Tap House

Tap House gets three stars for a consistently good time.  Nothing mind-blowingly awesome but nothing to make me stop coming.  It's all about timing: the weekend night scene is my worst nightmare- jam-packed, five deep at the bar, blaring music...lets say a generous 1 star.
Tap House gets 3.5 stars on weeknights and Fri/Sat before, say, 8pm.  Knowing that, this is when hubby and I come, and what my review is based on.  We love coming for a few happy hour rounds and a bite to eat...I appreciate that Tap House doesn't try anything fancy with food and sticks to the basics as all bars should- mozz sticks, cheese fries and hubs is always getting the atomic/abusive super spicy wings (which he says aren't particularly spicy but enjoyable).  
I don't give the full 5 stars, or even 4, because even though they have so many TV's, there's not always a great variety of games.  Some nights, every TV will be on the Yankees game, we always have to ask someone to turn on the Mets.  Even if it's to watch them lose (they suck, I know, I love them anyway!), we shouldn't have to ask.  Why have so many TV's if you're only going to show a bit of what's on?  And the other reason I deduct stars is the fact that the staff, while friendly, clearly has their favorites.  Hubby and I have been coming once or twice a month for the last three or so years, which I guess isn't as often as the regulars there, but we both feel like we get second-class service from the bartenders (the waitresses are excellent).  The bartenders clearly have their favorites and are quick to serve them, hubs and I order at the bar, and can't help but wonder that some people order their beer a couple minutes after us and get them right away..meanwhile we're standing there waiting for ours.  This happens regularly.  We're not rude, we tip at least 20%, etc., so not sure why there's such preferential treatment.  As I'd said above, nothing that would make me stop coming, just something I've noticed.
To sum up, Tap House is a great place to come weeknights and early evening on weekends for a low-key drink :)

love the wings..

After moving to Forest Hills recently, my fiancé and I were looking for a good sports bar to be able to watch our teams. Luckily, we didn't have to go too far! Tap House is a fun place for watching games and their wings are delicious!!! (Our favorites are the Garlic Parmesan and the Chipotle BBQ)  They have a pretty good beer selection- plenty of different on tap and they tend to mix it up every now and then which is great.  Their burgers are pretty good too and I love how they are named after NY sports teams (they need to add a Knicks one though!! ). Staff and manager are friendly as well.