Foley’s 10th Anniversary

anniversary | January 23, 2014 by murph | Comments Off on Foley’s 10th Anniversary

Congratulations & happy anniversary to our friend Shaun Clancy on the 10th anniversary of Foley’s.

Foley’s opened in 2004 in the former P.G. King’s, right across the street from the Empire State Building on W. 33rd St. It has earned its reputation as one of the top sports bars in New York, and boasts one of the finest public collections of baseball memorabilia collections outside of Cooperstown. Practically every square inch of wall space is adorned with signed jerseys, photos, posters, over 2,000 signed baseballs and 500 bobbleheands, seats from Fenway Park, Tiger Stadium and Camden Yards, plus any other kind of sports memorabilia you can think of.

Clancy, from Co. Cavan, Ireland, fancies Foley’s as an Irish bar with a baseball attitude. Foley’s itself was in fact named in honor of legendary Irish-American baseball writer Red Foley, and it is the birthplace of the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame, which such inductees as Tug McGraw, Walter O’Malley, Tim McCarver, Vin Scully, Paul O’Neill, Nolan Ryan, Steve Garvey, Gene Michael, Jeff Nelson and more. Proprietor Shaun Clancy is also the founder and president of the hall, which inducts new members each year.

The space at 18 W. 33rd St. has been a restaurant or bars since at least 1913, and was of course a speakeasy during prohibition. The men’s room holds massive porcelain urinals that were once in the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Check out a 360 degree tour of Foley’s in this short video below:

Tonight, they are celebrating 10 years with a “party with a purpose”, which will raise funds for a little girl with big medical challenges.

Thursday, January 23, 2014
Foley’s 10th Anniversary Celebration

Owner Shaun Clancy bartending: 6-7pm
For the first hour, Shaun Clancy will make a rare appearance behind the bar with his son, Ryan, who will be bartending in New York for the first time.

Guest Bartender: 7-9pm
famed Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creature Bald Vinny & friends will be the guest bartenders.

“party with a purpose”
All of the tips at the bar and a percentage of Foley’s revenue on January 23rd will help the family of Carlos and Ashley Rivera, whose 5-year-old daughter Sophia has been diagnosed with multiple tumors in her brain and on her spine. Learn more about Sophia here: Caringbridge.org/visit/sophiarivera

If you wish to donate on-line, here is the link:
youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/smiles-for-sophia/113259