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The Thirsty Scholar

155 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003
nr. 10th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-777-6514 Send to Phone

Photo by Youngna Park

Official Website

ryansnyc.com

Hours

Daily, 2pm-4am

Happy Hour

Daily, 2pm-8pm; $6 cosmo, manhattan, or martini, $5 wine by the glass, $4 drink specials, $4 bottled beer

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at Astor Pl.; N, R, W at 8th St.-NYU

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

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The Thirsty Scholar gently nods to its patrons' intellectual side. A wild-haired Mark Twain effigy relaxes in an alcove and charcoal portraits of Samuel Beckett et. al. dot the nicotine-yellow walls. But is this Irish pub actually populated with geniuses? Well, discussions are more likely to center on Nietzsche than they are about the latest HBO original. Narrow as a shoebox, low-ceilinged, and set just below street level, the Thirsty Scholar could've been a pretty depressing place. But cheap stiff drinks and feel-good music guarantee the would-be intelligentsia never throw too many barbs when they're throwing darts.

Extra

Bar-hop over to the owner's other East Village pubs: Ryan's two doors down and Bull McCabe's on St. Marks.

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Scholars and Scoundrels welcome, a bar for none and all.

Shomas from 55346 | Posted on 1/12/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)

Walking below the gold sign reading The Thirsty Scholar in gothic font against dark rustic mahogany doors is where the pleasantness of ones first experience at this bar will have reached climax. The outside may catch the interest of young university students, while the interior will provide them only meager excitement. Though on a cool night midway through the autumn semester when young less widely read or particularly learned chaps are looking to cast away their scholarly personas and cultivate their much repressed inner scoundrel, a trek to The Thirsty Scholar is well worth their stumbles. If youre lucky the bar will doubtless be sparsely populated by a pack of boisterous navy boys in full uniform slamming shots of cheap whiskey, eyeing from a safe distance a cluster of reasonably attractive youngish women returning flirtatious glances. The air inside is ablaze with a yearning for casual one night stands. And if this bar doesnt grasp ones attention, around the corner lays St. Marks street, alive with countless Asian dives swarming with rebelliously well dressed Emo type citizens, predominantly under the age of 21.

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