Reade Street Pub Btwn. Hudson and Greenwich

 Reade Street Pub
135 Reade St., New York, NY 10013 

(Btwn Hudson and Greenwich)

      Let's go through all the things that make a bar great...Beer (check), TV's (check), Food (check),  People (obviously its great to have a good mix and a diverse crowd..check), Juke box (Music..check)...what more can you ask for? how about crayons and white paper table cloths to draw on (CHECK! This may sound lame until you're about 6 beers deep and feel like drawing a masterpiece onto a bar table while your friends all scowl at you...), or how bout a beer only found at this specific pub? That's right, Reade Street offers its very own house brew (I think its "Red Wolf" which was owned by Anheuser Bush and is now extinct on store shelves but somehow can make it to pubs as a house brew) It has a beautiful Amber taste and is infact reasonably priced, pitchers are around $15 and pints of other beers average around the $4-$6 mark. 

   In a neighborhood where $9 barely buys a glass of wine or a bottle of sparkling water, it's a rare treat to find this comfy local bar still running and thriving in Tribeca. Reade Street isn't spectacular (to rich obnoxious jerks who think that the more they spend the better it taste), but it's affordable (always a plus), dependable (like your grandmothers Buick), and for the right mood ("drinking at a bar" mood), its a great place to go in Tribeca. Darkly intimate (because its where a Dive meets a nice neighborhood takes it out on a date, and this is the bastard love child they conceived and hid in lower Manhattan), filled with a number of fun collectables (JUNK) like baseball caps, model trains, strange artwork, banners and old pictures. There is also a jukebox mixing Sinatra(New York New York), Lynrd Skynrd (Sweet Home Alabama), and Prince (you have to know prince...come on' guess a song...its in this Juke box), Reade Street also has a fireplace that warms the bar in the cold months, Nine quality taps (featuring a sunny Reade Street Ale...maybe Red Wolf...maybe..) combined with 25 bottled options so that you may diversify you beers and taste. There's also an extensive food menu (burgers, fries, fish and chips,....salads??). The Bar hosts tv's so you can catch the local NY teams when they play (NICE!). When you leave this spot to find another in Tribeca you will immediately realize that you are downtown and not all bars can be as Cheap and fun as Reade Street Pub..(That should be on their website....or a bumper sticker...at least a saying..) Overall this place is a 7 out of 10 for a top notch place to grab a pint and catch up with friends, the people here are friendly and they even have a *FREE*-MASSIVE (think trick-or-treat style) bucket of hard candy by the door to grab a few and take with you on your drunken travels. If you are a smoker ( don't quit, no one likes a quitter...) there are benches out front of this pub to sit, smoke and chat with other cancer loving addicts...If you find yourself downtown...and thirsty...Reade Street Pub is definitely a cool place to stop in!

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