Let me set the scene.... 4 21year old boys from Glasgow, Scotland who would love to have more than a drink to many on new years eve, sing a few songs, get very drunk, have a great laugh and a joke in possibly an irish or scottish bar with other like minded folke!
Fly into new york on the 29th december, staying in a hostel on West 95th street . Any suggestions of a bar where you could possibly get very drunk and have a light snack without taking out a mortgage to do this!
suggestions for new years eve?
Are you primarily interested in a bar (or bars) within walking (or the nearest approximation you will be able to make...) distance of the hostel? The upper west side is not the prime area for the activity you have in mind -- but I am sure that you will be able to get suggestions no matter whether you want to walk, or cab, the distance.
While it is fine and very safe when you are sober, I seriously do NOT recommend riding the subway when very drunk. In addition to the problem of negotiating a system you do not know when you don%26#39;t have your wits about you, there are lots of stairs to fall down, a platform to fall of of, and a specail kind of theif we call a ';lush-worker'; whose specialty is slitting the pockets of the very drunk to lift their wallets. If you do decide to head somewhere outside your neighborhood, plan on travelling by cab -- but keep in mind that on that night they weill be VERY hard to find.
suggestions for new years eve?
Get ye to murphguide.com. They will list all the bars in NYC by type. There are lots of great Irish and Scottish bars, particularly on the east side in the 50s-70s. Like Eamon Doran. Cabs will be hard to find, but not impossible. Certainly if you stay up all night, there will be a cab at dawn! Have fun.
Since I suggested you try a separate thread to ask this, to keep it from getting lost I will just give it a
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thanks mate there are a few more pubs which suggest irish bars and stuff so iam going to take a note of them.
Check out the bars on the Upper West Side, on Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue in the 80s and 90s. That way, you can simply stagger home back to the hostel!
Another good website for bars/pubs is Jimmy%26#39;s Best:
www.jimmysbest.com
Forgot to warn you: even the diviest of bars might charge some sort of cover for New Year%26#39;s Eve. This is one of the most expensive nights in NYC. Hopefully you at least get a champagne toast for free! Keep your eyes open for places that give you breakfast with the admission charge.
Breakfast? When do the bars shut mate? Cheers
Bars in NYC stay open until 4 AM. Hotel bars might close earlier.
NYC also has ';after hours'; places. Buy a copy of Time Out New York magazine when you%26#39;re here, and look at the Clubs section. A ';moon'; symbol = late night.
On New Year%26#39;s Eve, many places stay open until 6 AM. You can pay anywhere from $25 to $225 per person and get maybe a glass of champagne, party hats and favors, a show, some snacks and a little breakfast and coffee when the party%26#39;s over. Quality and quantity vary widely!!! You get what you pay for. ;o)
See these websties. Lists are still forming:
http://newyears.com/
http://joonbug.com/newyearseve.asp
Rest up!
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