Farrell's: Where Cheap Mofos Binge Drink

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as drinking massive amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time.  In a two hour span, for example, if you drink more than 4-5 drinks, you're a binge drinker. 

But if anyone's been to college, or to Jackie's Fifth Amendment on a Friday night, you know that binge drinking is pretty much the norm. We all live in New York, where you're physically and emotionally assaulted on a daily basis.  Frankly, I'm pretty sure that the only thing that keeps everyone from murdering everyone in their general vicinity is the knowledge that almost all of us have a bottle of vodka chilling in the freezer, just waiting for us to get home.  That, or a heavy dosage of Xanax.   

But really, our love affair with alcohol is obvious.  Why else would buy one, get one free beer specials even exist?  Why else would I have a power hour application on my iPhone?  Because bitches love drinking. 

But of course, as anything worth doing often is, drinking is expensive. 

In college, I may as well have signed my bank account over to Darby O'Gills Irish Pub. I'm well versed in the practice of spending way too much money on booze, so that's why I was so excited to discover Farrell's, in all of it's divey, Irish glory. 

Dating back to 1933, this haunt was featured briefly in As Good as it Gets, and Shirley MacLaine apparently caused quite a neighborhood scandal in the 1970s when she insisted on being the first unchaperoned woman to be served there (via New York Magazine). 

But forget about the celebs—here's what you need to do: walk in, order a large beer for $5, and let the magic happen. Yes, you will be served beer in a 32oz styrofoam cup, but you do the math: spend $20 bucks and you've just bought yourself a GALLON of beer. That's quite a friggin bargain, people.

Hellllllo, hangover, yes--but nursing an alcohol problem has never been so cheap. 

Farrell's
215 Prospect Park West (btwn 16th & Windsor)
718-788-8779