PubNight #306 / Ad-Hoc Pubnight #2

Ad-Hoc PubNight #2/PubNight #306 (07/02/02) - 7:30pm at McKenna's Pub

From the lack of interest in choosing a bar this week, you'd think there was a holiday on Thursday or something. Fear not; although we've been abandoned by the official selection committee, I'm not going anywhere and I could use a drink tomorrow, especially with Thursday off.

This week's bar comes to my attention via The Onion. For those of you who missed the whole .com humor wave, http://www.theonion.com/ has consistantly been one of the funniest sites on the web for years now. Not too long ago, a print version targeting the NYC area was introduced, available for free in green newspaper boxes scattered around the city. Supplementing the humor from the on-line edition are local ads, band information, and movie reviews.

Here are some totally wrong favorites Pub Night regulars suggested the last time the Onion came up:

"Developmentally Disabled Burger King Employee Only Competant Worker" (Greg):
http://www.theonion.com/onion3702/burger_king_employee.html

"Heads Need To Be Cracked In!" (Barry):
http://www.theonion.com/onion3308/headscrackedin.html

"McDonald's Drops 'Hammurderer' Character From Advertising" (Mike):
http://www.theonion.com/onion3808/hammurderer.html

"Canadian Girlfriend Unsubstantiated" (Petro):
http://www.theonion.com/onion3619/canadian_girlfriend.html

The Onion ad for McKenna's Pub, this week's destination, is simple, giving their name, address, and the slogan that reads something like "Good food. Better beer." It sounded like a place with their priorities straight.

Where: McKenna's Pub
Time: 7:30pm
Food: your usual bar foods
Address: 245 W. 14th St., between 7th and 8th Ave
URL: http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/7117720/67054
Backup: Flannery's, 205 W. 14th St.

Reviews of this place, both on and off-line, are mixed. The one City Search comment says "I don't know which is worse-the lame people who come to this bar or the freaky idiot savant bartenders who serve them." Shecky's suggests "Its priced with the older, local crowd in mind and is a surprisingly welcome escape from snide music scenes, frat packs, overpaid uber hipsters and other hazards of local nightlife." Meanwhile, Kris told me "that place is a real dive" while this guy I used to play volleyball with points out "my roommate used to take me to McKenna's because there was a guy he could buy coke from that hung out there". I don't know about you, but that's all I needed to hear!

Trying not to shoot my eye out with a bottle rocket again this year,
--greg & nobody else