McGee’s is located in Hell’s Kitchen/Midtown West on 55th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue. We were visiting the nearby Spyscape Museum, and we stopped at McGee’s afterward for some beverages.
The restaurant/bar space covers two floors, with the third/top floor hosting private event space. You can sit at the long wooden bar, or at one of the booths, some of which flank a gas fireplace. Many TVs ensure that you will never miss your favorite sporting event.
A bit of television trivia: On the TV show called “How I Met
Your Mother”, McLaren’s Pub, where Ted, Robin, Barney, Marshall, and Lilly
often gather, was the inspiration for McGee’s. Reportedly, show creators used
to drink at McGee’s when they worked for David Letterman on “The Late Show”.
Today, On Location Tours works with McGee’s as a feature for their NYC TV and
Movie Tour and offers a special 15% discount for tour participants. (However,
please note that McGee’s looks nothing like the basement bar McLaren’s.)
We visited McGee’s for drinks only. However, although we
didn’t dine there, we thought that the Irish pub food that we saw looked
interesting and tasty, and we might return some time to try it.
We enjoyed our visit to McGee’s Pub.
