Raucous rounds of Big Apple booze bashes will leave Jet fans — whose team is thisclose to the Super Bowl — flying high tomorrow.
“Both the true and the new Jet fan will be out this Sunday,” predicted Gene Palleschi, a drink slinger at the popular sports bar Chic-n-Bones, in Staten Island, known for its chanting fans and ringing bells for every touchdown.
“People that were never involved in football will be out. It’s going to be mayhem out here. There is a whole lot of pent-up energy when it comes to Jet fans.”
But even at more sedate watering holes across the city, game-day discounts are being tossed up, along with the promise of stained green teeth from Jet-theme cocktails.
The Riviera Café, in the West Village, used to cater to a beat-poet crowd but tomorrow will try to tame the beat-the-Colts crowd with “Gang Green cocktails” — a mix of gin, midori, lime and pineapple juice.
Justin Timberlake’s Upper East Side BBQ joint Southern Hospitality will whip up “Mean Green Shots” — a concoction of vodka, triple sec, sour apple schnapps and lime juice — to be passed around free with every Jet touchdown.
No matter the outcome of the game, Jet fever could be here to stay.
Jim Carrano, owner of The Skinny, on the Lower East Side, says he is considering turning his bar into a permanent Jet joint.
“There are hardly any Jet bars in the city,” he said. “All the Jet fans we expect on Sunday might be the start of something. Plus, we don’t have satellite TV, so we can only show a few games anyway.”
Carrano will cater to his crowd with an open Pabst Blue Ribbon-and-wings bar for the first hour of the game.
After that, beers will be just $2 until either the Jets come crashing back to earth or continue their ascent into the Super Bowl stratosphere.
In that case, get set for a party blitz bigger than Rex Ryan’s pants.
Where to score drinks
City hot spots to drink and watch the big game:
The Village Pourhouse: (982 Amsterdam Ave. at 108th St.): a $20 pre-game “liquid lunch” of unlimited mimosas, bloody marys and Bud Lights
Riviera Café and Sports Bar (225 W. 4th St. at Seventh Ave.) Special Gang Green Cocktail of gin, midori, lime and pineapple juice
Chic-n-Bones (2178 Forest Ave., Staten Island): $7 pitchers and baskets of wings with homemade Jack Daniel’s BBQ sauce
200 Fifth (200 Fifth Ave. at Union St., Brooklyn): More than 60 TV screens tuned to Jet action
Third & Long: (523 Third Ave. at 35th St.): Face painting, raffles and giveaways
The Skinny (174 Orchard St. at Stanton St.): Free wings and an open Pabst Blue Ribbon bar for the first hour of the game
Croxley Ales (28 Avenue B at 3rd St.): $4 beer-of-the-week special.
Southern Hospitality, Justin Timberlake’s BBQ joint: (1460 Second Ave. at 75th St.). Every time the Jets score, a round of free Mean Green Shots
Piquant (259 Flatbush Ave. at Sixth Ave., Brooklyn): $1 chicken tacos and $4 frozen margaritas for the entire game
ESPN Zone (1472 Broadway at 42nd St.): 150 TV screens on three levels
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