McHales Closing

--Had a few Schaefer's there, and even Rheingold -- thank goodness I can afford Bud now.

So sad that another landmark is lost to "progress"

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Aren't we all looking forward to yet another highrise?

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I'm flying in on Thursday and had hoped to make one last visit there for dinner. How sad.

I hate to threadjack but I also hate to start another thread on the same subject.

A while ago someone said Barrymore's (sp?) was closing; the one across the street from Avenue Q.

Is this true?
When is it supposed to happen? Or did it already happen?

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McHales-
That place gave me the heebies. I never understood why anyone liked that place. The Edison is so much better.
The last time I went to McHales there was a piece of hair in my food.

To Corine

Hair today & gone tomorrow . Guess we are lucky we did not get in Saturday.

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I liked "The Quiet Man" but thats long gone.

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Morosco, thank you for posting the pic.
Just more malling (mauling?) of the theater district.

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Box Five-
I'm sorry if you lost your hangout. I never liked the place, but for those who did i'm sorry.
I never like to hear of restaurants closing, even bad ones.
If you had an order of hair in your salad, not sure you would be rushing back.

Updated On: 1/17/06 at 07:42 AM

Broadway.com has an excellent and very sad article on the closing of McHales with quotes from former regulars Patti Lupone, Rachelle Rak and Matthew Broderick.

"I don't know where all of the community will go," Broderick voiced. "Bennigan's is not the same feeling. New York is over. It's very sad. Why is it happening? Does the neighborhood need another high rise?"

"It's a working class bar," LuPone explained.... "And we are all working class stiffs, however much we pretend to be something else. This is a home"....These places are very important [to the community] and sadly they're disappearing," "It's not good. It's not individual. But nothing shocks me anymore about the city. I don't know what's going on here."

Interesting to note - McHales had been there since 1953.
McHales

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New York is a little worse off. My Niece worked there as a bartender until she got married a few years ago. We got free drinks so I was sorry to see her go

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