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Does anybody out there know of a Redskins sports bar in the Brooklyn/Manhattan area? I just moved up here and I'm sick of these all these Jets and Giants sports bars and fans.

We had a group that met up there last year. I'm sure one of them will give specifics when they see this.

Good to see ya back JJ.

I tend to go to the sports bar on 72nd between Broadway and Amsterdam, Upper West Side, Manhattan.

Several members live in Brooklyn, though, and I remember they had their own place. (Unless you live over a 2/3 stop, 72 & B'way is a long haul!)

Welcome to the board J.J. Are you an Ornette Coleman, or a Kenny -G man?

Chad

hey jazzy jimmy... one time i was in brooklyn visiting my friends katelyn and matt and nicole... and me and this guy jimmy went to time square to the espn zone to catch the skins play the ravens... its expensive but it was fun.

and me and this guy jimmy went to time square to the espn zone to catch the skins play the ravens... its expensive but it was fun.

I tried the ESPNZone once, and once was enough. Too crowded.

I go to a multi-fan bar located in 2nd avenue very close to the corner with 50th Street. You get fans from most teams cheering for their teams in front of separate large screens.

The only fans you have to contend with are our opponents that day. It is fun to see the behaviour of different fans.

Food is reasonably good and it is not expensive. Not over-crowded and no drunks to fight with.

Greetings from NYC. I live in Staten Island and watch the away games at home. Before I had Direct TV I watched the games at a bar called the Park Ave Country Club in Manhatten. Let me know if there is a place where the Skins fans hang out in NY.

As a fellow Skins fan in Manhattan, here are my suggestions:
1)stay away from ESPN Zone = too expensive and all tourists
2)Upper West side = Blondie's on 79th / Broadway. Mixed crowd w/ a handful of Skins fans and the best wings in the city
3)Village = Off the Wagon on MacDougal St. Mixed crowd w/ very cheap beer and pretty good bar food.

Can recommend spots in other neighborhoods if you want.. don't know of any Skins-specific bars, but some are less Jets/Giants heavy than others..

Hope this helps

1)stay away from ESPN Zone = too expensive and all tourists
2)Upper West side = Blondie's on 79th / Broadway. Mixed crowd w/ a handful of Skins fans and the best wings in the city
3)Village = Off the Wagon on MacDougal St. Mixed crowd w/ very cheap beer and pretty good bar food.

Right. I meant Blondie's. Getting my 79th and 72nd Streets mixed up. Between B'way and Amsterdam, downtown side of the street.

Welch,

What is the best Pizza place in NY that you recommended a few months ago? Is there a way to watch the games there?

RiC

Sorry, RiC, I missed the post.

I believe that the best pizza is at John's, on Bleecker between 6th and 7th Avenues...just down the 7th and left on Bleecker from the Christopher Street / Sheridan Square #1 stop. Or down 6th and right from the 4th Street IND (A train, for instance).

They don't have TV, but they are the oldest surviving "brick oven" pizza place in NY. That's a Little Italy style.

If you go, make sure you sit in the old section, in one of the wooden booths.

(There is a classy branch of John's on 44th between Broadway and 8th Avenue. A very nice place, same recipe for the pizza, but without the atmosphere of the place on Bleecker.

The other place is V&T's on 110th and Amsterdam. They serve a gas-oven, thicker crust pizza, with a sweeter tomato sauce. Again, no TV, but the are directly across the the Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine, which is a show all by itself.

We used to live three blocks from V&T's which dates from about 1946. When we moved from NJ back to Manhattan last year, we went to V&T's and I think the pizza is not quite as good. A more flimsy crust.

The places that show football don't usually have great food, so you have to choose.

(Anybody want a recommendation for barbecue? Yes, NYC does have a couple of great barbecue places!

Dear Welch,

Thanks!

This is the first post of this or any other site that I ever print as a reference. I am working in Manhattan for about a month and I will return to Canada by mid-September.

In fact, I am seriously thinking about buying a ticket for the game against Chicago and make the trip to Washington (in and out on Sunday) only for that purpose.

No ticket and no trip ticket by bus either but I will wait and see what comes up. I also may have to work -over- that weekend.

welch wrote:(Anybody want a recommendation for barbecue? Yes, NYC does have a couple of great barbecue places!

Yes! Tell us. I am always looking for good (hopefully) affordable places! If I go to a Steak place like Smith & Wollensky's, I have to watch my meal budget for the next week!!!

RiC

Hey--I live in Brooklyn, and I've been watching the games out there (200 5th in Park Slope), but I saw a post on another site (it will remain nameless--I mostly post on a different site: thewarpath.net) about a bar in Manhattan that is a dedicated Skins bar! They claim to show the games on a full-blown projection screen TV with full sound, and they have lots of additional flat screens, beer specials, food, etc. I haven't been there yet, but I'm going for the Monday night game. Worth checking out. Here's a link to their website:

http://www.thefallsnyc.com/index.html

Grimaldi's pizza (aka Patsy's) at the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge is pretty awesome.

My brother is NYPD and is a huge Skins fan. He had season tickets for a while and wound drive from NY to the games. I will ask him and post any info.

JWsleep wrote:I mostly post on a different site: thewarpath.net) about a bar in Manhattan that is a dedicated Skins bar! They claim to show the games on a full-blown projection screen TV with full sound, and they have lots of additional flat screens, beer specials, food, etc. I haven't been there yet, but I'm going for the Monday night game. Worth checking out.

Welcome to the board! Glad to have you here as a Skins fan regardles of where you post mostly.

Thanks! Please let us know how it works out. I am looking for the best combination in Manhattan of:

1) food (pizza, ribs, wings or other)
2) ambiance with other Skins fans; and
3) tv-screen.

By the way, the website spells Redskins as "reskins".

SkinsFanInHawai'i wrote:My brother is NYPD and is a huge Skins fan. He had season tickets for a while and wound drive from NY to the games. I will ask him and post any info.

Thanks SkinsFanInHawai'i !

Please post the info. Cops are usually good people to get suggestions, particularly for donuts places but if he is a Skins fan also a good bar to watch the game.

Checked The Falls in Lafayette Street on Saturday. Fine but I was not impressed.

Checked John's Pizza on 44th Street. In a sentence, the best pizza I have ever had on -this- side of the Atlantic. The crust can be compared only with others I have had in Nice and Beausoleil on the other side of the Atlantic.

I will watch today's game against Da Bears at Blondie's as an experiment to see how it goes. The wings sound very tempting. I will report back.

Redskin in Canada wrote:Checked John's Pizza on 44th Street. In a sentence, the best pizza I have ever had on -this- side of the Atlantic. The crust can be compared only with others I have had in Nice and Beausoleil on the other side of the Atlantic.

It's all in the SOURCE
Glad you enjoyed

JWsleep wrote:Hey--I live in Brooklyn, and I've been watching the games out there (200 5th in Park Slope)

Hey- i just moved out of brooklyn, and used to go to 200 Fifth in park slope also. Usually a fair number of skins fans... good atmosphere, too. food... not so good.
Hey JWsleep... maybe we saw each other last year?
i'm in North Carolina now, but found one or two skins fans at the bar I went to today.

Hello, RiC,

The first barbecue place is Virgil's Ribs, on 44th between 6th and 7th. Great ribs, great sides (I used to love the hush puppies), great fries, great beer selection.

It gets busy at "theater time", so you'll want reservations.

The second place is on the upper east side, around 87th and Lex, but I've forgotten the exact name and address. I'll have to dig down into my brain to remember who told me, so I can ask them what the name is...

I was in NY for the weekend and I went to The Falls to watch the game. I have to say I really had an excellent time even though I was battling a killer hangover and only four hours of sleep. The bar is pretty nice and sure enough everyone in there was a 'Skins fan. They had a big projector and two plazmas playing the game (two more plazmas showed two other games). The best thing though was the environment, the sound was booming through the speakers and you could hear how loud FedEx was and the people who were there got really into it. When Griffin came up with the fumble complete strangers started wildly highfiving each other and after every play the place would erupt with clapping and such even though there wasn't a huge amount of people there. I had a lot of fun and I would definately recommend it as a good place to see a game.

if you're a skins fan in NYC, go to the falls. i was there sunday as well and agree w/ hkhog. packed w/ skins fans, huge TV + sound for skins game. i'll be there every week. also, reasonably priced food / buckets of beer.

I checked Blondie's for the game yesterday against Da Bears. Man this place was GREAT. First, there were a whole bunch of Skins fans. I counted about fifteen in front of the giant screen (with about 60 fans from different teams) with other six tvs surrounding us each with a different game. And this was only one among other similar spaces in the bar.

I felt very sorry for the gorgeous Broncos girl fan who left early disgusted with her team. By the way, Champ Bailey left injured early in a terrible loss.

I was also able to follow two former Skins QBs: G. Frerotte and T. Green who played great with Miami and Kansas City, respectively.

The wings were delicious (HOT!) and the atmosphere was electric. I highly recommend it. But arrive EARLY because although it is a large place, it fills in quickly. I am sure the Fire Code went out the window this Sunday with over 200 fans in there!

I will check The Falls with a REAL skins game going on the next time.