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Photo Credit: Jamie Chung
Published July 07, 2009
You're direct. Upfront. Not into games.
Except football, basketball, hockey…and maybe the occasional boozy round of Connect Four. Welcome to
Henry's Hat, the new hub for all kinds of scoring.
A neighborhood-y haunt from the owners of Luna Park, this is a flea market-furnished sports bar for people
who don't really like sports bars. (Translation: she'll like it too.) Drop in, grab a board game and order
the off-the-menu secret special—it's called the Darjeeling Tea, and it's spiked with rye
whiskey, dark rum, brandy and red wine. It also comes in a giant bowl, so maybe soak it up with a mammoth Clam Bake plate or a North
Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwich so you don't wake up in Vegas with a tiger, a baby and a pantsless Zach
Galifianakis.
If you are there for the big game, there are 16 screens throughout—number 16 is back in the hallway by
the bathroom line, so you won't miss a thing after draining the bowl. And if there's one showdown coming up
you absolutely can't miss, you'll soon be able to vote online for which game you want to see that weekend on
the big (5'x5') screen.
World Parcheesi Championships, here you come.