Jake's Dilemma
Sports bar · Upper West Side
430 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
Highlights
Beer pong, foosball, and affordable drinks for a young crowd.
Beer pong, foosball, and affordable drinks for a young crowd.
"The Deal: Half Off Entire Bar, With Some Exclusions This big bar on Amsterdam Ave feels like the kind of place you might have frequented when you were the minimum legal drinking age, complete with wings, tater tots, cheap cans of beer, and sports on TV. If you want to pay throwback prices for that glass of pinot grigio, come during Happy Hour." - bryan kim, neha talreja
"Tucked in the far back of Jake’s Dilemma, past the college party chaos of the main bar, is the private Riverside Room. Here, up to 35 guests can enjoy what looks like a classy professor pub. Or, invite up to 60 guests to the similar-looking Oak Cellar. Of course, you can still step outside for a couple games of foosball and beer pong with some strangers if you want the real junior year experience." - will hartman, bryan kim, neha talreja
"We could have gone with something classier here - but Union Pool isn’t an especially classy place, and if you’re looking for something like it, you’ll probably enjoy Jake’s Dilemma. It’s a bar on the Upper West Side where you can play beer pong around a bunch of people who never left college (at least in spirit), and it’s perfect for when you want to chug a drink, high five someone, and sing along to a song you don’t know." - bryan kim
"Jake’s Dilemma may remind you of bars where you watched sports in college, in that it’s a big, bright space filled with groups standing in circles drinking pitchers of light beer. This Upper West Side spot definitely feels like a sports bar in the last few minutes of big games, but there are also always people here who care more about holding down a beer pong table than watching what’s happening on the big screens." - matt tervooren
"Jake’s Dilemma is the closest thing this city has to a sweaty frat house basement. We don’t mean that as an insult—it’s just what it is. And maybe that’s what you’re looking for. Beer pong happens here, and many nights at this divey place on the Upper West Side go unremembered. Sound good? For $85, you can get a ticket that includes a four-hour open bar from 9pm to 1am. A DJ will be present." - bryan kim, will hartman
