If you live in New York, you either (A) own a car and dread the day you have to tow it to the auto shop, or (B) don’t own a car and couldn’t care less about mechanics. Greenpoint’s Bar Matchless changes all this. Housed in a has-been auto-repair shop, Matchless gives cyclists, drivers, walkers and definitely drunken stumblers reason to visit the mechanic, though in this case he’s a fixer of drinks, not automobiles. So why “Matchless?” The trendy bar’s namesake is a line of classic British motorcycles famed for its unparalleled racing success.Although no motorcycles came out of Plumstead, London after 1966, the red-winged “M” that graces the classic bikes now fronts the bar itself. In short, the bar is cool, and it has a story.
But better than all of that: Two-for-Tuesday.Two-for-Tuesday, or “2fers,” as I’ve heard it called, isn’t hard to figure out. You get two drinks for the price of one. Bars all the way to the California coast offer the catch-phrase drink special on this sluggish weekday. However Bar Matchless’ Two-for-Tuesday boasts an added treat. Rather than hand over two drinks, bartenders at Matchless hand over a drink and a small, black token that reads “GOOD FOR ONE DRINK.”Why is this so special? These made-over gambling chips don’t change from week to week, which means if you have leftover tokens, the bartenders accept them the following Tuesday. And if getting two drinks for the price of one doesn’t feel like a free drink, then strolling in next Tuesday and getting one drink for the price of none definitely will. I personally have two free drink tokens nestled in my purse, just waiting for next Tuesday night. What’s better than free fun?
Oh, right. They also serve brunch on weekends between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m!








