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Could This Be NYC's Best Irish Pub, Part IV

August 8, 2007 at 10:05 AM | 0 Comments

We have a winner. Asking if McSorley's Old Ale House is the best Irish pub in New York is like asking if Michael was the most talented Jackson brother. I mean, Tito's cool and all, but come on.

There's no competition. Since it opened in 1854, McSorley's has defined pub life in Manhattan. Abe Lincoln hung his top hat there and unwound after a long day of emancipating, and a few years later, John Lennon got away from the old ball-and-chain to throw back a few beers at the island's oldest continually operating saloon.

We'll forgive the fact that the bar forbade women from entering until 1970. The bar--dark, wooden, rough--is unapologetic about the 150 years it has spent filling the bellies of the hardworking, blue-collar men who dug our train tunnels and built our skyscrapers. Bottoms up, fellas.

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Related Stories:
· McSorley's [Official Site]
· Best Irish Pubs Part III [Jaunted]
· Best Irish Pubs Part II [Jaunted]
· Best Irish Pubs Part I [Jaunted]

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