South 4th Bar and Café
Photograph: Beth Levendis
Q Where can I drink and play Wii Sports?—Julie Barnard, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Slap on some sweatbands, sister, and bring your limber wrists to the dog-friendly South 4th Bar & Café, where you can quench your thirst with crisp, golden Harpoon Summer ale ($5, $1 off until 8pm) and kick ten-pin butt in the 9pm Wii Sports bowling tourney. Switch games—and states—at Hoboken’s leisure paradise The Shannon (106 1st St at Washington St, Hoboken, NJ; 201-656-9820). The circa-1956 Irish saloon offers dartboards, pool, foosball, Big Buck Hunter and Monday Wii Sports home-run-derby contests. While mimicking Barry Bonds, enjoy performance-enhancing beverages like $3 cocktails and $2 Miller Lite pints all night. If Manhattan’s your favored borough, roll to rowdy downtown beer hall The Village Pourhouse. Warm up with Schneider Weisse ($10) and Bud Light pitchers ($7.95, 9pm–midnight), which will fuel your fierce battles in tennis and bowling. Even if you’re unable to smoke an ace or roll a turkey, a tasty consolation prize is 25¢ chicken wings—gobbled by winners and losers alike.
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