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The Blue Room
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1140 Second Ave.,
New York, NY 10021
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Hours
Daily, noon-4am
Happy Hour
Mon-Fri,
noon-8pm; $3 domestic bottles, $4 imported beers, $5 well drinks
Nearby Subway Stops
4, 5, 6 at 59th St.; N, R, W at Lexington Ave.-59th St.
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Profile
It's all Coors Light, chicken wings, and NFL games at this small Upper East Side sports bar. Announcing itself unceremoniously with a dark-blue awning decorated with sports logos, the Blue Room seems purposely anti-quaint. The block's string of charm-drenched venues (like the frilly Serendipity 3) ends abruptly at Second Avenue, where The Blue Room's no-frills regulars slurp domestic drafts, numb their taste buds on Atomic Wings—the company runs a booth in the back—and take in drably urban views of the Roosevelt Island Park tram and the Queensboro Bridge. Heads tilted upward to one of the seven TVs, neighborhood sports fans congregate here to watch games, or organize billiards bouts on the blue-felted pool table in the back. Blue, in case you hadn't noticed, is the theme here—from the blue party lights draped across the blue walls and the framed poster of Mickey Blue Eyes to the Blue Moon Ale on tap.
| 9.0 | "Highly Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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Nice place with some flaws
tford551 from 10003 | Posted on 4/15/08
I go to the Blue Room with co-workers about once a week. The place is small and can get very crowded at times during sporting events. The prices are cheap but it seems the prices change when different bartenders work. They do have a happy hour but they do not advertise it. The food is ok and the service for it is fast. They also have a takeout menu and deliver within the neighborhood. The bathrooms are a mess and seldom clean. Sometimes you must keep your coat on during the winter and you can beg for air conditioning in the summer. My one big complaint is a lack of bartenders when it is busy during sporting events. I think a good idea would be for the waitress to help out the bartender during busy times but this rarely happens. On most days a few Scores girls will stop by before or after there shift since Scores is a block away. All in all its a nice place to knock down a few and watch the game.
Friendliest Bar in Town
DavenShell from ol25eh | Posted on 9/6/07
Shell (my fiancee) and I went from England to our favourite city in the world - New York in March and we stumbled upon the Blue Room. We watched the basketball play offs, ate chicken, played pool and danced with the regulars to our favourite tunes off the duke box. We were made to feel so welcome we stayed until the early hours and returned the following day. Shell even got to show off her skills behind the bar. We are coming back in Nov. and cant wait to see Bob & the gang in the Blue Room.
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