The Back Page
Categories: Sports Bars, American (Traditional) [Edit]
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Upper East Side1472 3rd Avenue
(between 83rd St & 84th St)
New York, NY 10028 (212) 570-5800
- Nearest Transit:
86th St (4, 5, 6)
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
15 reviews
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen
"Overall my favorite bar in my area...Its a typical Irish pub with spots on the tvs. Great staff I must say. Dave (one of the owners) is a…" read more »
14 Reviews for The Back Page
Was here for the NCAA game Monday night. Waitress was great - attentive and friendly, and it was CHAOS because this is where the KU alumni association congregates. Good mozzarella sticks, and beer selection. Panoramic TV's, so 5'4" me could see even with a gaggle of large dudes in front of me. ROCK CHALK JAY HAWK!
great sports bar with tvs everywhere!!! including a few projections. wings rivlal blondies and their nachos are killer. it is tough to get a table on a weekend but theres nowhere else to be if u wanna watch football.
LOVE their HD tvs. You find yourself with a panoramic view of television screens and your giddy eyes get all shifty and twittery with excitement.
There's a lot of seating considering the space, and there's a big downstairs basement level with regular, smaller televisions. The bar's upper floor was brim filled with alcohol and humans, and seats were impossible to score.
So, what does a resourceful person like me do? I go downstairs, find one stool. I need another so I kindly ask the manager to open up their storage closet so that I can get an extra stool out..this one with back support. I then go back upstairs, find my waitress (I'm very sad I didn't catch her name, she was an angel) and ask her where I can place two more stools without getting in the way and she kindly finds a fabulous spot. We bring up the stools and enjoy our Heinies and cheese fries.
I leave the waitress a fat tip and walk out with a good buzz and football stats ringing in my ear.
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I am giving this UES establishment four stars based on the service that we had. Our waitress was unbelievable - nice, responsive, pleasant, patient, and attractive to look at, smiled a great deal, and wore appropriate clothing (rather than the waitress in the back room who was about to fall out of her spaghetti strap tank top).
I met up with a few friends on Sunday to watch some playoff football. My friends got there at about 1:30 to ensure we got a table. I arrived at 3:15pm shortly after the Patriots began dismantling the Bolts. The waitress continually filled me up with water, as I was trying to rehydrate after a long weekend of drinking.
As more time lapsed the bar became packed. We sat upstairs and had a view of ample televisions. My friends each ordered food and drinks, but I can only attest to the number of televisions that were in my line of sight, both HD and normal. Overall this is a great place to watch the game if you live in the area. My only beef with this bar was that one wall was completely covered with large mirrors, I would have preferred televisions.
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As far as watching the game here, it's got a interesting mix; the usual suspects, frat boys and yuppies, rub elbows with blue collar folk in this noisy and overcrowded bar. The wings are just a tad bit better than the costco variety of tyson's hot wings, and the fries are just barely better than soggy. I was more impressed with the amount of screens covering the walls than the food itself.
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Great atmosphere, tons of TV's and great food. Definitely a place to check out if you want good beer specials, wings and great service.
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Wings, beer, THE game....... Its the only "bar" I really enjoy getting down and diiirty at up in the 'hood.........Besides, there are plenty of tubes to watch if you team happens to be from out of state.
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A large sports bar, HD TVs all over the place. Great 'chicken fingers' and 'steak tip' sandwiches. University of Kansas fans meet up here on Saturdays.
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Honestly, it would only earn 2 stars but I was searching for the SF Giants anywhere in NYC and this was the only place not replaying the Yankee's game, so I bumped it up 1 star. The space is huge and they have so many flat screens I can see why people come here to watch games. I bet this would be a fun place on college game days. Anyway, the drinks were light which was a downer and there was no one in there the night I made it in. Oh well, it served my purpose of having satellite tellie so I can't complain too much.
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Good bar that has great pub food and plenty of beer to keep you happy.
The wings were excellent - not skimpy, with plenty of meat on the bone. The fries are ok - they are oversized and still have the skin on them. I am partial to McDonald's fries, so I didn't really like these. The service is great - very friendly and attentice.
There are plenty of TVs, so you can catch any game here.
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Order the wings extra extra crispy and the bizz guarentees a solid wing. Classic poppers. Fries are weak. Rings acceptable. Tidbits above average. Needs some sauce improvement. Old school honey mustard was another level. BBQ is the truth though. Ribs above edible but not a rib place. Buffalo tenders crack the top tier of tenders available.
I love chicken wings and The Back Page has got some tasty ones. If at all possible try to avoid wing delivery, they don't travel well, and can get a bit soggy.
The Back Page has to be on a ton of college's alumni page, because when there's a big game everyone in the place is decked out in school colors. You could literally be in there with 200 people all from the same school. This can be excedingly dangerous come NCAA Tournament time when you are routing for a team to lose and they start arming themselves. The food is great, the buffalo wings are fantastic, you really can't ask for a better place to catch a game.
Full-audio sports on big fat screens. Lots of tables, but come at the beginning of the game to get a seat! Service is great, food not so hot. I don't have beef with extra grease but this stuff is REALLY greasy. The guy to girl ratio is 10-1, which is nice, because I am a girl. Anyway, if you want to watch sports with other people that want to watch sports, without any other distractions, come here. Especially if you went to Texas.
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