Poor you – no one invited you to a Super Bowl Party due to last year’s “incident”. Plenty of New York Bars are showing the big game, so you won’t have to spend this glorious Sunday cooped up in your apartment. By the way, if we were you, we’d look into some new friends. They should have forgiven you for drunkenly trying to spike their child after your team got a touchdown. It happens to the best of us.
If you’re looking for a little class (and promise not to spike anyone), you can head over to Mickey Mantle’s Sports Bar (42 Central Park South). While it may be New York’s most famous baseball bar, they are planning to show the big game. They also serve up some good football grub. They have the standards like chicken fingers and chips & salsa, but we think Mantle’s favorite dish is the way to go for this game. Nothing says America like watching two football teams rumble while eating a chicken fried steak. Tastes like freedom.
For something a little more, ahem, low class, check out Latitude (783 8th Avenue, between 47th and 48th). This multi-floored Midtown bar has more televisions than we could count (we stopped after 2, as we find counting televisions to be boring). They plan to show the game and the crowd should be amped. Judging by the fact that Port Authority and Penn Station are nearby, we think that the clientele wouldn’t mind so much if you tried to spike someone. Just make sure that it’s not any of their, as they so artfully put it, “bruthers” or “cuzins”.
Still want the casual atmosphere without the Midtown crowd? Maxie's Bar and Grill, 233 Park Avenue South (at 19th street), gets you far away from Guido-ville. The trip downtown has another plus: this place has one of the best Super Bowl deals in the city. $35 gets you all you can eat wings, sliders, and pitchers of beer. Think bar food at that price must be Saturday night's leftovers? Think again. Maxie's is run by the same folks who bring you Angelo and Maxie's Steakhouse. The food is sure to be quality, but save room for the beer. Did we mention its $35 all you can drink? Better hope the game doesn't hit overtime or you'll be hitting the curb on your way out.
If you are determined to carry on like last year and have another incident, remember the golden rule of drunkenness: hurt yourself, not others. Head over to Johnny Utah’s. As per Metromix, the game will be projected on their 15 foot screens, and they will help you enjoy it all the more with $3 Bud and Bud Light Drafts. When you’re getting the urge for an incident, don’t look around for a kiddie to throw, hop on Utah’s mechanical bull. Try to do this during halftime, so the rest of the patrons can watch you fall off and break your arm in three places. You may remember it as a sorry disaster, but they’ll treasure it as the best Super Bowl Halftime Show ever.
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