC service...but this guy seemed so refreshed by the fact that I didn't even know anything about the bar's historic pedigree, that he was actually quite polite. Anyway, it's actually a really boring story. oh well
It's actually a pretty good story, IMO.
:up: ha! A good entry for this thread, I guess.
Yup.
:ok:
I've been a few times, it's always the place where the night takes a sharp turn given how cheap the beers are
It has it's charm. Can't remember the last time I was in that hood during drinking hours, though.
Just chanced on this thread.
Good pix.
I'm a Central Park guy myself. Used to spend as much time there as possible. Not so much an more...and with the coronavirus...even less. I like Chelsea's waterfront area. The Frying Pan is a favorite watering hole...where I meet up with some of my friends from other forums where I post.
The City is great...and not nearly as rude as some want to pain it.
Here's the sight we all look forward to:
Damn.
Thankfully all of the more famous classic spots are still operational.
Do you not feel weird about dining out without a mask, while your server has one?