Everyone remembers their first trip to Paris.

The pernicious insistence women’s interest publications place on the idea of being a “stress-free host” is ruining exactly what makes home entertaining over the holidays (and beyond) appealing.

A neighborhood institution since 1994, it’s most famous for hosting a secret Rolling Stones show in 1997, but also for being name-dropped in High Fidelity.

Participating or people watching, it’ll be a good time so long as you have a table to call home base.

Nothing says Celtic-authenticity quite like 80oz beer towers and Guinness-spiked mac and cheese.

A three-minute walk from MSG yields this Rangers fan command post with plenty of screens for game-viewing and a rooftop bar stocked with all the standards.

When faced with something as hellish as Penn Station Purgatory, you have two options: 1) continue to bear the crowd, or 2) pound nine beers while eating shrimp cocktail.

The food is classic American, as in deep fry, mayo, burger-based and vaguely Asian -- like the BBQ chicken spring roll -- and you can add shrimp to anything for only $6 extra dollars!!

Affectionately known as "The Farm," this gastropub in Flatbush is wholly dedicated to natural eating.

Kevin Read, former bartender at Lucky Strike, opened Alchemy as a nod to townhouse gastropubs in London, going so far as to bring in a 100-year-old bar to provide extra authenticity.

A few blocks down Pacific, on the cusp of Brooklyn Heights, is this neighborhood staple frequented by famous playwrights.

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