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BY CLAIRE LEADEN
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Joseph Byrne, co-owner
of Th e Wolfh ound off 30th
Avenue, bartended at Th e
Quays until he opened his bar
with three other partners in
2016.
“We’re a modern Irish neighborhood
bar,” Byrne said.
“We’re trying to create a traditional
pub atmosphere but still
be contemporary to Astoria,
but not closed off .”
More contemporary
elements include
jazz on Tuesdays, trivia on
Wednesdays, happy hour, a
cocktail menu with winter
drinks like Cadbury hot chocolate
and a honey hot toddy,
and local beers on tap in addition
to the usual Guinness.
Since the owners, all
Irishmen under 35 that have
worked in the neighborhood,
are musicians, live music is an
important aspect of the bar’s
feel. Th ere is live music on
Sunday and Monday nights,
and they just hosted their now-annual
“Trad Week” where they bring over musicians
from Ireland and celebrate eight
straight nights of traditional Irish music
performances.
Th e Wolfh ound hosted more musical
events during St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
Th e bar also taps into their more traditional
roots with a historical photo exhibition
on Easter weekend, to commemorate
the Irish uprising against England,
and celebrates Arthur’s Day in September,
the birthdate of the founder of Guinness.
Th ey also started an Irish football team
(a traditional Irish sport that’s a combination
The Wolfhound
38-14 30th Ave., Astoria
wolfh oundnyc.com
718-204-2111
of soccer and rugby) with the New
York Gaelic Athletic Association, and represent
Astoria all summer long when they
play in Gaelic Park in the Bronx.
“Astoria became booming with the
young Irish a few years ago,” co-owner
Rory Murphy said of opening the space,
“So it happened to be really great timing.”
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