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Time Out

349 Amsterdam (between 76th and 77th), 212-362-5400

Bartenders and Sports Go Together SO Well

Time Out closed for business on Feb. 11, 2008. We are going to keep this page online for as long as we feel like it, because this was a great bar and should not be forgotten anytime soon. It was doomed by poor business decisions (not paying their rent) but it did have great bartenders and patrons.

This is the original text for the bar page (pre 2008):

Is there a section of Manhattan with more bars per capita than the Upper West Side? And if your bar was advertised as the best sports bar with the best-looking bartenders, would that be something to rave about?

You are on Amsterdam Avenue, which has as many bars on it as Amsterdam, Holland. The place is 4,000 square feet of beer pong tables and TVs galore.

"We have the best-looking bartenders on the Upper West Side," proudly proclaims Stu Eisenberg, the proprietor. "We're in our 11th year as a sports bar here."

The bartenders are all professionals, and keep you well stocked with cold ones as the big games play of their numerous TVs (we think over the bar there are 8 full-size, 4 big-screen, with 24 TVs spread around the place; and they even separate the sound for the games).

"We like to call it the ultimate sports bar, because it's the only place set up like this," Stu says. He is proud that Time Out has been in the Top 10 of the City Search for the past several years as Best NYC Sports Bar, and won it outright a few times.

"It's multi-angled entertainment," says regular Clay Waters. "There's beer pong for the players, electronic trivia for the geekish, an eclectic jukebox that runs from ABBA to ZZ Top, and of course all the ball games for all the fans — Pac-10 partisans in particular will find this a comfortable home-base."

"Then there's the far-flung talent behind the bar," Clay says. "Olive-skinned Carmit from Israel, sweetheart of the Upper West Side; Hungarian-born Timmy, tan and blond and with enough energy to drive mere mortal men into the ground; and redheaded jazz/pop. For variety there's even an actual NYC girl, high-energy knockout Julie, whose behind-the-bar exploits are legendary (check the photos on the back wall). Just don’t expect them to be up to speed on USC's championship prospects or Eli Manning's rookie year. Add in nightly beer specials and probably the best hot wings in the city and you've got the place to be this fall."

If you like beer pong, this place always has a game going. Watch out for William, he might have a charming Southern accent, but he will destroy you if you challenge him to beer pong.

Ina city of sports bars and saloons, Time Out stands out from the crowd as a winner. We asked Paul Katcher (he of Paulkatcher.com) about this. Here are his Top 10 reasons for going to a sports bar like Time Out:

As much as people like to overspend for box seats on Craig's List, watching sports at a local tavern has many advantages.

First, a rowdy and passionate viewing audience makes for it's own stadium-like section, only you can, in essence, change your seat instead of being stuck next to the dick in the doo-rag spewing endless nonsense.

Second, TV production has evolved so much than viewers actually have a better understanding of what's going on. Take, for example, Game 3 of the ALCS between the Yanks and Red Sox. What happened to Zimmer? Where was that pitch to Ramirez? What just happened in the bullpen? A Fenway bleacher bum would've had to have waited to get home to know everything that went on.

Third, bartenders serve 'em up a lot more quickly than the stadium beer men.

Fourth, the bathroom lines are shorter.

Fifth, if the game sucks, there's something else to watch.

Sixth, you can mingle with the crowd.

Seventh, there's no long commute to and from the stadium.

Eighth, when was the last time a stadium has a beer special?

Ninth, Time Out's bartenders are hotter than Cousin Brewskie.

Tenth, a season ticket costs $0.

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