History

When you walk through the door of this neighborhood pub, you are suddenly transported back to a Gothic Irish Monastery. This beautiful bar with its Street Sign, and stained glass where shipped direct from the Chapel in Greenmount Monastery (Gallows Green), Cork, Ireland, which was built in 1897, replacing a monastery which stood on the site previously since 800 AD. The building in Ireland was recently declared a Historic Treasure. The monastery also housed a boy's boarding school in the 1800's.

In 1993, the owners of the bar traveled to Ireland to salvage some of the wood, stained glass and other artifacts.

They used all these pieces to build the popular night spot, aptly called "The Wicked Monk". The back bar, stained glass, church pulpit, gargoyles and the candlelight surroundings, all lend to the illusion of the original monastery. You can almost feel the "Wickedness."

Every piece of history has its modern day use, the Church Pulpit houses the DJ and the telephone booth is actually a Confessional. Somewhat more contemporary is the Original Mural which graces the full length of the bar - which, by the way, is the longest bar in Bay Ridge.

Everyone who helped build this landmark, has been immortalized in this 36ft original painting on the ceiling. It is said that not only the interior of the bar made the long cold journey across the Atlantic...