Minnie the McSorley's Cat

01/17/2020

Rest in peace.

As bartender, manager and owner, he helped the East Village saloon survive neighborhood blight and change its ways by admitting women and banning smoking.

01/13/2020

Rest in peace.

02/07/2018

I was robbed.

Rats and and pigeons may reign supreme in New York City, but cats — both resident and stray ones — have found their home amidst our urban sprawl.

06/22/2017

‘Saturday mornings were my twisted version of heaven,” Rafe Bartholomew recalls in his new memoir. “I was 5, 6, 7 years old, and every weekend I got to spend a few hours hanging out with grown men …

11/16/2016

In 162 years, McSorley’s had never been shut down -- even for Prohibition!

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11/13/2016

Two nice people, kept out of their happy day at the Old House at Home because of rats. Here's wishing them all the happiness in the world!

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room. But for the first time, the room was dry. After being shut down Wednesday by the Department of Health — which found 42 rodent droppings and “conditions conducive…

08/25/2015

This is going to be a big hit with my college cat lady friends. (But of course, never give real alcohol to your cats. Dogs, you shouldn't either, but they're not my problem.)

It’s Friday night, your girlfriends (or boyfriends) are all busy, and you’ve found yourself in a melancholy slump on the sofa with a glass of Merlot, and only your cat for company, what do you do? You get your cat involved with the wine action of course, because a new beverages company have just mad…

02/25/2015

One of the city’s oldest Irish bars has counted many famous writers among its regulars, from Hunter S Thompson to Brendan Behan

12/25/2014

Merry Christmas, humans!

01/22/2014

Get your shovels, humans!

12/26/2013

Merry Christmas, friends!

10/30/2013

On a recent night, firemen in dress blues, and one in a kilt, toasted a promotion; bearded musicians discussed a gig; nearby, hoodie-wearing men and women spoke French.