Snapper Magee’s

My friends and family were visiting the Kingston area for a weekend. Had a fun time at this bar one evening. Definitely a local crowd, but friendly service and environment. Prices were much better than something you’d find near NYC or in northern NJ.

I love coming to this bar. This is one of my favorite places to go because the bulls**t is at a minimum with a «be good or be gone» policy on nonsense-​makers. Awesome Jukebox, it’s been my honor to DJ here a few times, and great music and other events that really give this place a personality all it’s own. Great place to unwind with some good friends and have some laughs.

An awesome, AWESOME bar in Kingston! When I’m in the mood for a beer but don’t want to spend a ton of money, I come here. It’s become something of a weekend hotspot for me and my friends. The highlight is usually Happy Hour from 10−11pm when you get $ 1 drafts. Oh boy! They have a great selection of beer on tap as well as bottles and cans, and they make excellent mixed drinks. I had a pretty amazing gin and tonic that I would like to have again…
Another really awesome thing about this place is the jukebox. Billy Joel and Tom Waits played back to back? Yes! Sometimes it’s just nice to drink a beer and listen to great music.

It’s a real Rock and Roll/​Punk Rock, kind of place. After a long time it’s still ultimately the primary base of the underground/​punk/​rock and roll/​rockabilly scene in the area. It’s like the Kingston CBGB. Dive bar w/​underground rock bands. The bands that play are almost always worth it and the door is always $ 5 for band nights so you’re not risking much to check out someone new. The drink prices and selection are what you’d reasonably expect. Good Jukebox, Fussball table, Pinball, Darts. They also do a pretty good job of keeping out violent and obnoxious people.

Scum bar with a ceiling that leaks on you, drunk yokels and locals.

Snapper’s, I love you and your divey ways. You have fooseball, great music, interesting patrons, and your bartenders know how to make a mean Manhattan, with bitters and everything. And, just a bonus, you are walking distance. Woohoo!

Great place to go and grab some drinks and hang out with friends. Good mix of all kinds of people and fair prices on drinks. The bartenders always remember when your buying lots of drinks, you don’t see that at any of the bars in the 400 chain restaurants in Kingston.

Best Dive Bar within miles and miles and my favorite bar when i lived in the Hudson Valley Area. They have a great juke box, and a really good selection of cheap beers.
Love me some Snappers :)

Snappers is my jam. It’s one of the few places I consider when going out to meet friends and have a good time in Kingston. Typically, it’s a younger crowd with lots of 20-​somethings (after 9) with all types of people. The jukebox has lots of older rock and punk to choose from and sometimes there’s a live band on Saturdays.
Beers — about 15 — 20 different types in bottles, and 5 or so on tap. All beers are 3.75, with Pabst being 2.25.
Shots — 4 dollars to the best of my knowledge.
Mixed drinks — usually around 5 to 7 dollars depending on the cost of materials. Snappers is keen on the cost accounting method.
Megatouch — yes. Each game is the standard 25 cents and most of the high scores are from Farge, OldBrain, Reginald, RonPation, Wow, Dickfish, and several others.
Pinball — yes. I believe it’s named ‘Pub Champion’.
Foosball — yes. Not the best table in the world, but it does the job.
Bowling Video Game — yes. Never played it because I’m afraid of 7 – 10 splits.
Cigarette Machine — yes. 6 bucks a pack.

Last time I went to Snapper’s it was like someone had taken a little bit of everything Kingston has to offer, threw it into a blender and hit purée. Hipsters, frat boys, townies, prep kids, off-​duty cops, the occasional local celebrity, etc all call this place their local bar and manage to co-​exist peacefully.
That’s part of Kingston’s charm though, and Snapper’s provides it’s denizens with a perfect, albeit a bit dingy, watering hole and venue for local bands and artists.