Mad River Bar & Grille

Full disclosure -- any bar that has a picture of Homer Simpson thinking as the icon for their trivia nights is close to our heart. Great bar on the UES with a good, knowledgeable sports crowd. If there's one drawback, it's this: if the place gets crowded and you wanna bounce, your other options in the area are not as cool. (Ship of Fools, also on this site, would be the 1A to this bar's 1, or vice versa.)