Josh’s coworkers are pretty avid beer drinkers so their favorite spot for happy hour is currently Rattle & Hum. They have a huge list of beers from all over the world on tap. The beer offerings change often, and they’re printed on a paper menu that lists each beer’s ranking and % alcohol by volume. If you find too many beers that you want to try, you can order a flight that comes with four 4 oz pours. That way you can try as many beers as you’d like without getting too wasted.
A tasting flight of beer
After you’ve had a few drinks, you’re bound to want some food. The favorite here is the boneless buffalo wings that are spicy and saucy and come with celery, carrot sticks, and blue cheese dressing. They use white meat chicken so it can get a little dry, but the ample amount of sauce usually helps with that. We always order the wings hot so the sauce has a nice kick to it.
Spicy boneless buffalo wings
We also tried an order of their chili nachos, which was a huge messy pile covered in beef chili and cheese. Unfortunately the tortilla chips they use taste kind of funny, like they are the baked variety. They had a weird cardboard-y taste and texture and I found them to be pretty unpleasant. It was too bad, because the other ingredients were really tasty. We ended up only eating the top layer of the nachos, where there was the most topping to cover up the flavor of the tortilla chips. I probably wouldn’t order this dish again.
Chili and cheese nachos
Rattle & Hum is a must-visit bar for any beer lover. We go there all the time and I rarely repeat my beer orders. There are so many options to choose from and it’s a lot of fun to try all the different varieties of brews. The food isn’t the greatest but we come here for the beer; the food is to just soak up the alcohol. If you’re really hungry after all that drinking, the bar is just a stone’s throw away from K-town. You only need to walk one block and you’ll find some of the city’s best Korean BBQ joints!
Rattle & Hum
14 East 33rd St. between 5th and Madison Ave.
New York, NY