The Current‘s night crew recently stopped by the always exciting P.J. Ryan’s at First Street and Marin Boulevard in Jersey City to sit down and talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
P.J. Ryan’s bartender
Name: Janice Pacailler
From: Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Dirty Martini
Most popular drink at the bar: Captain & Ginger
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"Sometimes I have to run after people because they’re so drunk that they forget to pay. I usually catch them ’cause I’m fast."
Have you been naughty or nice this year?
"I’m only off one day a week, so I have to be good."
Last words:
"Come to P.J.’s on Thursday nights."
Name: Christine Galasso
From: Cliffside Park
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Sour Apple Martini
How drunk are you now?
"Not."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"I danced on the bar at Hogs and Heifers in Manhattan about two months ago."
Have you been naughty or nice this year?
"I’ve been good. I’m a graduate student at the University of Baltimore so I’ve been studying."
Last words:
"Live life to the fullest."
Name: Hakim James
From: Jersey City
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Screwdriver
How drunk are you now?
"Nice."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"About a year ago, at the Virgin Islands, my boy got so drunk, he jumped out of the second floor window into the ocean, and we had to fish him out."
Have you been naughty or nice this year?
"Compared to years before, I’ve been good."
Last words:
"Be safe. It’s wild to party in this day and age."
Name: Michelle Bernatowicz & Kate Nanney
From: Bayonne & Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Wine & Amaretto Sour
How drunk are you now?
"Not."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"I’ve seen it all, from girls kissing to people throwing up on themselves to guys dancing in front of mirrors by themselves."
Have you been naughty or nice this year?
"We’ve been good. This past Wednesday, we helped some guy find his way out of the City."
Last words:
"Sweet Jesus, I don’t know."
Photos by Gerald Cadena