New York on Tap 2008
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No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Trinity Pub

229 E. 84th St. · btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave.
Upper East Side, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 16, 2026.

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Overview

Bring in 30 friends on a Thursday night and you can guest bartend at this Irish pub. You'll drink for free and get to keep half the tip jar.

History

Schubert Hall, then Sidestreets, then Trinity

Before it was Trinity, the space at 229 East 84th Street had been a bar since the 1930s, mostly run by German and Hungarian immigrants1, 2. It was Schubert Hall in the 1940s and '50s and a firefighters' bar called Sidestreets in the '70s and '80s1, and it has been Trinity Pub since 19952. When we listed it, anyone who brought thirty friends on a Thursday night could guest bartend, drink for free and keep half the tip jar. It's still pouring3; in July 2026 a reviewer called its pour "a sleeping giant of a pint" and the staff spot on4.

Sources

  1. sideways.nyc
  2. nyc.gov
  3. restaurantji.com
  4. theguinnessmap.com

Researched October 2026.

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