Old Hollywood experience but not as fancy as Musso and Franks (the prime rib is half the price and almost as good) but better than Tam O Shanter (which has gone downhill imo). Great people watching, horrible but fun live band on weekends, best garlic bread ever (they toast it with kraft Mac and cheese powder on top). When you’re in the booths you can feel the ghost of lunches past where a bunch of studio execs got sauced and came up with some bob hope movie.
Feb 26, 2024
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grimy and has horrible food but this is the best karaoke spot you’ll ever go to. also everyone in there is gay for some reason! the smoking area is a great place to find friends, even if you don’t smoke.
Oct 16, 2024
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Looks like a 1970’s Milwaukee basement. Old Style on tap served in frosty mugs from an old Samsonite fridge. Pool table. Jukebox. Bar pretzels. Old analog TV’s with random movies playing.
Feb 23, 2024
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It’s an Irish pub somehow located in the interior plaza of a FiDi housing complex. The blinds are down; the red vinyl booths are empty. There’s an octagonal painting of the Twin Towers; Tiffany lampshades; a dim back room with stained glass windows; an ancient waiter who wears a suit; a horrific porcelain leprechaun. The wings are pretty good.One of the few bars in the vicinity to predate 9/11, Byrnes is a holdout against the mass extinction of normal places for normal people to get a drink in the city. For every haunt like Forlini’s that closes we’re treated to half a dozen new TikTok-bait establishments called, like, Ghosted & Fried that serve TUNA POKE WONTON TACOS and MEXICAN STREET CORN RAVIOLI (real menu items at Beauty & Essex) to Syracuse marketing majors in Allbirds. And don’t get me started on the neon signs…Even more insidious are the places like Bernie’s that mimic suburban taverns in order to sell homesick creative directors a plate of five mozzarella sticks for $17. Skip all that, go to Byrnes.
Jun 28, 2022
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listened to it 5x in a row today
Feb 26, 2024
Jan 22, 2024
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Rock steady is full of underrated songs imo and this one is one of the best no doubt songs ever except it’s (very obviously) a prince song. It also sounds like a little dragon song. when it comes on in the car I usually restart it at least two times.
Jan 22, 2024