Irish Eyes

Irish eyes is indeed a dive bar. More than that though it has been a fixture in the Inwood  neighborhood for 60+ yrs.

As a bartender I know first hand that this bar although old, is clean and safe.

It's also the cheapest place for a cold beer.  IT'S ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR HERE!

The crowd is warm and friendly ranging in age from 30- 50 at night.  Older crowd during the day.

If your looking for a downtown mixologist experience or a hipster nest THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.  In other words THEY DO NOT CATER TO KIDS LOOKING FOR 'A SCENE'.  

If you do come to Irish Eyes expect courteous service. Excellent jukebox, Inexpensive drinks and ZERO PRETENSION. .

A dive bar the way a dive bar should be! Pool table. Jukebox.

Every review you see here should make you excited to visit Irish Eyes. I dropped in before Columbia's homecoming yesterday, and again during halftime. Not a student or alum in sight! And the Bud Light student spirit posse was out in full force in the neighborhood.

There was a heavy wannabe firefighter who spent a good five minutes loudly entreating his buddy to grill bacon over a bed of clams "to get that grease and juice and shit all up in there real good." Then he told a story about being hit with a pool cue on a misbegotten trip to Washington, DC "back when I was in fucking good shape and shit." Then he beat up his three assailants, at least in the entertaining version I overheard.

For some reason, the female bartender (mid-40s?) twice asked me if I'd even been to Wetlands. My theory on that is that I'm the first person to have entered IE since Wetlands closed in 2001 who might reasonably have been expected to venture below Dyckman Street for entertainment at some point in the past 20 years.

You could probably work here for a year and never have to make a mixed drink with more than two ingredients.