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Maybe it's not the most
popular joint. Maybe it's not the hippest joint. Maybe its name inspires
more yawns than anything else, but this pub is a surprising respite
from the trendy, and sometimes tiresome, scene that is the East Village.
Don't get us wrong, we love a lot of bars in the area, but a lot of
them are just too cool for their own good. This place doesn't try
to be anything but a laid-back, local pub. You'd think the place would
be stuffed with annoying kids, and tourists out for the "East
Village" experience. Thanks to its somewhat dowdy theme (after
all, who wants to hang out and drink beers with some egghead?) the
kiddies keep on moving to some place with shiny tables and a one-word
name. What we found inside was a decent mixture of late-20's/early-30's
guys and gals hangin' at the all wood bar, chatting and drinking lots
of pints of Guinness. The one thing we appreciate here is the volume
of the music. The older we get (and we are getting up there), we start
to have less and less patience for blaring music. It's nice to be
able to actually talk to the friends sitting three feet away from
you. So, we're not saying this is the place you're going to have the
absolute best time in the world, but it is a pleasant pub to park
yourself for a few drinks before or after a nice dinner. [MF]
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