![]() Helpfully, the American Poolplayers Association has a location finder so you can find what bars by you have a table - and which have been given the group’s seal of approval. ‘Not everyone wants to sit around and look at their phones’ If I’m looking to practice, I’m looking to go to a place that pool’s their focus.” Nicki Humphrey, who owns 40 Knots, says that the pool table "is a big part of my bar." Photo Credit: Linda Rosier “One of the things I like about Barfly is that the late-night crowd that comes there to play pool, they’re among a big group of friends. “If I’m just drinking and partying, then I want it to be a little friendlier,” Babai says. Where you might want to go to play in the city on any given night depends on whether you’re going alone or with friends, whether you want to hone your skills or meet people, and what kind of mood you’re in. However, it can pay to attract league players, as that can guarantee those players are coming in multiple nights per week to play and practice. Malakian explains that league players are more competitive, and a lot of bar owners prefer more of a laid-back, date night vibe for their establishments. The difference between bars that maintain their tables and bars that don’t - and between bars that people serious about pool go to and bars that they don’t - divides NYC’s pool bars into two categories.įor Babai and Malakian, there are bars that prioritize their status as pool destinations a bit more and so attract league players, and there are bars that simply have the pool table for fun and want it to serve as a more relaxed, social component. “People who like playing pool won’t go to that place, and people who don’t care as much about playing are just like, ‘This isn’t working.’ ” ![]() When a table is in bad shape, it may as well not even be in the bar, he said. Malakian agrees, and says a lot of places get pool tables but then don’t take care of them.
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