Eugene recently stopped by Onieal’s bar and restaurant at 343 Park Ave. in Hoboken to sit down and talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Onieal’s bartender
Name: Kevin Cocca
From: Union City
Status: single/taken
Favorite drink: Stoli orange & 7-Up
Most popular drink at the bar: Guinness
What kind of music do you like?
"U2, Dave Matthews, Double Down."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"My ex-girlfriend came by the bar a year and a half ago for a bachelorette party and things got a little frisky."
What is your favorite movie?
Meet the Parents, Best in Show
If you were stranded on an island and could only have one thing, what would it be?
"A cantaloupe."
Last words:
"Every once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right." – Grateful Dead
Name: Ryan & Christina Wilkes
From: Hoboken
Status: married
Favorite drink: beer
What kind of music do you like?
"Rock ‘n’ roll, classic rock."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
Ryan: "I did shots with members from the Yankees at a bar in New York in ’98."
Christina: "Running into people I know from other parts of the country in Hoboken."
What is your favorite movie?
Fletch, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
If you were stranded on an island and could only have one thing, what would it be?
Ryan: "My wife."
Christina: "A boat."
Last words:
Ryan: "I don’t know what the meaning of ‘is,’ is."
Christina: "Allow myself…to introduce myself." – from Austin Powers
Name: Jennifer O’Grady
From: San Diego, Calif.
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Jack ‘n’ Coke
What kind of music do you like?
"Everything."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"I was standing next to the guy from Clueless and I said ‘Rolling with the hommies.‘"
What is your favorite movie?
Somewhere in Time
If you were stranded on an island and could only have one thing, what would it be?
"My journal."
Last words:
"The deeper the crevice of pain, the more you can fill it with joy." – Kahlil Gibran
Name: Diane
From: Hoboken
Status: Single
Favorite drink: dirty martini
What kind of music do you like?
"Country."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"I had a conversation with Dan Akroyd two years ago at Globe in New York City."
What is your favorite movie?
An Officer and a Gentleman
If you were stranded on an island and could only have one thing, what would it be?
"A radio."
Last words:
"Leap and the net will appear."