The call
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
What to order
- Philly cheesesteak sandwich
- Chicken wings
Best for
- Food history
American · Pub food
Monkey Paw
An East Village gastropub and brewery Roger liked for its Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, chicken wings, and beer, before it closed in 2018.
Closed
Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery closed its East Village location in August 2018 after Coronado Brewing, which had acquired it the year before, was unable to find a buyer for the business.
10News — Monkey Paw Brewing closes its East Village doors without a buyer (2018-08-01) ↗Source-backed notes
Visit history
2016-07-02day precision · source explicit
“Bomb Philly cheersyeak sammies Chicken wangs Spurs”
Roger loved the Philly cheesesteak sandwiches ('cheersyeak sammies' in his garbled draft, clearly a typo for cheesesteak), plus chicken wings and a beer he listed as 'Spurs.' (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
2014-02-02day precision · source explicit
Roger's earliest documented visit here, over two years before his Yelp draft: a Flickr photo captioned "More #craftbeers! #monkeypaws", dated by the photo's own EXIF timestamp.
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