September 24, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –
Hibernia Bar, a Hell’s Kitchen Irish pub operating in New York City since 2008 and known as a Pittsburgh Steelers gathering point, carries a 4.6-star average across more than 750 Google reviews into the Sept. 13 season opener.
Out-of-market fans face the same problem every autumn. New York affiliates carry the Giants and the Jets, and a Steelers broadcast rarely turns up on a local channel without a subscription package. Bars that commit to a single team solve that problem, and they tend to become de facto clubhouses in the process. Hibernia Bar sits at 401 W 50th St, a block off Ninth Avenue and within walking distance of the Times Square subway stations, Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. That geography matters for a single-team pub: supporters spread across the five boroughs, plus fans arriving from Pittsburgh for a weekend in Manhattan, converge on one address rather than hunting for a television carrying the feed. Pittsburgh’s diaspora has made the pattern familiar in cities across the country, and in Midtown Manhattan the black and gold have claimed a corner of a neighborhood better known for Broadway crowds and restaurant rows.
“Our job on a Sunday is simple. Every Steelers fan who walks in should feel like the game matters as much to us as it does to them, all season long,” said Aidan Fogarty, co-founder of Hibernia Bar.
The game-day setup runs to six high-definition televisions and a large projection screen, with dedicated audio zones so the Steelers broadcast carries through the main room. Bartenders do not change the channel mid-game, a standing policy that separates a team-affiliated pub from a general sports bar splitting screens across the full Sunday slate. Iron City Beer, a Pittsburgh staple, is stocked alongside the pub’s two-part Guinness pour, and the kitchen runs late enough to cover a 1 p.m. kickoff, a 4:25 p.m. window and a night game on the same day.
The Steelers open at home against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m. Eastern on Fox, four days after the NFL’s 2026 regular season begins on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Divisional matchups against the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens account for a large share of the schedule. The season also carries an unusual wrinkle for East Coast viewers: the Steelers meet the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 25 at the Stade de France in the league’s first regular-season game in Paris, with a 9:30 a.m. Eastern kickoff. Viewing details for the Paris game have not been announced.
Hibernia Bar has operated in Hell’s Kitchen since 2008 under co-founders Mark Tafoya and Aidan Fogarty, building a regular clientele of neighborhood residents, Irish expatriates and sports fans. Patrons gave the room the nickname “The Living Room,” a description the owners have since adopted in their own materials. Recent Google reviewers describe rooms packed wall to wall during Steelers games and single out the wings, the sampler platter and the bar staff by name. Football is not the only draw: the pub also carries GAA matches from Ireland and New York Mets games, and it keeps an outdoor patio and a late-night kitchen running outside the NFL calendar.
Steelers fans living in the five boroughs, along with visitors planning a game weekend in Midtown Manhattan, can review Hibernia Bar’s Hell’s Kitchen game-day details, Iron City Beer availability and late kitchen hours at https://hiberniabar.com/steelers-bar-nyc/
Information is believed accurate at the time of publication. Contact Hibernia Bar directly for current details.
About Hibernia Bar
Hibernia Bar is an Irish pub and sports bar in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, operating since 2008 under co-founders Mark Tafoya and Aidan Fogarty. The pub serves Irish and American pub fare, a curated Irish whiskey selection and a two-part Guinness pour, and broadcasts Pittsburgh Steelers, GAA and New York Mets games. Hibernia Bar is located at 401 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019, and can be reached at (212) 969-9703. https://hiberniabar.com/
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For more information about Hibernia Bar, contact the company here:
Hibernia Bar
Aidan Fogarty
+12129699703
hiberniabar@gmail.com
401 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019, United States
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