Blessings Tavern in Colonie

Employees are very nice and food is always good

My first visit to this pub, and it happened to be on Christmas day, so big plus right off the bat. What an awesome true neighborhood pub with friendly regulars but very welcoming to noobs. Small and intimate bar area with a larger restaurant area, recently renovated with a wood-paneled, almost ski-chalet-esque interior. Strangely excellent sound system for the juke box, totally unexpected. But the best part of our visit was the outstanding bartender Brittany! Super friendly and fun and hard working and attentive. And she put out an incredibly delicious FREE buffet dinner for all to enjoy. Highly recommended, will definitely be back.

Finally made a visit to the rebuilt Blessings Tavern Sat 12/04/21 1230pm. Beautiful new tavern reopened in 2018 after a fire due to a motor vehicle collision with the building Oct 29, 2016. This neighborhood favorite was established in 1950 and cultivated a very loyal following. Family & friends, working class lunches, and a lunch stop for golfers. We had been here many times in the past (pre-Yelp). Very comfortable place to drink & dine.This Sat was very busy at lunch time, full in the dining area. As we walked in we were greeted by a familiar face. Karen has been here for many years and is a veteran of the local food service industry. I have known her for 30+ years. Today she was serving lunches and tending bar. We sat at the bar, ordered drinks and looked over the menu. Full service bar, draft & bottled beers, & wine. The menu includes soups, salads, apps, hot & cold sandwiches & wraps, & some seafood dinners. My dates had the cup-o-soup & 1/2 sandwich lunch deal. Tomato rice soup ($4) & 1/2 cold roast beef sandwich ($8?). I had a loaded chili dog that came w/ a big serving of American-style macaroni salad ($8). We were all very pleased w/...