Today and tomorrow, we’ll be the best bar in NYC to watch UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 2 games. We’ll be showing all the games, day and night.

The Champions League games are hard to find on television in New York City. So whether you’re an ex-pat living here or one of the many European tourists in New York City for the day, you’re likely wondering where to watch the UEFA Champions League games in New York City.

With nine giant, 50-inch screens and the best beer menu in NY, Brickyard Gastropub is one of the very best bars in New York City to watch the Champions League Group Stage Games.

We’ll also be serving our regular menu, including our new bar menu. Of course, we encourage you to wear your finest football shirt!

We expect  a large crowd, so call us today at 212-767-0077 or email us at info@brickyardnyc.com to reserve your table, and come early.

We also open early on weekends for the Premier League games – ask us about it!

The UEFA Champions League teams:

• Ajax
• APOEL
• Arsenal
• Barcelona
• Basel
• BATE
• Bayern
• Benfica
• Chelsea
• CSKA Moskva
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Dortmund
• Genk
• Internazionale
• Leverkusen
• Lille
• Lyon
• Man. City
• Man. United
• Marseille
• Milan
• Napoli
• Olympiacos
• Oţelul Galaţi
• Plzen
• Porto
• Real Madrid
• Shakhtar Donetsk
• Trabzonspor
• Valencia
• Villarreal

A Broadway musical from the creaters of South Park? You heard right. Book of Mormon is the newest hot ticket on Broadway. Described by a New York Times theater review as “a newborn, old-fashioned, pleasure-giving musical,” and just featured on “60 Minutes”, this show is an absolute must-see. If you’re curious about how a show could be simultaneously described as “blasphemous and foul-mouthed” and with a “heart as pure as a Rodgers and Hammerstein show” (we were!?), and you can snag a ticket, you’re in for a fun ride.

The next thing to figure out? Where to eat before or after the show. Most people will hit Broadway — lines, chain restaurants, high prices. But, clearly, you are doing your research, so you know better. Come check us out at Brickyard, just 5 minutes from the Eugene O’Neill theater where you’ll see the show. Our well-crafted dinner menu features delights like Panko Breaded Oysters or Seared Wild Striped Bass, and of course, we have an extensive craft beer list, or try a beer combination from our martini menu for something different. (Ommegang Witte with blackcurrant liquor? amazing.) Everything is reasonably priced, and the atmosphere is laid back but polished.

So, if you’re lucky enough to score a ticket to the show, come see us before or after. You’ll impress your date or your friends, and won’t waste time or money with the rest of the tourist crowds on Broadway!

As a first-class Gastropub in Hell’s Kitchen that keeps its kitchen open till 2:00 a.m., we’ve attracted a large and loyal fan base from New York City’s television community.

This Sunday night, September 18, at 8:00 pm NYC time is the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, the 63rd annual celebration of outstanding achievements in television, hosted by Jane Lynch.

If our loyal fan base is going to be celebrating, well then so are we! We’ll be hosting our Second Annual Emmy Awards Viewing Party, starting at 7:30 pm.  We’ll be showing the Emmy Awards in a separate dining area dedicated to the viewing party, on a 60-inch set, as well as a smaller set.

We’ll be offering our usual dinner menu and bar menu, as well as some food specials, and specialty cocktails.

We expect a large crowd, so call us at 212-767-0077 or email us at Info@BrickyardNYC.com to reserve your table today.

The wet and wild summer of 2011 is becoming a memory. We’re drying out, and our short pants, polo shirts and bathing suits are going into storage, and windbreakers  and turtlenecks are being retrieved from storage.

The same cycle occurs at Brickyard Gastropub. Special offers see our final kegs of summer ales blow out the door, as we make way for our line-up of fall beers.

Just as football slowly replaces baseball in our hearts, our all-star team of fall beers is rounding into mid-season form. Our customers always warmly embrace the newest residents in our row of 24 craft beers.

Our upcoming stars are Harpoon Octoberfest and Hofbrau Octoberfest, which we serve in special mugs and Steiners. We’ll also be pairing them with a special prix fixe Octoberfest food-beer pairing menu from September 16 till October 3.

You’ll get seared pork chop, brussel sprouts, spaetzel, pickled red cabbage, with a Riesling-currant demi glace, paired with Hofbrau Oktoberfest. For dessert, we serve a Bavarian chocolate bread pudding, bacon crème anglaise, paired with a Harpoon UFO Oktoberfest, all for just  $40 per person plus tax and gratuity.

Call 212-767-0077 or email info@BrickyardNYC.com for reservations now.

Celebrate Octoberfest in NYC at Brickyard Gastropub

This fall, New Zealand is the center of the rugby universe at it hosts The Rugby World Cup 2011. You’re likely wondering where to watch the Rugby World Cup in New York City.

Brickyard Gastropub will be showing the match for the Rugby World Cup 2011 Final LIVE this weekend. It’s the All-Blacks of New Zealand vs. France on Saturday night (Sun a.m.) at 4:00 a.m.

We expect a boisterous crowd of fans. With nine giant screens and the best beer menu in NYand a kitchen that will stay open till 4 a.m. for this game, Brickyard Gastropub is one of the very best bars in New York City to watch the Rugby World Cup final.

Of course, we encourage you to wear your finest rugby shirt!

Call us today at 212-767-0077 or email us at info@brickyardnyc.com to reserve your table, and come early; we recommend you arrive by 2:00 am, and can only hold reservations until 3:00 a.m.

Broadway is abuzz about the limited run of The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Haven’t heard of it yet? You will, and tickets are selling fast. This very special play features Jackson and the famed Angela Bassett, and is a “gripping re-imagining” of the events the night before the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The show has played in London for two years; The Independent called it, “breathtaking, hilarious and heart-stopping.”

That night, April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, a very tired MLK went back to his hotel room at the famed Lorraine Hotel during a raging thunderstorm. A stranger (played by Bassett) arrived at his room with surprising news that forced King to face both his destiny and his legacy. Never heard this story? Neither had we.

Running for just eight weeks, this is truly a can’t-miss event. So, book your tickets now.

Wondering where to eat before or after the show? Don’t fight the crowds on Broadway, and definitely don’t pay exorbitant prices for chain restaurant food.

Walk less than 10 minutes to 52^nd and 9^th, and come see us at Brickyard. We’ve got meals for every palate – and a kids’ meal if you’re bringing the littler ones for a history lesson. Want light fare? Enjoy some honey BBQ glazed wings or a Parisian chicken sandwich from our bar menu. Or, if upscale is more your taste, try a Roasted Beet Salad and Seared Wild Striped Bass from the dinner menu. Either way, enjoy with a cocktail, wine or a beer from our extensive craft beer list.

With a bewildering lockout and a pointless preseason out of the way, the NFL begins its regular season this week. For many people in New York City, the only way to spend a Sunday in the fall is ensconced in a seat at their favorite bar, gobbling up chicken wings and other bar food, downing great beer, and watching one great game after another, all day long.

New York certainly does not suffer from a shortage of sports bars from which to choose. Unfortunately, the majority of them define “sports bar” as ones that offer cheap plastic pitchers of bad beer, 25 cent wings and fist fights over space among the crowds packed 5 deep at the bar.

You’ve evolved from those frat party days, and are looking for something a little more sophisticated.

Spend your Sundays at Brickyard Gastropub, the midtown New York sports bar for grown-ups. Here’s why:

We Take Sports Seriously

We have a full season DIRECT TV Sunday Ticket package for NFL Football, so we can show any game, all season long.  And we have  9 HDTVs, more than enough to satisfy everyone in the bar.

The Beer

Our first-class list of 24 craft beers on draft and five craft bottle beers evolves regularly, particularly as the seasons change; it’s always anchored by beers from Blue Point, Six Point, and Ommegang. As the glowing reviews on Open Table and Yelp convincingly show, sports fans share our taste in beer. They also love our beer specials. For nearly every game, we offer some sort of special on one or more of our craft beers. Whether it be a pint for $5 or a 48 ounce Steiner for a tempting price, or a great deal on a combination with our out-of-this world chicken wings that have more meat on each one than on a dozen of the other guy’s, you can always divine our special at a glance, as everyone seated at the bar is partaking of it..

The Wings and Other Fabulous Bar Food

Our passion for sports and beer doesn’t come at the expense of the taste of our food – we are, first and foremost, a Gastropub.

Ours are anything but ordinary: very meaty, perfectly crispy with just enough spice and served with creamy New York State Bleu Cheese dressing. Take your pick of Buffalo, Teriyaki, Thai Chili or Honey BBQ wings.

 

A flight of craft beer at Brickyard Gastropub

We also offer baskets of regular and Sweet Potato Fries, Beer Battered Onion Rings and Homemade Potato Chips, as well as the best sliders in NYC, featuring your choice of Kobe Beef, Lamb or Crabcake, and NYC’s best burgers, whether Beef, Veggie, Lamb or Bison.

Groups

Got a big group of friends?  We accept advance reservations from groups of loyal fans and promise to show their team’s game in its entirety. So whether you’re cheeseheads from Green Bay praying for a repeat, Bolt lovers from San Diego or Niners fans from SF dreaming of former glory, all that matters to us is that you’re in NYC now, and fans of the Brickyard. Let us make you feel right at home. Call us today at 212-767-0077.

You can also make smaller reservations on Open Table.

New York City is a cultural center of America, and the world – and the birthplace of so many important American artists and art forms. Alvin Ailey was one of New York’s cultural revolutionaries; when he and his group of African-American modern dancers performed at the 92nd Street in March 1958, a new form of American dance was born.

Fast forward to today: over 23 million people have seen the Alvin Ailey Dance Company perform, and Ailey has forever changed modern dance in America. In 2008, the US Congress even named the Company as an “American cultural ambassador to the world”. The company now performs both new productions and important works of the past, and is constantly re-inventing modern dance.

With both public classes and professional performances, the Alvin Ailey theater is a true NYC landmark. The Ailey Dance Company performs both at its midtown Ailey Citigroup Theater and across the world.

Lucky enough to see the Ailey Dance Company in midtown, but not sure where to eat before the show? Good news – Brickyard Gastropub is just two blocks away. Come see us for a couple of craft beers from our extensive beer list and some Portherhouse lambchops or exotic Soba noodles before the performance. Bringing the kids? Don’t worry, we’ve got them covered with the kids menu.

If you haven’t seen it yet, this is a must-see NYC performance. Make it an easy evening with a leisurely and delicious meal at Brickyard, followed by the beauty of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. This kind of a night is what NYC is all about.

Not a lot of shows on Broadway run for ten straight years. The competition is just too stiff! So, when New Yorkers hear of a show that’s this long-running, we know it’s good. Case in point: Mamma Mia! . Debuting in the US in 2000 and in its current home at the Winter Garden Theater in 2001, this fun, spirited musical brings together a group of hit pop songs by cult favorite 1970s band ABBA. (Remember “Dancing Queen”?) Meanwhile, the show follows the story of a mother-daughter planning the daughter’s wedding on a beautiful Greek Isle, while the mother is haunted by the daughter’s three possible fathers.

The music, plot, and spirited cast add up to an instant hit – which has now been seen by over 42 million people! If you’ve never seen the Broadway show, this one has to be on your NYC bucket list. But don’t take it from us – 96% of Ticketmaster reviewers would recommend it to a friend.

While the show has run worldwide, like with so many things, Broadway is THE place to see it. It shows at the famous Winter Garden Theater, which this year is celebrating its 100th year as a theater! Winter Garden has been home to many popular productions, particularly revues and musicals, such as the Ziegfield Follies, Peter Pan, Wonderful Town, Mame, West Side Story, 42nd Street and Cats, which ran for 19 years, prior to Mamma Mia. Show biz legends who have graced The Winter Garden stage include Al Jolson, Mae West (Jolson and West appeared together in 1911!), Fred Astaire, Fanny Brice, Angela Lansbury, Buddy Ebsen, Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Josephine Baker, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones and Gilda Radner

Where to have dinner before the 8 PM show? (Or after, for you night owls!) Brickyard, of course. Get your Mamma Mia tickets here and come on over – we’re just a few blocks from the theater, so it will be a no-stress night. Whether you’re making it a date night or a family night out, our laidback environment with excellent food and craft beer will make Brickyard a perfect stop. Beer battered fish and chips from our bar menu will keep you full throughout the show, or go with Seared White Striped Bass or a Mandarin Spinach Salad for a traditional light dinner. Wash it all down with a Delirium Noel or one of our many other craft beers, and if you’re with the kids – no worries! Everyone is welcome at Brickyard, and you can feed them all without spending an arm and a leg, as our Kids Menu runs about $8 per little head.

So, make it an affordable and sure-to-please New York night – check out Brickyard and Mamma Mia – a perfect pair!