Cherry's On the Bay

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  Had a late lunch in the adjacent restaurant next to this place (unsure but it looked like it was the same owner).  Upstairs patio facing the dock.
  
  Standard lunch fare.  But the appetizer platter (jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, mac & cheese stix, buffalo wings) and the chicken gyro hit the spot.
  
  But what warrants a review for this place is their killer bloody mary.  Super hot but with a refreshing sweetness to it.  This drink here has now motivated me to try and replicate this recipe ... seriously, really good.

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  Posted on 06.11.12 F. P.

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  I'm in LOVE with this bar! Granted, I also visited on my first trip to Fire Island and I'm head over heels with the whole experience. Loved the ferry, loved the beach, loved how gay everything was.
  
  I ended up making the trek (and yes, Brooklynites it is a TREK) because I was familiar with DJ RiMiX who was spinning that evening and have never been steered wrong when following her around.  You could hear her set before the ferry docked and the sweet sexy dance tunes easily helped us find our way into the dim, red-lit Cherry's. The huge square bar takes up the most space. It's run by just 2-3 folks, so getting a drink can require a little patience but my margaritas were a strong and tasty reward. After that, on to the dance floor and stage where hordes of scantily-clad gay beach folk were continuing their daylong party. The tunes were a mix of 90's dance classics (think Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox), current Top 40 pop tunes, and some fresh off the A-list hip hop.
  
  One of my fave features of Cherry's was the one-stop-shop-ness of it. Tired of dancing (as if you could tear yourself away!)? It's on a DOCK right on the water! You can cool your dancin' heels actually IN the water, or on one of several picnic table spots along the line of Yachts. Hungry from boozing? There's a restaurant attached with nothing too gourmet (that I noticed, anyway), but a wealth of fried bites perfect for soaking up your alcohol.
  
  Again, I'm in love. Swoon.

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  Posted on 07.27.11 Sara R.

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  The Drinks were good downstairs.  Had lunch here too the following day.  Food was decent.  Nothing at all to write home about.  The frozen cosmo was amazing. It was perfect to sit upstairs on the outdoor deck and sip frozen drinks. (Its Fire Island...Its about the booze...not eating).  I would def go back again. Prices were decent for lunch too and they gave you a free glass of either champagne or a bloody mary.

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  Posted on 06.19.11 Jay B.

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  Has great chicken wings at the restaurant. The bartenders tend to take care of you when your there. But watch out, When it's busy service tends to be a little slow.

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  Posted on 10.09.10 Timothy F.

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  Thank God for Cherry's.
  
  I'm working in Fire Island this summer at The Pines.  In order to hang in the Pines you have to be rich, gay, male and buff.  I am only one of these things, and I think you have to be at least 2 or more,  so I don't have as good a time at the Sip N' Twirl as everyone else.  So I walk with my fellow cooks through the Meat Rack to Cherry Grove which is just as gay but funkier and there's more nightlife.
  
  Cherry's is right on the water and there's a dance floor section (a requirement for any gay establishment on the island) with a bumping sound system and a square bar that everyone sits around.  It's filled with drunk old queens, young cute gays, lesbians, and a random assortment of other people.  I saw three women in two hours here, which is more than I saw the whole week at The Pines.  Tony, my poor single straight coworker, who is working and living at The Pines the entire summer, was fairly frothing at the mouth at the sight of an overweight 50-year-old dancing all by her lonesome drunk self.  Everyone is pretty friendly.  Some are super duper friendly and decide to make out with each other or go have sex somewhere.  Some are too friendly and have trouble taking no for an answer.
  
  So we order our Rocket Fuels and an old drunk dude sidles up to Tony and is all over him.  Eventually poor bewildered Tony asks him politely to leave him alone.  Drunk dude throws a drink at us and misses by about one hundred miles.  The bartender kicks him and his friend out by taking the soda gun and shooting him, from behind the bar, with soda water.  Some of the water splashed onto my chicken tenders, but I didn't mind.  I was pretty full by then anyway.

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  Posted on 07.02.10 Kyle H.

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  Cherry's is annoying and loud, but it's perhaps the most consistently popular place in Cherry Grove. I wish I liked it more. And by "more," I mean, "at all."
  
  The disco starts around 4 p.m. daily. I like me some disco, but unfortunately, it sounds like the same CD over and over again. Until the karaoke begins on Friday nights... Oy.
  
  The crowd is typical Cherry Grove (no "Pines Boys" here!) and the bar service is rather slow. There is table service when it gets busy.
  
  The bayside setting is the only reason to go, in my opinion. The spacious, sturdy deck is an awesome place to watch the sunset (it's simply gorgeous) and raise your glass to the poor folks queued up to leave the island on the adjacent ferry dock. Bon voyage, suckers!

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  Posted on 08.10.07 Billy A.

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