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Ace Bar

Bar and Pool Hall$$$$

Alphabet City, New York

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7.7^/10

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Ranked #3 for pool tables in New York
Has a stamp of approval from The Corcoran Group and Gothamist
"Great place to shoot pool, play darts or skeeball, or pinball."(45 Tips)
"A longtime favorite place for pinball, darts, and pool."(16 Tips)
"Buck hunter, skee ball, darts, and pool tables."(14 Tips)
"Great place to go with friends- skeeball, pool, and darts!"(31 Tips)

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Niccolo OlivaresJanuary 24, 2016
Beer, lively
christina lynn agathaDecember 21, 2014
Been here 5+ times
Play games. Ignore people.
jenny mullerApril 24, 2011
Been here 5+ times
Push through the crowd and go all the way to the back: skee ball!
Paola TrabancoAugust 23, 2016
Games and cheap drinks.
Omer ZachSeptember 28, 2014
Been here 5+ times
Chat a bit with the bartender.
nathan archambaultJuly 27, 2009
ace bar recently redesigned the inside of their bar, moving skeeball to the back, and adding 3 huge booths where skeeball used to be.
sqeptiqMay 16, 2011
Good place to come for the gamesters, & not just them.
Abner AcevesJanuary 31, 2015
Been here 10+ times
Big buck hunter HD!
Giovanni D'PalmaMarch 15, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Not really my scene, but a good spot to play some bar pool.
Matt PayneNovember 13, 2013
Been here 50+ times
There's a Big Buck Hunter social league here! www.nycbigbucks.com
Bev HancockSeptember 8, 2013
Practice up on your skeeball. Good times
Dan HussonNovember 28, 2010
Been here 50+ times
Fri and sat nights are fun! If you know me, you know how serious I am about that...
Humphrey MensahDecember 2, 2014
Cool place
Karin RendelmanAugust 19, 2011
Darts...skee ball...pool...love games and drinking :)
Dan HussonNovember 22, 2010
Been here 50+ times
Go get a pint of guiness with Brian on Monday afternoon.
Andrew OdenheimerFebruary 27, 2016
Skee ball!
Amy ChuangNovember 9, 2012
They have skeeball!!!!!
Marissa StuartJune 9, 2015
skee ball!
Jordan KerrJune 11, 2010
a good time!..especially when Q-Tip spins..people are here to have fun!
Justin SaundersJuly 14, 2011
Been here 10+ times
Newly refurbished pool tables!!!
Erika AJuly 31, 2011
Happy Hour, Skee Ball and darts, Oh my!
Amanda PrinzoMarch 12, 2010
The skee ball machine on the right is better than the one on the left.
Dave HermanasMarch 29, 2010
Pinball and rubbing your butt on people walking into the bar because it is too crowded. Read more
Sean SmithJuly 16, 2011
check this place out and tell me what you think.
Joseph MisitiDecember 11, 2011
they have miller highlife bottles
Lauren CurtinApril 24, 2009
Go to Ace Bar and play skeeball or come Wednesday nights to check out the league Brewskee Ball.
Annie AdamsApril 20, 2011
Been here 5+ times
Have the shock top beer... Good stuff
Ian PanchamOctober 31, 2010
Best lunch box collection
JP FordJune 12, 2010
Skeeball! Score 500 and get a free beer!
DensFebruary 9, 2009
Been here 25+ times
Go to Ace Bar and break 300 in skeeball. Reward yourself with a Miller High Life
Pierre BarbieuxMarch 19, 2009
Go to Ace Bar and break 500 in skeeball. Reward yourself with a Miller High Life
Justin DickinsonJuly 15, 2009
Been here 5+ times
This bar is dog-friendly. And I'm not talking about the 3D wolfman wall art.
Nate SandfordNovember 18, 2010
Been here 10+ times
Don't stand outside or you'll get peed on
John T.November 9, 2013
Stay away from Owen.
Nestor BaillyJune 4, 2011
Leave, immediately. This is a total bridge and tunnel bar. Expensive and full of douchebags.
Harrison MarkeyJanuary 3, 2011
Play darts it's free!
aey oh_yesMay 18, 2011
a good time
Michael ShibaJanuary 10, 2015
Way too crowded.
Meredith GloverSeptember 5, 2011
Skee ball!
Anahi DApril 22, 2010
Ski ball tables in the back!
Paramitha MithaJuly 13, 2010
did this. break 500 in skeeball ;D
bob hancockMarch 9, 2010
Yikes! It has become a clean singles bar.
Amalia HohbergerNovember 20, 2009
Guaranteed score for singles on Valentine's Day
Loek BergsteinFebruary 28, 2011
Hi, Camilla
Harun ZankelNovember 22, 2010
be prepared to drop a pay check
Kevin SilvermanJune 20, 2010
Been here 5+ times
Don't come here. The bartenders can't keep tabs straight and will bill other people's drinks to you and not settle it properly
Joey NowakNovember 24, 2012
The worst jukebox in New York.
Noah SingerMarch 12, 2010
Play Skeeball
Jennifer FoxMarch 19, 2009
Drinking and Skeeball = a fun night.
Mary BAugust 4, 2009
Brewskeeball League

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