Irish pubs have been a part of New York City culture since the 19th century in honor of this
New York institution today we'll show you the best places for Irish pub food in the city because you
don't have to be a drinker to enjoy them hope you brought your appetite established in 1854
McSorley's Old Ale House is the oldest Irish pub in the city and probably the most famous we've
drawn inspiration for this adventure from the sponsor of today's video Searchlight Pictures
and their new movie The Banshees of inner sharing which is set in Ireland starring Colin Farrell
and Brendan Gleason as two friends that have a fallen I need a friend who I haven't had a
falling out with to inspire me for an Irish movie night you know when you start thinking
about the history of New York you really start to think about where they turn Pub even came from a
comes from public house when you start to think about how New York was created and the ideas that
got shared to help make this city the city that you know today it all came from a culture that
started here at bars like this so if you want to get to know New York better visit your local bar
just here this is because people used to spit Tobacco on the floor so much history of this
bar John Lennon used to come in and sit in the back corner table writing and just happened to
be sitting at that very table right now Abraham Lincoln had a drink here after his famous 1860
address at Cooper Union and you could even see Harry Houdini's handcuffs hanging over the bar
he escaped two sets of handcuffs inside McSorley so this place is a who's who of American History
you know people always say the corned beef hash is the ultimate Irish brunch food and frankly I've
never ever disagreed with that in my many years of existence on this world you know growing up in
New York so many times wish you are introduced to food from a different culture that you don't even
really think about it I've had so much corned beef hash throughout my years living here that this is
actually among some of the best I've ever had the gravy brings it all together I mean corned beef
and cabbage does it get more Irish than that not really having the food here is definitely
something that I'd recommend to a lot of people to do while they visit Mexico the movie banshees
of in a Sharon set on the fictional island of inner Sharon we're on the very real island of
Manhattan and I decided to order something that's very real in New York City feltman's hot dog now
this is like the OG Coney Island hot dog too many people think about Nathan's when you should really
ordering a feltman's in a spot like sorely is kept it simple a little sauerkraut spicy mustard on top
way better than Nathan's new Advanced move as a tourist you know your first hot dog at McSorley
so you kill two birds with one stone you come to a super famous pub and you get an incredible hot dog
does this mean that you're now a convert from One Coney Island dog to uh the other Coney Island dog
oh absolutely Feldman's all the way four beers hot dog corned beef hash thirty dollars I mean
we could practically put this into a cheap eats video it's such an amazing spot next up I want to
show you a spot that does traditional Irish Pub Fair really well thank you welcome to Midtown
I feel like I just walked into Dublin right now this is an absolutely incredible interior if you
want like a real contemporary Irish Pub deal when you walk in here you feel the newness of
the bar but it also has that classic Irish feel to it where when we walked in the first thing
our Barstool did was walk up to us and say how are you guys doing in that classic accent I did
my homework on New York Irish pubs very few had their amount of traditional Irish fare on the
menu and that's why we picked them an incredible reviews from everybody for the shepherd's pie I
want to do what you said the Irish chicken curry looking at all this really traditional Irish Pub
Fair just totally puts me in the mood to watch banshees I've been a Sharon which is directed
by Martin McDonough I actually saw the movie and they do such a fantastic job setting the
scene of Ireland in the 1920s the cinematography just puts you in Ireland and going to these pubs
well I feel like I'm right there in the movie when you look inside of it you have a thick cut piece
of bacon here which looks more like ham which is great it's buttered and it's just honestly
something that does well in a cold day like today
I love this there's nothing complicated about this it's literally just white bread butter and
bacon but when you look at the type of nicknames here it's a little bit fattier which is very nice
because it goes very well with the bread for many people in the U.S Irish chicken curry would not
stand out as something that's traditional Irish Pub Fair but this is huge in Ireland because of a
lot of the Indian food influence so we've got the chicken curry here and then we've got a side half
fries half rice so you've got the Indian influence and you've got more of that Pub Fair influence all
in one this is perfect food for a pub if you're drinking you want to stay warm give your fries
in the curry sauce and then you know I can see why this is so popular in Ireland so right now we've
got our beef we've got some carrots in here we got some fresh veggies in there I believe there's
some peas in there as well it's just keeping it super traditional obviously you have your mashed
potatoes on top made into a beautiful beautiful pattern on top and now we get to see how it tastes
not spectacular when you start thinking about having a pint with a couple of your best friends
and you start thinking about coming out and just coming together over a table the first
thing you want to do is grab some comfort food and this is my friends is it the other
cool things about Westbury one you are just a few minutes from Bryant Park and two they
play music from an Irish radio station I was like the accent's definitely not from New York
we're going to stick with history Peter McManus Cafe open here since 1936.
at bars I have an important call to make excuse me all right I was certain I was gonna get trapped in
there it feels like we're setting ourselves up for an awkward first date here clearly people
were a lot smaller back in the day because Lord knows the boy ain't really fitting in
here modern Americans beware I'm the only person I could say I run my great grandfather's place
um and we're I'm the fourth generation um and now we have a a couple of little fifth
generation McMasters running around too so uh proud that we're a five generation family
business I'm curious about the decor here because to me it feels like we're stepping
back in time there's a thing about especially you know New York Irish American type style
pubs they're a they're a Timeless classic besides the TVs and like the Jukebox just
about everything is original to the 30s people that if they've walked in they remember if you
don't remember if you've ever been here you likely have never been here I'm even a fan of these menus
all right there you are thank you and if you don't finish the tats take them home because they make
perfect hash browns tomorrow all this pub food smells [ __ ] good that's right I use the word
fecking which is very commonly used in Ireland and in the movie banshees of Innis Sharon Colin
Farrell uses the word very frequently see what all this is [ __ ] about that should be the best kid
and we've got their McManus reuben sandwich very very famous here pastrami corned beef
sauerkraut Swiss Rye Russian dressing and tater tots on the side you know we talk about going to
cats as we talk about all the famous delis we're gonna see how this holds up big bite without you
that's a lot of meat wow gonna get the meat sweats after this one I might get the meat
switch after this one with a Russian dressing and the Swiss cheese everything in that one bite it's
just Comfort this is like perfect bar food at least we have a little bit of Irish Flair
involved here with the corned beef now it's not corned beef and cabbage but you know close
enough pop pops Burger is a beautiful blend uh brisket short rib and chalk cooked to perfection
all right let's go the start of the show with this one is going to be that wonderful Patty
it's seasoned Perfection it's not overly done so you still have to play with the beef shining
but with that wonderful combination of just different fatty cuts of beef one thing people
don't do enough of when they create Burgers they like to go super lean which dries everything out
that equals flavor so when you add all that in you add those spices you end up with a perfectly juicy
burger that is like can't miss in Chelsea New York one of the things I'm most proud of is our food
there's this weird stigma that goes around that you know hopefully is breaking but you know like
an Irish Pub or you know your local neighborhood like spot that's open at 4am that you might think
about going to get drunk first and food is an afterthought you know you do it as a necessity
to mop up the alcohol and not to have a meal you know and we take pride in our food now that I'm
full of the best Irish pub food in the city I've got my Blu-ray and I'm ready for a night in with
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