Mona's
Dive Bar$$$$
Alphabet City, New York
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"Great swing music on Tuesday nights after 23."(7 Tips)
"Astonishingly good bluegrass session on Monday nights"(4 Tips)
"Bring jukebox money, sometimes it gets quiet."(11 Tips)
"Umm, WAY better than that *other* post-hipster skeeball bar nearby"(5 Tips)
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Village VoiceSeptember 9, 2013Secret tip: this dive bar has a pool table and jukebox all the way in the back. Check out their late-night ragtime shows on Tuesdays!
DoubleDeuceApril 2, 2018There are two vibes in here, at the dark bar and in the brighter back room that has games and a pool table. One is bound to fit your mood. Great art on the walls and great drink prices too.Upvoted Jan 14
Some of the best live jazz in the city every Tuesday night after 11:30. Be warned - it is crowded. $5 suggestion tip for the band.
No need to ask for happy hour, the drinks are always cheap. $5 well , $4 Guinness pints on Thursday and an eclectic gang of characters. Feels like home for those looking for a place to land.
Tarnima SabedOctober 30, 2017"Tuesday evenings at Mona’s, when the city’s best saxophonists and trumpeters drop in for late-night jazz jams with the Mona’s Hot Four, the bar’s house band" 11pm - 3am
İpek A.December 10, 2014On Tuesday night there is a lot jazz musicians play beautiful live music. Such an open-piano-night :)
It’s hh all day everyday here. Dive bar but specials only for crap beer like Miller High Life. Best beer on special? Labbats Blue if you ask me.
Ron GSeptember 11, 2013Mona tried to tell me to stay away from the train lines. They say that all those railroad men just drink up your blood like wine; Bob Dylan; Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, 1966
$5 well drinks & draughts, a pool table, skee ball, and a jukebox. Plenty of space in the back room to sit down & chat with your friends, even on a weekend night.
CompassJuly 24, 2013Mona’s keeps it simple with just a pool table, a few stools, and a killer jukebox. It’s one of the East Village’s many beloved dive bars.
- Marc MayerFebruary 21, 2015Bring jukebox money, sometimes it gets quiet. And then you overhear the Tinder date at the table next to you. Aaawwwwkwaard.
Best Guinness in ABC City ($3 on Thursdays). The juke is worth a few bucks too.
New York HabitatJune 4, 2012This bar is great when you are a Jazz music fan! Join the Tuesday night jam, it starts at 12 am. :-)
BonobosAugust 10, 2012One of the best dive bars in the city. $3 PBRs all the time. (A nice respite from the ridiculousness of White Noise. Just across the street.)- BonNovember 9, 2013Skeeball 3 games for $1 AND with prizes. Umm, WAY better than that *other* post-hipster skeeball bar nearby
- Tim VetterAugust 7, 2012Astonishingly good bluegrass session on Monday nights, possibly the best I seen in six years in Manhattan & Brooklyn.
Leah M.August 19, 2012The jukebox is great - no endless loops of Sweet Caroline-Don't Stop Believin'-Livin' On a Prayer here.
Ragtime Tuesday!!! And they have proper Ireland-style Guinness, a killer juke & pool.
My first "regular" bar in New York. Still feels like home after all these years.
ccJuly 16, 2010A great dive bar, filled with locals and hipsters and everythin in between. Juke box, pool table, skeeball...
Dave FordFebruary 11, 2011For over 10 years they have been serving $3 dollar guinness on Thursday... Booyah!
AngieMay 20, 2010Drink a Tom Collins, start a money pile, and let that wasted random douchebag buy you and everyone else at the bar a drink at 2am.
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