Plug Uglies

Nice little bar around gramercy. Family is staying in the area for a couple of weeks with a family member in the hospital. Getting drinks here has been fun, nice assortment of beers and liquor. Cool bartenders, they also have one shuffleboard table. Some more games would be cool. Shout out to Sal, had a great time every time we have been there.

It’s a genuine shame how horrible the bartenders here behave. I came here last week with my friend’s co-​workers. It was both a going away party for numerous staff members and ‘yay, it’s the end of the week for many people and long holiday weekend!’ The place was inevitably packed. Not the thing that bugged me. I came in and was unsure what to order for both myself and another fellow. I managed to gain the attraction of one of the bartenders and asked if they had any specials and he laughed and said ‘no’. Okay, then not knowing what to order I asked what beers they had, expecting a menu or him to offer a suggestion. No, he walks away and shouts «WE HAVE LOTS OF BEERS!» and throws up his hands. The other bartender throws, not hands me a menu. Wonderful. After conferring with the dude I was ordering a drink for we finally settle on just getting a round of Millers and calling it a night. I put my order in and one of the bartenders shouts at the other bartender: «After all of that she ordered a Miller High Life.» They start laughing at me and I almost don’t want to pay for the drinks. This place fails so hard at having any amount of manners. Yeah, understood that one can get flustered when a place is packed but making fun of the drink I ordered? Really messed up and unprofessional.
Elsewise, Unilocalers describe this as a higher class dive bar. There is no food but there is a pretty decent beer menu and climate controlled wine on tap. You will pay extra money for your drinks in a dive setting mostly because of its location. Though, there is the appeal of a huge shuffle board table in the back room. I can’t see myself coming back here after the circumstances that happened even though they do have Harpoon Chocolate stout on their menu that someone else ordered for me later on and that’s love in a bottle. Such a shame.

Have had Unilocal for years and it took last Saturday at plug uglies to get me to write a review. Not in 15 years of going to bars have a I come across bartenders worse than the 2 dudes working last Saturday afternoon.
I’ve never had a harder time trying to get a beer in my life. Routinely, my 2 friends and I would have to get up from our seats at the bar and walk down to where the bartender was chatting up a group of girls and ask him for rounds of beers and he would finish his conversation. With the place packed he was casually walking up and down the bar ignoring customers unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
Used to frequent the old spot but I’ll never go back now. It should be higher than 1 $, not a dive bar anymore, wait an hour for a shuffleboard game if you’re lucky.

I ordered a Moscow mule and couldn’t tell if there was actually any alcohol in it. It was very weak. I usually drink crispin from the bottle, and when I ordered draft it tasted way different and extremely sour. I do think I will come back for trivia night though. That was a lot of fun to watch — I came too late to play. The drinks really brought the rating down but it’s a cool bar to hang out at.

What a beautiful new addition to the neighborhood! The entire décor is hand crafted from the beautiful hand laid ceiling to the old fashioned brick wall right down to the map of the original 5 points! Lots of great drafts, they even have wine on tap! Bartenders are great, Really great spot to to just chill in the neighborhood. Well done lads!

Cheapest beer is $ 5, should be 2 $$ signs. Pop music, super friendly bartender. 3 single occupancy bathrooms.

Alone in New York, I stumbled here quite on accident, thinking that my day couldn’t be worse. Boy, was I positively surprised! The atmosphere was lively but reasonable, and the bartenders a delight. Shuffleboard was an interesting game to have there, and while I didn’t play at all, it fit the feel of the bar 100%. I may be an out-​of-​towner, but this will certainly be a regular whenever I visit!

Like your dives with a touch of class and wine that hasn’t been sitting open on a shelf since Memorial Day? Make a trip to Plug Uglies.
What is a Plug Uglie, exactly? I didn’t know until four minutes ago and routinely raised an eyebrow whenever I heard the bar’s name murmured in conversation. Turns out it was a notorious street gang from Maryland in the mid-​1800s. I feel relieved it’s not a term used by cyber bullies for purposes much more nefarious. Now that that quandary is solved, lets party.
With exposed brick, carnival marquee letters spelling out «shuffleboard» in the back, and a minimalist look and feel, it’s a sports bar for adults with refined sensibilities. The perfect space for everything from a quick drink at the bar or a group hang with friends and co-​workers.
One of the more notable elements are their four wine taps that are climate controlled and preserved with nitrogen to ensure quality. All too often, wine at sports/​dive bars is a bad choice. You’re freed from that gable here.
All in all, a highly versatile establishment for many of life’s reasons to toast. If you live or work in the area, you should make a note to check it out.