Glocally Newark

Good Times

Odysseus traveled all over the ancient world before finding his way home. I feel for him, because it felt that way last week trying to find a bar with the right energy to enjoy a handful of beers.

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The Kilkenny’s Experiment

I tried a number of items at Kilkenny's the other night, and aside from the soup, I was wowed by a whopping none of them. Great atmosphere and drink specials. Wholeheartedly average food, accentuated by wholeheartedly terrible photographs.

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A Bar with Balls

Three different things come to mind when I hear the word balls. The literal type... The "other" literal type... and the metaphorical type. This past week at Hell's Kitchen I've experienced all three...

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Notes from Pongapalooza

I don't even know how to describe the frenzy that was Pongapalooza so I'm just going to throw out the first words that come to mind: free beer, tournament, Vegas, $50,000, fights, leaners, booze, cowbells, Droid.

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Opening Night Bar Crawl

Because the hours leading up to Opening Night will be like the night before Christmas to a small boy, several Devils fans have taken the initiative of organizing a pre-game bar crawl. Be at Blue Comet Bar in Penn Station by 1:30 to join in on the fun, open to everyone in red and black.

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Is Downtown Coming Back?

Broad Street is churning with activity, and not all of it illicit. New stores, pubs, coffee cribs, eateries and more are beginning to pop up. Sign of the times or red herring?

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Summer Coolers: Century Club

MmmBello's Century Club is one of my Summer Coolers, but that may be misleading, because you'll probably still be drinking by the time winter rolls into town.

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Where’s the beer?

So you’ve moved into your new place in downtown Newark.. after long hours of dragging boxes around, unpacking, and organizing, you finally plop down on your couch.  You’ve scanned GlocallyNewark.com and there’s so many exciting places to check out.. but first things first – where do I buy some beer in this [...]

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Surprisingly Krugs

You should expect three things from any local dive bar: 1.    The resident townie/drunk collecting dust and growing cobwebs as he slumps in his stool, which may or may not be grafted to his ass. 2.    The hard glares of any other townies on premises cognizant enough to realize you don’t belong there. 3.    A gruff, surly, old [...]

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