friday night lights

it's friday night. and yes, that's an Irish bar. damn good one too. simply because it's one of the very few bars in queens that offers carlsberg on tap.(perhaps i may be wrong, if there is another bar please do let me know...appreciate it in advance}. a few times i've been there, i don't ever remember drinking anything other than carlsberg. the motto of the bar says, "opening time is guinness time" but it might as well say: opening time is ara/chang time due to the prevelant crowd of bhutanese and tibetans. for some, it's an habitual excersise in nostalgia. and still for others, it's a place to hook up with himalayan chicks and dudes.

interior: as you enter, to the left is a small hub with wall sofas and few tiny tables. the long bar-table almost occupies the entire length of the room except for a small space at the rear, the dance floor. yes, once again, it's an Irish bar (Irish bars in woodside and sunnyside are popular among new Irish immigrants)but the dj has certainly acknowledged the crowd springkling the dance floor with hit bollywood hindi songs. hindi songs in an irish bar.

crowd diversity: majority: tibetans. bhutanese: a fair representation. the rest: very minimal including the bartender, the dj and security.

food: haven't seen anyone order as of yet or spotted a menu. however, right across the street, there is a food-vendor cart that sells some wicked momos and a hellish aze (a chilli paste) that left a few blisters on my tounge but does wonder to the state of drunkeness.