The Parlour Bar NYC

Hi guys,

just wanting to know if anyone has actually been to the Parlour Bar in NYC?

I'm going to be in NYC for a while next month and wanted to catch the Hearts game there. Anyone know if it's a good pub to go to watch games?

Any info would be great.

 

i watched the villareal v celtic game last year in an irish bar in nyc,(cant remember name, it was round the corner from the empire state building) they charged me and my girlfriend $10s each to get upstairs to watch the game. just a warning so you know to have extra money just incase.

 

was there back in 2001 for paddy's day mate,watched the cup final v killie,henrik hat-trick,nice boozer,bit pricy tho!

 

cheers for the info lads

Yeah remember paying $10 or so to get into a pub in Florida to watch the Aalborg game last year. Think it's cos of the crazy prices Setanta etc charge these places to get the games.

 

i think its cos they know we'll pay it. theres no way i was missing that game. funny thing was after we lost 1-0, me and my girlfriend went to a diner for summin to eat and i had my celtic top on and a spanish waiter started joking around with cos he was a villareal fan. i enjoyed it

 

I go to the Parlour for most big Celtic matches.. Rangers/Euro ties/end of season fixtures or cups.. for the pub atmosphere. Your run of the mill games I watch at home on Channel 67 online. Was just there for the Arsenal match this week, which they didn't charge for because it was on Cable. But yeah, if it's on Setanta, which is 98% of Celtic games here, they charge a $10 or $15 cover.

It gets pretty full for Rangers matches, which is obvious but also because most people aren't working.. usually being on Sunday or Saturday, albeit 7am kickoff. Euro games being at 2:45pm.. middle of the workday on Tues or Wed.. gets a fair crowd all things considered.. but a far cry from wedged. If you can, you try to rearrange your work schedule to watch it live, if not, catch the replay that night on channel 67.

If you're catching a Hearts game, a crowd of 15-30 would be my guess. But as I say, I usually don't go for regular fixtures, so I could be off. There's probably about 10 screens, best one is centered behind the main bar.

So to answer your question: Is it a good place to watch a game? Yes. I'm from new york, so if there's a better place to watch them then, please, someone enlighten me! It's a dedicated supporters club, a number from the Celtic squad even visited a few years ago.. Petrov, Bobo, etc.

HAIL HAIL!

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I watched the Celtic-Barcelona game at Demseys in NYC,great craic.Stayed open all night,I bailed out at 2am.

 

Great bar to go to mate, been there for St.Patricks day two years on the trot and take part in their march. They may charge you a cover fee at the door though to get in (only on match days) but it's a great atmosphere in there.

 

Nice to hear. Looking forward to watch the game there

 

There are a couple of nice Irish bars near Broadway, in the old *'s Kitchen area. Cant remember what you call them. One had dart boards abd the other had a bar that was partly made of ice to keep you beer cold.

 

go into Yonkers mate plenty of irish bars especially in mclean ave and katona ave. will be free in and drink less than half the price of manhatten . Lived in Boston for 6 years and often travelled to Yonkers

 

Ah well dunno if It will be the best time to be going to NYC in the next couple of weeks. Might not take too kindly to Scots after this whole Lockerbie issue. Will probally have to pass myself of as Irish

 

everyone i talked to when i was there either thought i was irish or australian. one girl, who served me and my girlfriend in the cinema, actually started laughing in my face cos of my accent. i couldnt believe it

 

lol class gary.

Forgot the Yanks ain't usually great when it comes to picking up on accents

 

I'm just over the river but I never go to the pubs for matches because it does get pricey, thank * for more coverage on television; has it been hurting the CSCs? I know one guy who used to head up the Kearny NJ CSC.

Used to live in DC and watched a few games there, was ok but my impression is that any pub in NY is 10X better.

 

The Parlour is great, althoug I dont go much, I just watch it on cable, but as a Irish born but NYC raised bhoy I can tell you that theiir prices are very fair, the reoson that they make you pay a $10 cover for game on setanta is because it costs, with a basica cable pacckage for all the TVs there, Hundreds of Dollars per month, not to mention the tazes and licenses they must get to host so many people, but if anyone need directions on how to get their just email me at celticfc526@gmail.com , I might head up there myself if I can get off worl early enough

 

Btw do they sell any good european beers? i.e. Leffe, Hoegaarden, Staropramen or even Peroni?

 

Iv not bn to the parlour but do no a guy who works there , Allan McClafferty from Balloch , wether he still does i dont no . pretty useless bit of info eh lol