Cristiano and Devin from O’Hanlons Pub in NYC
A massive, massive victory at home to Manchester United. I got to say, since that game ended, I've been watching a lot of the pundits talking about the League this year and a lot of them are changing their tune about Arsenal, saying that this is probably going to be our year. Are you guys quite there yet, I guess is my first question. Or are we sort of reserving that final judgment for a little bit later in the season? And tell me about Sunday
First of all, thank you so much for the kind words. Sometimes listening to people that praise you, it's a little bit embarrassing, but I know that those words come from your heart. You were there. I saw your face. I saw you having a good time. Adohela. And that's, for me and for them, the only thing they actually matter. That said, it was beautiful to listen to those words
So at the time, I didn't even know what the term barback meant. So imagine. And in Italy, we don't really have this culture of bars. So for me, it was like a novelty being in the bar. No food around, just alcohol. And the reason why Dan asked me to work with him was because Arsenal on Saturdays and Sundays was getting busier than usual
The app rang a couple of times on his watch, saying that the sound the noise was too loud. And I totally agree with that because don't remember to bar dead loud in a long time. I don't know why
One of the best things that ever happened during COVID was showing the games on Randall's Island. Everybody spreading out. We were bringing TVs on the field, on the grass, and eventually we won the FA Cup that year. And we had so many people coming to Random Island who watched the game. The community stayed together. It was absolutely beautiful. There was such a great moment of joy that again, I want to remember
It was hard to explain at the time for him. He had different problems. Even for him, was hard to explain some sides of his mind or heart or soul. But finally we had the chance of a lifetime. To go back as a duo, as friends, as bartenders, as passionate our soul hands. Everything came back together in a way that is romantic. Extremely romantic. I really love romance. Extremely romantic
I would say it's almost entirely their fault 99% of the time, but I'm obviously a little bit biased. And I'm curious, at the end of the day, you're working, right, and on top of that, you're trying to cultivate this atmosphere that is jovial where there aren't fights. And that's one of the things about watching the premier league out here. We love these teams because we love these teams
But maybe if you could paint a picture a little bit for people of O'Hanlon's and what makes it maybe sort of a quintessential New York place to watch football. And just to clarify a bit further, I think that when I think of our own pub, the Fox and Hounds, one of the things that we maybe have that other pubs in Southern California and even Northern California don't have is that we are actually a full service English pub