I wrote this article in 2008, in protest of the ever increasing prices of New York City Cocktails. They were going up. A little too high for my taste, $16, or more. At that price (2008) that meant that if you had 3 cocktails which would be $48, that would be quite a lot. But that wasn’t the end of it. You’ve got to pay sales tax of 8.25%, and then there’s a tip for the bartender or server. We’re taxing $4 tax, and $10 tip, bringing the Grand Total of your 3 precious cocktails up to $62 Fucking Dollars for 3 measly drinks. That was 2008. Fast forward to 2026 and $16 isn’t the price of a high-priced cocktail, but the freaking average. SO you know what that means don’t you? That means that it will cost you on average with tax and tip and the price of the cocktails, about $60 or more for 3 cocktails.
Now how about the high-priced ones? I was at the Lobby Bar at the Chelsea Hotel last month, with a good friend. We wanted to have drinks. Guess how much a damn cocktail cost over there? No, not $22! Nor $24. But $29 Fucking Dollars for a G DAMN Cocktail. “What The Fuck” I say. Yes $29 US Freaking Dollars. But that’s not the end of it, as you should well know by now. No it’s not $87 Fucking Dollars for those damn precious drinks. No, we still have to pay tax and tip. How much is that you want to know. Well, the tax for the Governor comes to $7.20, bring its up to, let us round it out to $94. OK. Now you’ve got to leave at least 20% gratuity which the bartender (or server) expects, that’s $20 right there, bringing your total for 3 cocktails at the Chelsea Hotel to a Whopping fucking $117 “Fucking Dollars” !!! What? Yes just about 120 Fucking precious US dollars for three measly fucking drinks. Haven’t we suffered enough? They don’t make Good Music anymore! “What The FUCK” ? What the Hell Happened to Music? Now? It all Fucking SUCKS !!! I don’t get it? Why don they make good music any more? What’s this World Coming to? WTF ??? And Sandwiches? Sandwiches cost $20 and up these days! Yes, “What the Fuck” ??? Again. Everything is out of Whack. Groceries too. Fucking $1,99 a pound for “FUCKING POTATOES” ? WTF?
Well, let me tell you something. I wrote about $3 PBRs and what a Blessing they were in New York City. And the bars that served them. Well thankfully, we do have something to be grateful for when it comes to going out for some drinks (beers) in 2026. In comparison to everything else, the insane prices of cocktails, and a glass of wine at restaurants and bars in New York, there are still a few places left where you can get a “Cheap Beer iN Manhattan.” I freaking Miracle if there ever was one! They’re not $3 PBRs or Rolling Rocks, but $4 instead, which is pretty damn good, and in comparison to 2008 and today, a $4 beer in 2026, is a much better deal than a $3 PBR in 2008. You can get a $4 Rolling Rock beer at Mialno’s NYC most famous Dive Bar) on East Houston Street, or a $4 PBR at the World Famous 7B Horseshoe Bar on Avenue “A” at East 7th Street in New York’s East Village. You can also get a $4 beer around the block at “Sophie’s” or at the Blue & Gold Bar on East 7th Street, west of 1st Avenue, also in the East Village of New York City.
So there you go Ladies & Gentleman. That’s the state of drinking Manhattan in 2026. You can either go to The Chelsea Hotel and get 3 drinks for $120 all in with tax & tip ($40 for 1 drink). Or you can go to Blue & Gold, Milano’s, or 7B Bar, and get 3 $4 Beers, and end up just spending $16 all in for 3 Beers, including tax & tip. Which will you choose. I love Dive Bars. It’s really all about be with friends, having a good time, and not getting “Ripped-Off” !!!!
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
June 7, 2026 – New York City
READ The ARTICLE BELOW from 2008
NEW YORK & The $3 PBR
New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorkers. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 5 years or so.
Many people are out of work, and many who are working, are taking home Half-as-Much Money or more of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up or curb many things they enjoyed previous to the current state of our economy, which is in almost a Depression Era State.
Yes, everybody says that we are not in a Depression, we’re in a recession. Those are the Rich and Well-Off, The 1%-ers talking. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression.
So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things. You haven’t had a vacation in the past two years, maybe more. You’ve given up a lot. We all have.
Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with some friends, you’ve had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then, and to be with friends. Yes times are bad, people are hurting, you need your friends more than ever. And having a few Beers or Drinks is one of the most common adult ways to do so. It’s natural and part of everyday life. You should be able to have two or three drinks or beers and not have to spend a small fortune doing so. You should be able to have 2 beers for about $10 including tip, and about $16 for tow drinks including tip. That’s reasonable. That’s what most people pay around America, and even less. But we don’t live in America, we live in the greatest City in The World, New York, and Cocktails and Beers here can be oh-so-dear. “Expensive!” Expensive as Hell, “Ridiculously Expensive.” It’s absurd and outrageous, with many places thinking it’s normal and OK to charge $16.00 or more for a measly little Cocktail made by a friggin so-called “Mixologist.” Ha!
It’s not OK, what’s a person to do? So yes, we live in New York, and having a couple cocktails here can be a costly undertaking.. What is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let’s Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR, That’s right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY….. It’s quite Sad, Greedy too, not to mention “Ridiculous Ludicrous and Insane.”
Yes, Thank God and let’s thank the Kind-Hearted proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR’S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing your fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. “RIP-OFF” !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar, 7B, and anyplace who has a heart. Bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers.
I just have to say, it’s great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Now that’s pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR’S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it’s not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back.
Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 Rip-Off Drink at one of those Rip-Off Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it’s going to cost you? About $75 my friend.
Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can’t, you’ve got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint. They’re a God-Send.
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
Copyright 2008 Daniel Bellino Zwicke
PLACES To GET A $3.00 PBR in NEW YORK
BLUE & GOLD BAR in the East Village, on East 7th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. Blue & Gold has long been a favorite of mine ever since I lived in the East Village from 1982 to 1994. It’s just a cool ol normal old style bar with a pool table, standard 50’s 60’s Bar Decor, and Best-of-All $3.oo PBR’S and $6.00 Cocktails. I love it.
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7B “HORSESHO BAR”
7B a.k.a. The Horseshoe Bar, also in the East Village, a bastion of cheap and fare prices in Manhattan and Land of The $3.00 PBR and other $3 and $4 Beers. 7B is located on the corner of Avenue B at 7th Street ..
2025 Update – a PBR is now $4, still a great deal, at one of New York’s most historical dive bars.
Lucy’s Bar is the most aptly named bar in New York. For Lucy—the quiet and small and sweetly proper Polish owner with the well-coifed gray hair and floral blouses—is who you’ll see when you go there, and Lucy is the one who will serve you. If there are other employees, they’ve hidden themselves somewhere in the back.
Though Lucy’s is undeniably a dive (and one of the last in the neighborhood), it feels more like your aunt’s aging rec room, a place where you’d never think of disrespecting the house’s hospitality. It’s also one of the last vestiges of the Polish community that was once made up a significant part of the East Village’s character.
Ludwika “Lucy” Mickevicius moved from Poland to New York in the late 1970s and soon got a job at Blanche’s, a bar on St. Mark’s Place run by another Polish woman. She became such a fixture that people began to think of the bar as Lucy’s, and, when Blanche retired, she sold the place—by then located on Avenue A—to her bartender.
Lucy’s life doesn’t range much further than the twin poles of her joint and Poland, which she visits regularly, shutting up the tavern at a moment’s notice and disappearing for weeks at a time. Most nights, she stations herself at the far end of the bar near the ancient cash register. (It’s cash only here.) One recent evening, the Halloween balloons hadn’t yet been taken down. Then again, assorted Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations were already out. Maybe none of the decorations are ever packed up?
Lucy doesn’t budge much behind the bar, but she keeps herself busy for a woman in her mid-70s. She will draw you a pint or a glass of tequila. And, if she likes you, she might pour you a shot of żubrówka, a Polish bison grass vodka, on the house. When the place gets stuffy, she’ll swing open the door to let some fresh Avenue A air in; just as quickly, she’ll close it if it gets chilly.
The clientele ranges from a less-intense sort of downtown hipster, who exchange a few friendly words with Lucy—who, even all these years later, still speaks in broken, accented English—and then retire to their personal conversations, to old Polish regulars. In fact, on another recent night, a young couple came in to show Lucy their young child. All four spoke entirely in Polish and a delighted Lucy let the little scamp climb atop the pool table. As they left, she handed the kid one of the old Halloween balloons. For those few minutes, Lucy’s was a family bar.
2022 and You Can Still GET a $3 PBR
LYS MYYKTA aka “The SLY FOX
142 2nd Avenue, New York NY – The EAST VILLAGE
LYSMYKTA aka “THE SLY FOX” is a Ukranian Bar in a Ukranian neighborhood in
New York’s East Village. There’s a Ukranian Restaurant in the back, serving delicious Ukranian Food and very reasonable prices. Yes this is thee main neighborhood of Ukranian peoples in New York City. The restaurants great, and any bar that serves $3 PBR Beer is great in my book too.
If you can go some place for drinks (beers), to hang and chit-chat and have 3 Beers, and not have to spend more than $15, that’s a place for me. You shouldn’t have to pay $40 plus for just 2 drinks (or $60 for 3). People who don’t make quite so much money as Lawyers, Wall Street Guys and whoever, should be able to afford to go for 2 or 3 drinks and not spend an “Arm and a Leg” to do it.
The SLY FOX is a place where you can do that, and thank God we have them, and a few other joints that we can do so.
$4 BEERS at “SOPHIE’S”
East 5th STREET Between AVENUES A & B
The EAST VILLAGE NYC
I’ve been going to Sophie’s, along with Lucy’s, Blue & Gold Bar,
the Holiday Lounge and others since first moving to The East Village in 1982.
Prices have gone up in a lot of places, and now in many places – cocktails cost are
in the high teens, Twenty Dollars, and even up to $29 for a cocktail, as I witnessed when
a friend and I went to The Chelsea Hotel a couple weeks ago. Yes, $25 and $29 for a cocktail. Damn?
We spotted a nice looking bottle of Cote du Rhone for $78 a bottle. Not cheap, but in comparison to $29 a cocktail. Four drinks would have costs us $114, so we got the wine for $36 dollars less than 4 drinks, and put that $36 into a tasty Cheeseburger. The Burger came with Fries, and we had them cut it in half. It was Super Tasty. We loved it. Even Better than Burgers at Minetta Tavern. “Seriously” !!!
I’ve been at Blue & Gold recently, as well as “MILANO’S” – Sophie’s, and 7b Bar. All serve $4 beers. Thank God for these places. I’ve said it before. I can go into Andy one of these places and have a couple Beers and live a respectable $4 tip, and walk out just spending $12. Not bad. Two cocktails plus tax and tip at The Lounge Bar at The Chelsea Hotel would be at least $50 for the two drinks plus $4.50 tax plus at least $10 for tip for a grand total of about $65, as oppose to $12 at any of New York City’s awesome Dive Bars.
Don’t get me wrong. Yes, we’re comparing Apples & Oranges. When I went to The Chelsea Hotel, I knew it wouldn’t be cheap, and I was prepared to pay for the privilege (of being there). My friend and I had a great time. We were there for a couple of hours BS-ing about this and that. We killed that bottle of Cote du Rhone and got another glass of wine each ($22 a glass). The check was about $170, not including tip, which was another $50, for a grand total of $220. Not cheap, but we had a “Great Time” and we were happy. You gotta treat yourself sometimes. But most times will be spent at a good dive bar.
“Thank God” for Good Dive Bars”
New York City
LUCKY’S BAR
168 Avenue “A” New York NY , East Village
Get $3 PBRs at LUCKY’S BAR
168 AVENUE “A” NY NY
EAST VILLAGE
JOHNSON’S BAR … 168 RIVINGTON STREET, LES NEW YOIRK NY
Inside JOHNSON’S BAR
$2 PBRs
PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER
Johnson’s Bar
NY NY
MORE PLACES to GET $3 PBRs
CATS SPORTS BAR – 96 GREENWICH STREET at RECTOR NY NY $3 PBRs
WALTER’S BAR – 389 8th Avenue Near 32nd Street and MADISON SQUARE GARDEN .. $3PBR
DOC HOLIDAY’S 141 AVENUE “A” East Village NY NY – $2 PBRs
MILANO’S
MILANO’S
51 EAST HOUSTON STREET
NEW YORK NY
One of the last authentic old-school bars in NYC. How old-school? Milano’s opened in 1880, and maintains a no-frills comfortably old-fashioned atmosphere.
The SPRING LOUNGE
aka SHARK BAR
45 SPRING STREET NEW YORK NY
The SHARK BAR
SPRING STREET at MOTT
Back in the day, when it was an ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD here.
Where it GOt its NICKNAME “SHARK BAR”
Nobody “In The KNow” calls it Spring Lounge, only Green Newcomers to Downtown New York would ever call it SPRING LOUNGE. For years it was a neighborhood “Shot & Beer” Joint. It became treny about 20 years ago (1999)
Those “In The Know” like me, only ever call it “The Shark Bar” … It got this name from
the fake SHARK hanging over the bar, and that’s that!
You can’t get $3 Beers here, but we incuded it anyway. And although it’s a Trendy so-called Hipster Bar, those of us Old Timers who still call it The Shark Bar, it still has a special place in our hearts.
If Clockwork’s happy hour special seems too good to be true, you’ve got a little good old fashioned neighborhood competition to thank. Located right around the corner, 169 has been in operation since 1916. And its 11:30am-7:30pm HH is among the best in the city. $3 will get you an “Old Man Can/Bottle” of beer (PBR, Carling Black Label, Schaefer, Genesee Cream, High Life/Miller Lite) and any well shot. Subtly New Orleanian environs (window shutters look like they’re fresh off a Creole cottage; beads are strung here and there; there’s crawfish on the menu) evoke genuine good times.
Daniel Bellino Zwicke discovered all’ARCO wine bar (Bacaro) in 1995
Bellino was on exploratory trip of the Bacari of Venice – Venetian wine bars. He came upon all’Arco even before he checked into his hotel, on this historical trip and the study of Venetian Wine Bars and Cicchetti, the bar-food that they serve in the Bacari (wine bars) of Venice. Daniel was walking from Piazza Roma, just taking a boat from Marco Polo Airport, Venice. He was on his way to Albergho Gueratto hotel, when he came upon all’Arco, Daniel’s 1st Venetian Bacaro. He was a bit tired from the walk, and wanted to take a little break. The Bacaro looked quite inviting so he went in. “Prego,” said the barman. “Do you have cicchetti,” Daniel asked. “Yes sir,” the barman replied.
“What would you like? asked the barman. “Whatever you suggest,” replied Bellino.
The barman put together a plate of 4 different assorted cicchetti – of Baccala Montecato, Nervetti, Sarde en Saor, and Mortadella on toasted bread. “Vino,” asked the barman. “Yes. Vino Bianco please,” asked Daniel. The barman gave hime the wine and his plate of cichetti. “Grazie.”
This was Daniel’s first ever cicchetti, and his first visit to a Bacaro (Venetian Wine Bar), which turned out to be all’Arco, the Bacaro that Stanley Tucci made so famous, on his travel show “Searching for Italy,” some 30 years after Bellino discovered cichetti and all’Arco wine bar in Venice, in March of 1995.
That week Daniel went to numerous other Bacaro, all over Venice. He ate a lot more Cicchetti and drank lots of local Venetian wine, including : Prosecco, Lugana, Soave, Tocai, Valpolicella, Cabernet Franc of the Veneto, and Refosco. Daniel studied the Bacari, the difference from one place to another, the locals, the barmen, and bar owners. He learned as much as he could, about the Wine Bars (Bacari) of Venice – Cichetti, customs and rituals, and the regional wines of the area.
Daniel went back to New York, armed with all the knowledge of cichetti and the wine bars of Venice. Then, along with a business partner he opens America’s 1st ver Bacaro (Venetian Wine Bar) –
BAR CICHETTI in Greenwich Village, New York. It was quite a success and people loved it, especially the Italians. The Italians who own wine estates in Italy. There is no wine culture in New York like the Italian Wine Culture of New York. The French don’t do it, the Californians don’t. New York is the number 1 Time Market in the World, and everyone who makes wine, wants to sell theirs in New York. The proprietors of Italian wine estates in Italy, love to go to New York, to promote and sell their wine, and to throw beautiful Italian Wine Luncheons and dinners with their wines. They invite their favorite clients, and Daniel Bellino quickly became one of them. Daniel was the Chef and Wine Director of Bar Cichetti and all the Italians (wine estate owners) loved what he was doing. They loved his passion, cooking skills, and everything he was doing. They loved Bar Cichetti, The rest is history.
Author DANIEL BELLINO Z
At all’ARCO
VENICE – ITALY 1995
Some 30 YEARS BEFORE TUCCI
Daniel Bellino Zwicke is recognized for discovering the Venetian wine bar All’ Arco in 1995, nearly 30 years before Stanley Tucci featured it. Bellino’s exploration of Venice’s wine bars and cicchetti inspired him to bring this culinary experience to New York. His early advocacy for All’ Arco and its offerings has been highlighted as a significant contribution to the global appreciation of Venetian cuisine.
Cultural Impact
Bellino’s work predates Tucci’s culinary explorations, establishing him as a pioneer in promoting Venetian food culture internationally.
The rivalry highlights the importance of early culinary exploration and its lasting impact on food culture.
Prime-Rib and Ringo! What you say? Yes I say “Prime-Rib and Ringo.”
What the Hell do they have to do with one-and-other? Isn’t Ringo a Vegetarian? Yes? But isn’t he English, Prime Rib Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding? Yes? Ringo is a Vegetarian, but he probably ate and loved Prime-Rib Roast Beef before he stopped eating meat, no? Yes, we thinks so. Question to you Ringo, “Did you eat and like Prime-Rib of Beef before you became a vegetarian?” We’d love to know. Please.
So, what the Hell does Ringo have to do with Prime-Rib you want to know. OK, I’ll tell you. Number one, I’ve loved Ringo way before I ever loved or ate my first tasty piece of Prime-Rib way back when. I’ve loved and known Ringo and The Beatles ever since I was 4 or 5 years old. Yes I did. I grew up with Ringo and The Beatles. They were the biggest thing on Earth, practically any ways. “Love Me Do,” I Wanna Hold Your Hand, “She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah,” The Beatles, Fab Four, John, Paul George, and Yes RINGO. And yes this was the order you would say their names when saying them one by one; first John, then Paul, George 3rd, and then at The End, for the Grand Finale “Ringo.”
OK so you love Ringo, you grew up with him and The Beatles you, “But What the Hell Does Ringo have to do with a juicy piece of Prime-Rib of Beef that he probably wouldn’t or couldn’t even want to eat?”
OK so as you all know by now, I love Prime-Rib, I love The Beatles, I love Ringo, so what does one have to do with the other? Where’s the tie-in?
Mr. Ringo Starr, some years ago put together a band called The All Stars. Being a Beatle, a drummer, musician, and performer Ringo as it so happens still loves playing drums and performing live.
Lately I have been thinking and dying for me a nice “Juicy” Piece of Prime-Rib. Dam they’re so yummy, so tasty. Having grown up in Jersey, I love me a nice piece of Prime-Rib of Beef every now and then. Prime-Rib of Beef is a big item in restaurants in Jersey, and many will have once a week Prime Rib Night where you can get yourself a nice piece of Prime Rib, a salad, vegetables, and potato, and maybe even some desert and or soup to start or a All-You-Can-Eat “Salad Bar” all for one nice very affordable price, somewhere around $19.99 to $24.95, whatever.
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“PEACE & LOVE”
I’ve lived in the great city of New York for more than 25 years now, and if there’s two things a former Jerseyite can’t get in New York, it’s Taylor Ham a good piece of reasonable priced
Prime Rib. Two things people in Jersey really love. You just can not find Taylor Ham in New York anywhere. Taylor Ham is a Jersey thing.
Now your’e talking about Taylor Ham you say? What the Hell? Real quick for those who don’t know, Taylor Ham is a commercially made pork-product similar in taste to “Spam” only better that was created in 1856 in Trenton, New Jersey by John Taylor. It’s yummy, and Jerseyites love it. It’s in there blood. Taylor Ham is sliced and pan-fried and usually goes on a plate with eggs for breakfast or in its most famous way with scrambled or fried eggs on a Taylor Ham & Egg Sandwich. Yumm! My mouth waters just thinking of one.
OK so that’s the quick skinny on Taylor Ham, along with Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, and yes Prime Rib, the most beloved of Jersey Eats. So to Prime Rib and New York City. Well Prime Rib is no where near as big, popular, or beloved in NY NY they way it is New Jersey, but you can get it here, and another “but,” but for a “Price.” And a big price at that. Pretty much the only place more or less that you’ll find Prime Rib in Manhattan is at any one of New York’s great Steak Houses. Yes, besides Sirloin Steaks, T-Bones, Porter House Steaks, Filet Mignon, and Jumbo Lobsters, you can get a nice piece of juicy Prime Rib of Beef at any Steak House in New York.
A Prime Rib dinner at a New York Steak House? What’s it gonna cost? Be prepared to dish out about a Hundred Bucks, maybe a little less depending upon if you go for lunch or dinner, lunch being a bit cheaper of course. Let’s take Smith & Wollensky one of New York’s great and most icon steak houses. At lunch you can get a nice piece of juicy Prime Rib for $36.50 .. You do mot get any vegetable or potato on the plate so add $6.50 for a baked potato. You have to have a least one drink, a beer, or glass of wine, add another $12.00 and your sub-total is $55. You gotta pay tax and leave the waiter a good tip, so your grand total is gonna be about $72 for a bare minimum Prime Rib lunch, at dinner your gonna be around a hundred bucks. No thanks unless you are rich or have a rich friend picking up the tab. Oh yeah I can afford this, but not very often, as most of us out there in the year 2012, 11, 2010, we hope 2013 will be better and 2014, the U.S. economy booming or near to it once again. “Hope and Pray my friends,” all of us 99%ers.
OK so I been dying to have me some Prime Rib of late. Even thinking of taking a trip out to Jersey to get one in one of the World’s Prime Rib meccas. Yes.
I have also been wanting to see Ringo and His All Star Band for some years now. Every time I’d see his name up on the Radio City Marquee, I’d say to myself “Self, one of these days you just gotta go see Ringo.” Yes.
So it’s June 2012 and I see Ringo is playing at the Jones Beach Theater and I might want to go. He’s not playing Radio City this year and getting to Jones Beach from Manhattan without a car can be though not impossible, a bit difficult it is, especially as compared to jumping in a cab or hopping a Subway up to Radio City, easy and just a matter of minutes. Well I started doing some research and went on to good ole Ringo’s website at RinogStarr.com .. As I was browsing through I see Todd Rundregn is in this years (2012) All Star Band … This seals the deal for me. Todd is awesome. I continue to look on the website and see the schedule for the whole concert tour. Ringo is playing The Mohegan Sun Casino Arena on June 17, a Sunday and my day off. Perfect. It’s my day off and it will be easier to get to the Mohegan Sun than to Jones Beach, and cheaper too with all the casino bus discounts and special offers. “I’m in.” I go on line and buy some tickets. Yee-Ha I’m all set. Gonna go see Ringo, finally, and this will complete me see each and every Beatle in person. I went to a George Harrison Concert at Madison Square garden when I was just a teenager. My first Beatle. Second was John Lennon as I saw him walking down West 72nd Street one day. Quite a thrill. Even more of a thrill was when I was the Maitre’d at Da Silvano Restaurant and met Paul McCartney twice. One of those days, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits and the great Bozz Scaggs just happened to be dining at Da Silvano as well. Paul chatted with both of them for several minutes. Quite exciting. So that’s three Beatles down, John, Paul, George, and now Ringo. I can’t wait, and there’s going to be a bonus, my Prime Rib Dinner, and it’s almost for free.
A free Prime rib Dinner you say? Where? At the Mohegan Sun Casino at their buffet restaurant Seasons. Well I got on the Casino Bus, rode up there to Connecticut to the casino. The bus trip is only $15 round trip and when you get to the casino and get off the bus you get two $20 betting vouchers and the all important $20 food voucher good at any Mohegan Sun Restaurant. Yeah Babee! I did as most people do opt for the big Buffet Dinner, just $24 and all the Spare Ribs, Oysters, Clams, Fried Clams, Fried Chicken, Pasta, Stir Frys, Fish, Roast Turkey, Salads, Veggies, “PRIME RIB” and tasty deserts you can eat. And believe me people eat.
So I get there, get on line, then pay just $4 after giving them my $20 food voucher. Awesome! We sit down, and I go up for my first bit of food, the appetizers. I get 1 piece of fried chicken, 2 Spare Ribs, and some Fired Clams. Yumm! Dam the Barbecued Spare Ribs are some of the tastiest I’ve ever had and if it was 2 or 3 years previous and I wasn’t eating healthier, I swear i would have eaten at least 8 or 10 of these Tasty Little Bad Boys. They were so dam tasty that I was seriously tempted to go get a couple more, as opposed to getting 6 or 8 more which I would have done a few years back. I’m proud of myself I had will power, I did not get any more Spare Ribs that I desperately wanted. good boy.
After I finished that 1st plate it was time to go up and get the Main-Event, the Prime Rib. As I approached the Prime Rib Roast Turkey Carving Station i noticed the carver guy was cutting the Beef kind of thin, especially for Prime Rib, “Man Prime Rib Has Just Gotta Be Thick!” You can’t eat it any other way. So I approached the guy cutting the Prime Rib and said nice and friendly like and with assertion, “Hey Buddy Give Me a Nice Thick Slice of That Prime Rib Please.” And he did, twice the thickness of others I’d seen him slice. Thank You Sir! I appreciate that. As you know, the Prime Rib has just Got To Be Thick.
Yes, the Prime Rib was Excellent, nice and Juicy, Dam tasty, just like the Pork Spare Ribs. Yummm!!!! We had a few deserts and it was off to see Ringo.
Needless to say, the concert was great. Ringo, Todd and the rest of the Band were absolutely Awesome. The All Star Band also had in it Steve Lukather of Toto (Friggin GREAT Guitarist), Rochard Page of Mr. Mister, and founding Santana keyboard player and lead singer Greg Rolie, aka “The Duke” of Santana. Todd did Hello It’s Me, a “Rockin” rendition of Bang The Drum, and my favorite Rundgren song “I Saw The Light.” Love it! The Band led by Santana keyboardist Greg Rolie did awesome renditions of “Black Magic Woman,” Everbody’s Everything, and Evils ways and former Toto guitaristist Steve Lakather was every bit Carlos Santana’s equal in lead guitar roll for the Santana songs along with Lakather playing guitar and lead vocals for Toto Monster Hits done by Ringo and The All Stars, which included the iconic “Roseanna” (written about actress Roseanna Arquette, along with “Africa.” Awesome Show and it exceeded our expectations.
I Loved it, “Prime-Rib and Ringo.” a Tasty Combination to say the least…
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