Connolly’s
187 Beach 93rd St., Rockaway Beach, Queens
This "Summer Saloon" is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day and is best known for its lifeguard clientele, and $5 Frozens (pina colada every day; second flavor varies; both drawn from a soft serve machine, pictured). Connolly's has a friendly ghost who helps replenish straws and prevent heads from hitting the surfboard suspended from the ceiling, and they have a Bikini Contest too (first Wednesday in August since as long as anyone can remember).
Bartender Kris tells us the late night crowd is early 20's, but most of the day (after 12pm) you'll find people of all ages, like the guy at the end of the bar who told us a story that started with, "When I was a lifeguard in '61..."
No bar in the Rockaways is closer to the ocean.
Great post
Posted by: Claire Alcock | July 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM
the sandbar is closer to the ocean
Posted by: bert sanders | May 20, 2010 at 12:30 AM