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Bobs Bar NYC

� East Village, NYC
Est. April 2022
NYCs only BYOB Fake Bar. Bring your own Bob
*We do not sell anything, we build community and encourage interaction

03/20/2026

Slide 1: 2022. Moved in as a renter
Slide 2: 2024. Moved out
Slide 3: 2026. Moved in as a home owner

On St. Patrick’s Day, I became the shareholder of my new home on 12th Street.

Not just anywhere on 12th. The same building I lived in for 2 years when I first moved back to the city. The same building where Bob’s Bar NYC has existed for the past 4 years. The same place where my entire life changed.

I just wanted to sit outside at a table & have a beer. I couldn’t afford to be at bars every day. I was making under 50k. That’s how Bob’s Bar started. I’d watch people walk past the apartment & think, why not meet people here & spend less money doing it?

And somehow, that turned into everything.

Everything I have in this city I owe to Bob’s. My sobriety, becoming a bartender, increasing my income, & now my literal home. All of it came from Bob’s & this East Village community. And that community started in this building.

Some of my best friends live here. People who have seen me through the best & worst moments of my life, who didn’t have to have my back but did anyway. No questions, no hesitation. Just real, genuine support.

But this deal didn’t just happen.

The last few months were extremely intense. Co-op packages, board interviews, chasing lawyers (not you, Brad. You’re the man), approvals, wiring money, inspections, delays, & real moments where I thought this whole thing might fall apart. I did all of this without a real estate agent. It was just me, my attorney, & my lender, who I had to remind myself was my lender & not my home buying coach, Michael. 24 days between Northwell & the bar, no sleep, constant pressure, but I just kept going, & eventually, pen hit paper.

And now I’m here. In a home I never thought I’d have a shot at, in the exact building where everything started.

4 years ago, I came back to this city & hit the reset button on my life at 34 years old. I didn’t know I was building a home.

I’m beyond grateful. For every person, every conversation, every day & night at Bob’s.

I love you, East Village. Forever & always.

-Bob

03/11/2026

A piece of Ireland in the middle of New York City and your number one spot this St. Patrick’s Day for one of the best Guinness Pints in the city.

Named after Theobald Wolfe Tone, founder of the United Irishmen and one of, if not the loudest voices for Irish independence back in the late 1700s.

We’re open everyday 11am-4am with a special Irish Food & Drink menu featuring:

-Pork & Leek Bangers & Mash
-Traditional Irish Beef Stew
-Chicken Curry & Rice
-Corn Beef Reuben Sandwich
-Corn Beef & Cabbage
-Sheperds Pie
-Crispy Cod & Chips

Drink Specials:
-Killbeggan Irish Mule
-Irish Cream Espresso Martini
-Paddy’s Manhattan

We’ll see you this Tuesday on St. Patrick’s Day with the best Irish staff (plus one Long Islander) in all of NYC at

Imbibing. Independence. Ireland. 🇮🇪 ☘️

02/25/2026

“Today is going to be a great day”
2 Years Sober Today!

I keep forgetting I got sober on a leap year, hah. I’m grateful for another today sober. Cheers to another year.

02/18/2026

4 years ago outside Bob’s Bar NYC, posted up in front of my favorite building in all of the city.

One week from 2 years sober… and one week from the biggest move of my life 🤞

What a week it’s gonna be. I can’t wait.

02/16/2026

Need some Monday Motivation? Spring is only ONE month away! And the East Village knows it’s not some Groundhog named Phil who decides when Spring starts. Spring starts when a delusional 38 year old man named Bob starts to sit outside.

Calendar says March 20th.
Phil says maybe six more weeks.
But if you see Bob posted up outside in 45 degrees weather and sunglasses? Then yeah… it’s spring. 🌞

Happy Monday, East Village. I love you, and I can’t wait to share some very exciting news.

01/21/2026

We are just 3 months away from the 2026 Bob’s Bar NYC Opening Day! This begins our 5th year of Bob’s and how fitting as I’m moving back to my forever home right on 12th! April 21st, 2026, we celebrate. Mark your calendars!

01/01/2026

2025, you were a rollercoaster.

I celebrated my first full year of sobriety.
Saw my friends.
Ate an unreasonable amount of pizza.
Played a lot of darts. Like…a lot.
Got “dart” threats?
Bali lost all her teeth and so did $2,900 from my bank.
Met more Bobs.
Worked with the Dirty Water Seltzer boys.
Kept Bob’s Bar NYC the best and only BYOB bar in NYC
Got closer with my 11th St neighbors.
Met more dudes doing great things with tables.
Started bartending at an Irish pub.
Reconnected with old friends.
And the best was once again saved for last…
I’m becoming a homeowner on 12th Street.

2025, you were the year of reconciliation.
You checked me and out me in place.
You taught me there’s still work to do.
And reminded me that the work probably never ends.

But I wouldn’t trade 2025 for anything in the world.

Cheers to you 2025.
And here’s to 2026.
Let’s do it again.

12/25/2025

From Bob’s Bar NYC to you and yours, Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🎅

12/24/2025

’Twas the night before Christmas..
Santa bought a co-op, got a mortgage, said “f**k the reindeer,” and clocked in. Santa doesn’t just visit homes. He supports local bars. And you should too. So go see all of Santa’s friends tonight on Christmas Eve AND tomorrow on Christmas!

Christmas Eve Bars:

Starting with all of my 🇮🇪 homies over at where you’ll see Ciara, Danielle, Caitlyn, and Dylan running the finest Irish pub in the city

Then we have that piece of sh…I mean one of my best friends, Jerrick, working behind the bar at a fan favorite,

Last but not least, the man who is 1/2th responsible for my bartending career, Ed, will be bartending over at the bar that made me a bartender,

Merry Christmas Eve, East Village ❤️🎅

12/10/2025

It’s that time of the year..🎅

11/02/2025

“As the seasons change, so do we..”

Bob’s Bar NYC is officially closed for the 2025 season. And what a season it was. New friends, new opportunities, new collabs, and for me personally, new bars to work with and for.

Every year when I write this post, I’m amazed by everything that’s come from this little table I call a fake bar. I started this 4 years ago just trying to have a drink outside and not go broke, because quite frankly, I was broke. But these days I call myself the richest man in New York City because of all that this fake bar has given me.

Between sobriety, making more money than I’ve ever seen in my life, the phenomenal people who’ve come into it, and all the growth that’s followed, I’m forever in debt to the East Village and Bob’s Bar NYC.

Thank you all for how you’ve changed my life.

As always, we’ll be doing our 4th annual Bob’s Christmas Coat Drive this December. I’ll announce collection dates in a week or two.

And before you know it, it’ll be Opening Day, marking the 5th year (yep, half of a fu***ng decade) of Bob’s Bar NYC.

The future of Bob’s may be uncertain right now as I write this post, but to be honest, I think it’s looking pretty good.

See you next year at the best and only (and 5-star rated) BYOB fake bar in New York City.
Bob’s Bar NYC 🍻

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