Happy hour is the happiest when you don’t have to go anywhere for it.
Right?
Then have a gander at this large house in Troy, NY, which features a proper tavern and is on the market for $2.6 million. Curbed first reported the listing.
The full-on bar on the ground floor of the six-bedroom, five-bathroom spread has proper stools for seating, a commercial-grade kegerator, beer on three taps, neon signs, vintage pennants — and, of course, shelves upon shelves of liquor, all gloriously backlit.
“You can have big parties there. You can have family reunions,” says Mary Lourdes Pinckney, a broker with Sotheby’s who is marketing the property. “Watch the Super Bowl or the World Series!”
The house is on the market for $2.6 million.ZillowPinckney says the owner told her that’s one reason the bar is an asset, especially for young adults: “If they want to drink, they don’t have to drive!” From an ice maker and a double sink to a stereo system with surround sound and flat-screen TVs, the space is decked out with all the comforts of your favorite watering hole — without the need to journey farther than down a flight of stairs.
French doors open up to a covered private patio (“for cigar smoking,” Pinckney adds). Adjacent to the bar is a home movie theater with comfy leather recliners, a screen covered by a retractable red curtain and a real-life concession stand.
The house, located in the Adirondacks, about a half-hour from Saratoga Springs and 2 ¹/₂ hours from New York City, sits on 41 acres of land and includes a saltwater pool, a barn and carved-out riding trails.
Originally priced at $2.9 million last spring, it went on back on the market earlier this month for a slightly discounted $2.7 million.
The owners, who dubbed their bar space the Club Car (a model-train set is located in the same room), are moving to the West Coast. They used their local watering hole not only for personal use, but also for corporate retreats and meetings.
But, Pinckney adds, they will definitely leave behind the bar’s old-timey decor, though fans of new fads “could always convert it to a juice bar.”
Cheers!
