Plan B

Plan B
626 Vanderbilt Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11228

The first week of 2011 marks my journey to ironically, self-referential sports bars. First there was the road to Perdition, a surprisingly upscale joint on 10th Ave. that adequately describes the self-loathing one feels entering into any Hell's Kitchen bar, and now Plan B, which represents the default option when Plan A falls through and Plan C (drinking in your apartment) is simply too depressing.

Neither the beer selection (Bud Light/Coors Light/Michelob Shock Top/Brooklyn Lager) nor the wings are anything to rave about, but the local and friendly bartenders efficiently distribute suds and grub during game time. Most importantly, Plan B has two 40" flat-screen TVs behind the bar and three other TVs above the main dining room, so it is virtually impossible to miss out on any playoff action regardless where you stand in the bar.

Prospect Heights is one of the few neighborhoods where you can walk into a sports bar 10 minutes before kickoff and still grab a seat at the bar. Although the excitement and revelry of being surrounded by a horde of screaming fans might be lost (i.e. Blondie's in the UWS, Sidebar in Union Square), there is something to be said for a bar where you aren't harassed by annoying Steelers or Vikings fans who suffer the indignity of having teams led by quarterbacks targeted by sexual assault allegations.