Tonight is the annual Great Guinness Toast.
Guinness drinkers all over the world are set to raise their pints simultaneously in the 19th annual Guinness Toast. According to TheGreatGuinnessToast.com (an unofficial site), it is always on the 3rd Friday of February, while Wikipedia says it is on February 13. Since Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Pub in Pittsburgh, PA, originators of the toast, are holding their toast on Friday the 18th this year, that’s good enough for us. In New York (and anywhere in the Eastern Time Zone) the toast occurs at 11pm ET.
In our continuous efforts to “connect the fun to the fun people”, we provide you with our second annual list of places to get a great pint of Guinness in NYC. (see last year’s list).
The list below is simply some of my favorite places to enjoy a Guinness in NYC. Regular readers may notice many returning bars from last year’s list, because if I find a good thing, I like to stick with it. But I have added more this year. They are in no particular rank order, just sorted by neighborhood. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments section. Slainte!
Midtown:
Tracks Raw Bar & Grill in Penn Station is rightfully very proud of the pints they pour, winning a gold medal from Guinness for their quality.
Tracks Raw Bar & Grill
Penn Station
LIRR level
New York, NY
(212) 244-6350
TracksBarGrill.com
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with a name like Stout…
Stout
133 W. 33rd St.
(bet. Sixth & Seventh Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 629-6191
StoutNYC.com
another pub that puts it right out their in their title: “The Perfect Pint”.
Two pubs, one on the east side, one on the west.
The Perfect Pint
123 W. 45th St.
(between 6th & 7th Ave.)
Near Times Square
New York, NY
(212) 354-1099
The Perfect Pint
203 E. 45th St.
(Between 3rd & 2nd Ave.)
New York, NY
212 867 8159
ThePerfectPintNYC.com
The first and only all-Guinness draft beer bar:
Paddy Reilly’s
519 Second Ave. (29th St.)
New York, NY
212 686-1210
paddyreillysmusicbar.us
Mustang Sally’s
324 Seventh Ave.
(between 28th & 29th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 695-3806
MustangSallysNY.com
O’Casey’s
22 E. 41st St.
(between 5th & Madison Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 685-6807
OCaseysNYC.com
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Greenwich Village:
Fiddlesticks
56 Greenwich Ave.
(between 6th & 7th Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 463-0516
FiddlesticksPub.com
Mr. Dennehy’s
63 Carmine St. (Seventh Ave. S.)
New York, NY
(212) 414-1223
MrDennehys.com
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East Village:
Swift
34 E. 4th St.
(between Bowery & Lafayette)
New York, NY
(212) 260-3600
Swiftnycbar.com
The Central Bar
109 E. 9th St.
(between 3rd & 4th Ave.)
East Village
New York, NY
(212) 529-5333
CentralBarNYC.com
The Scratcher
209 E. 5th St.
(bet. 2nd Ave. & Bowery)
New York, NY
(212) 477-0030
Dempsey’s Pub
61 Second Ave.
(between 3rd & 4th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 388-0662
DempseysPub.com
The Thirsty Scholar
155 Second Ave.
(bet. 9th & 10th St.)
New York, NY
212-777-6514
ryansnyc.com/ryans/aboutthirsty.htm
Slainte
304 Bowery
(between Bleecker & Houston St.)
New York, NY
(212) 253-7030
SlainteNYC.com
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Soho:
Puck Fair
298 Lafayette St.
(bet. Houston & Prince)
New York, NY
(212) 431-1200
PuckFairBarNYC.com
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Upper West Side:
The Parlour
250 W. 86th St. (Broadway)
Upper West Side
New York, NY
(212) 580- 8923
TheParlour.com
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Upper East Side:
Eddie Crowe of Crowe’s Nest challenged his readers on their facebook page:
Crowes Nest
1804 Second Ave.
(between 93rd & 94th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 860-2300
CrowesNestNYC.com
Trinity Pub
229 E. 84th St.
(between Second & Third Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 327-4450
TrinityPubNYC.com
The Kinsale Tavern
1672 Third Ave. (bet. 93rd & 94th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 348-4370
Kinsale.com
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Hell’s Kitchen:
Lansdowne Road
599 Tenth Ave.
(between 43rd & 44th St.)
Hell’s Kitchen
(212) 239-8020
New York, NY
LansdowneRoadNYC.com
Druid’s
736 10th Ave. (between 50th & 51st St.)
New York, NY
(212) 307-6410
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Financial District:
Ulysses’
95 Pearl St./58 Stone St.
(Hanover Square)
New York, NY
(212) 482-0400
Ulyssesfolkhouse.com
Stone Street Tavern
52 Stone St.
New York, NY
(212) 785-5658
StoneStreetTavernNYC.com
Beckett’s
Bar and Grill
81 Pearl St. (Stone St.)
New York, NY
(212) 269-1001
BeckettsNYC.com
The Dubliner
45 Stone St.
(bet. Coenties Alley & Mill Lane)
New York, NY
(212) 785-5400
DublinerNYC.com
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Red Hook, Brooklyn:
Rocky Sullivan’s
34 Van Dyke St. (Dwight St.)
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
(718)246-8050
RockySullivans.com
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Riverdale, Bronx NY
An Beal Bocht
445 W. 238th St. (Waldo Ave.)
Riverdale, Bronx, NY
(718) 884-7127
AnBealBochtCafe.com
I encourage you to go out and try a Guinness at a few places, and tell us what you think in the comments section. See our Irish Pubs page for a list of the best Irish pubs in NYC.
And finally, below, master brewer Fergal Murray explains the proper way to pour a pint:
