When it comes to dive bars, paddy power really is as good as it gets. Located on one of the main streets in Merrick it is steps away from the LIRR so no need for a DD!
Show your face once a week and the bartenders will coincidentally start remembering your favorite drinks, how you like your wings (super spicy) and even hold your bag behind the bar. Thursday night karaoke during the summer brings a particularly rowdy crowd with an eclectic sound ranging through every genre of music. Always entertaining but the wait list can get long pretty fast so I recommend getting there early.
As for the food it is standard pub food but always consistent and never disappointing. Highly recommend it for a good night out where you don't have to try and impress anyone and can just have fun.
What can I say, this place rocks! Cheap drinks, yummy cocktails and great bar staff!! One particular bartender is great, Vinny... as him to make you a ghetto sangria, so good!
The food is very good for pub grub. I go down for 10 cents wings on a Wednesday night... you really can't 10 cents for wings and $2.50 for a beer!
Check it out, highly recommended!
Paddy Power isn't just your average run of the mill Long Island pub. It's more than that. For one the bartenders are awesome and they never fail to use a heavy hand with their pours.* Plenty of decent beers on tap and the drink specials are certainly noteworthy.**
I've had their food a few times - it's your standard pub fare, but it's actually quite good.
The crowd is always friendly - even when it gets unbearably crowded. Go here for the cheap drinks and to meet up with friends, watch a game, and laugh at the drunk fools doing karaoke!
*Tip them well!
** Happy Hour from 11:30am - 7pm
Sundays/Mondays - 20 cent wings and beer specials during games.
Tuesdays - $2.50 beers and half price snacks.
Wednesdays - $2.50 drafts and 10 cent wings.
Thursdays - Ladies Night - $2.50 drinks for ladies, $2.50 Miller & Bud drafts for guys (also karaoke night).
Fridays - $2.50 Bud Lights
Saturdays - $2.50 Miller draft and bottles
Been here well over 100 times. Bartenders are Friendly as hell, Drink specials are amazingly cheap. The Happy Hour is great. Food is What you would expect form a Pub. Only thing i can say "bad" about it, is Karaoke on Thursday nights. If you like Karaoke, then its the place to be, If not, Its loud and crowded with awful singing drunks. This has become my regular spot, even though it's a bit out of my way.
Review Source:This place is a local dive bar. I went here a few years back when it was called the "M Bar." Pretty much the same deal, except there is more good stuff on the menu and the staff is friendlier. A nice local place to meet up with friends, eat a good burger, and grab a few brews at a fair price. It's visually a well-appointed place with lots of wood and well-kept bathrooms. Review based a few Friday night visits in the past year.
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