American Trash

Absolutely love this place! I totally agree with the other reviewer’s description of a Cheers-​like vibe «where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came.» Alla is my favorite bartender. She always greets you with a smile, makes you feel welcome, and even remembers what you drink! I wish she worked more often. But if you’re lucky enough to go on a night that she’s working you’ll have an amazing time!

Love this place. Perfect place for a person that gets tired of pretentious NYC. Everyone knows each other and they remember you. Alla remembered me my second trip and it was 4 months! Great place to come when you want to truly relax and have a good time. That’s hard in Manhattan.

This is hands-​down my favorite bar in the city, not just for the great neighborhood vibe but because Alla is the GREATEST bartender — I just wish she worked more often. I would practically live at this bar if she did! She is incredibly friendly, attentive, and makes everyone feel like family. Truly a rare find on the UES!!!

This bar offers a great drinking experience with awesome music and very reasonable prices. Specifically Alla is the best bartender in the place, Friday nights and Sunday afternoons will be a friendly chilled fun hangout solely thanks to her.

This place was totally awesome! It’s got a great «Cheers» feel to it. The drinks are really reasonably priced and are poured so that they are well worth it. I really loved this place as well as the staff here. I will go here again when in NYC, heck I’d pick a hotel based on it’s proximity to this place. It’s just one of those places that you just like it there and want to be there.

Theres an older guy with one wearing (i think he’s the manager). he’s great! he noticed i wrapped my first beer with a napkin (call it OCD) and he made sure the rest of my beers for the whole night had a napkin wrapped around it. I appreciate that type of attention to detail and would recommend this bar anytime. theres a blonde female bartender there too (sorry not good with names). she’s great swell. whole staff is very attentive.

Skeeball is expensive, but the beers are moderately priced. Gives off a rapey vibe, without the fear of actual rape.
This place is only 2 on the jabroni scale.

Can’t think of a single redeeming quality to this place. Having said that, it doesn’t look like they care what anyone thinks, so that earned them an extra star from me.

Interesting hang-​out on 1^st Ave. The staff was not warm and cozy like other places and the crowd was a little rougher, but nothing crazy. The have a pool table and Skee Ball, which gets a lot of action. It wasn’t bad, but with so many great places on 1^st it fades.

Bleh. Went here last month, for the first time in years. The bartender was real nice, but the crowd just s****.

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! We’re visiting NYC and stumbled on this place on Unilocal,the bartender Bob is the man!!! And the beer is awesome too! Ask for the 4 shots of $ 12 deal, the bartender hooks it up. THE BEST PART IS THE AMAZING LIVE MUSIC!!! I’m seriously in love with this place

This place is funny. The décor is interesting and there was a band Saturday night which gave a fun vibe. We had a nice time. They had beers and cocktails. We ordered vodka and cranberry which were fine. Have fun here ! :)

Deffinitely a good place to go if you are on a budget. The bartender is always friendly. It isn’t usually packed which can be boring sometimes but the decorations there are always fun to look at. Overall, it’s a place il always be going to.

OK, so you will probably wake up hungover and miserable after going to this place. Because 4 shots of random mystery alcohol for $ 12. But at the same time, you can also be quite drunk for the price of one drink at some other bars. And beyond that, I have always had a good time here. The music is usually quite good. Lots of songs you forgot how much you loved (including lots of 90s music), or you can do the jukebox at 50 cents a pop for most songs. I also once went here when there was a live band doing covers of old songs, which was quite fun too.
Basically, just a fun, welcoming atmosphere all around! My friends work on the UES, so we spend a lot of time up there, and this is the least pretentious and most fun place around.
Oh, and since they don’t serve food, you’re allowed to bring in food from outside. I recommend 3 Star Diner across the street. Best to go there early in the night, at least before you start on that second or third shot of apple whiskey/​coconut rum/​cinnamon tequila.

Nice staff, plenty of TV’s that you can actually here, attentive staff. I think that they should ditch the pool table to allow more tables to watch football. But when I recently left another bar down the street because it wasn’t conducive to watching football, I happily found American Trash. Great beer specials, wifi, and a football game that you could actually hear.

I have been here on a couple of occasions, the last time was during the NYC marathon this year. It was packed (as expected), but I didn’t have trouble getting a beer because the bartenders were attentive in the busy setting. However, the line for the bathroom was rough since they are small and there were a lot of people there that day.
The place is a dive bar, so don’t expect a upscale experience. Enjoy the place for what it is… local place with cold beer and strong drinks.
Overall, I always have a good time when I go here and I will continue to hit this place up while I am still in the neighborhood.

It’s dingy, the drinks are cheap, the people are cool, I love this dive bar.
It’s a two in one, cheap drinks and cheap food in the back corner, look for Red’s (he has wings, fries, hot dogs — all sorts of great bar food)
The bartenders are really nice, the service is fast.
I came here for a Unilocal event but I’d definitely would come here again, probably for happy hour with friends.

This is a DIVE bar in the true sense of the word. Haha It is a little gross and shady feeling BUT that’s a dive bar. Seriously there are way worse out there.
Drinks: Great… because the bartender is great. Dan I want to say, his name was. So great.
Price: Great pricing… specials!
Ambiance: it’s a great place to go grab drinks and NOT have to keep up with the Joneses here… no one cares who you are, how much money you have an there is no care to impress here… it’s a place to have a drink and just get away from the rest of the «image» of NYC.
Try it!

Came here for a Unilocal event and had a great time! I’ll keep it relevant.
I will definitely come back for a) Red’s in the back (see my review of Red’s on why it is a MUST GO) and b) that pool table in the back (’cause let’s be real, I want to watch the game and have a beer and play pool… AT THE SAME TIME)
The crowd seems super chill and the drink specials are really fair-​priced. I guess the only downside is it’s in UES. But not really a downside at all. Next time I’m watching a game, I’m coming to American Trash.
PS. THOSE WINGS. I DREAM OF THEM.

Typical dive bar on the outside. Fun, quirky, sports bar on the inside. Can’t give your typical impression of the place since I went for an Elite event and it was just a bunch of foodies rather than the usual crowd. From what I’ve read in the reviews it seems like this place attracts people of all ages. But I can definitely give my first impression, which was a positive one!
I don’t mind dive bars but usually don’t like the lack in size and space. Some of the past ones I’ve been to have literally been the size of my hallway and can get packed FAST. This place however, had plenty of room for mingling. There were flat screen tv’s outlining the ceilings with re-​caps of all sorts of sports. It was cool that they were showing rugby from the usual American sports. Yay variety! There was also barstools among a pretty wide bar stretching from one end of the place to the other. Also, I saw some booths and additional seating in the back for those who don’t like the high-​tops. And a pool table!* Kinda dim inside to set the mood and again… plenty of space to clink and drink or get your groove on if that’s what you kids like to do these days.**
American Trash is a pretty cool spot on the UES. Will be back again to see what the usual crowd is like.
*Really wish I was good at pool. I wanna be one of those pros that flick the ball up in the air over two others and then right into the corner left pocket. *sigh*
**Did I really just say that? How old am I?!

$ 12 for 4 shots. Bartender remembered me 3 weeks later after meeting me once. By name and drink. Everyone’s friendly and accommodating. Music is a very mixed bag, but there’s a jukebox if you need to assert your will. They’re willing to set up beer pong or flip cup tables if you’re so inclined (not a fratty bar at all though.)
Best part is Red’s in the back. Really friendly Buffalo style hot dog place, slightly slow service. It’s just one dude. A huge variety of hot dog styles (banh mi, loaded potato, hoisin, bbq, etc.) Buffalo wings. Beef on weck. All of it’s delicious and a few steps above comparable bar’s food.

I love how they want to be called American Bar now — no, sorry. you’re still American Trash to me and everyone else in NYC. This really is the trashiest bar on the UES and I’m OK with that. My friend lives literally a stones throw away and on Monday night I was staying up at her apartment because we were planning on having a hurricane party (which lucky for me I did come up here because my building ended up losing power that night anyway).
We came here already a little drunk due to our mimosa sipping that began around 3pm (hey, our offices were already closed and working from home = working while drinking, correct?). So we showed up and sat down and it all gets a little fuzzy. I know that the female bartender was a little rude to me because I was wearing a pink hoodie (which she made sure to point out… sorry you wouldn’t look cute in pink doll face). I forget her name but she eventually warmed up to us and realized we were not pretentious blondes and actually just two drunken retards! The other bartender Dan was a little nicer to us and gave us free Patron shots just for being cool. At some point we met some other guy that owns the hot dog company that provides food and he kept trying to feed us his meat (haha ewww not like that!). He was nice, but unfortunately I do not recall his name.
Came back here on Tuesday night while trying to get my friend to go home and we stayed for one drink while hanging with a dude in a banana suit. Seemed like the right way to end a hurricane to me.
Ohhhhh and my friend met her fiancé here 4 years ago on the last stop while playing Pub Golf (she won). sooooo seems like a fine place to me!