\u201cA lot of people that come in here, it ends up being the place they show up to five to seven days a week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foley\u2019s Club Lounge has been in Pleasantville since 1954. Anthony Amato has worked at Foley\u2019s since 2004. And since 2009, he\u2019s been a co-owner. Amato describes the bar as a place where stories are shared, friendships are made, and community ties are strengthened.<\/p>\n
Foley\u2019s is known for being a popular place to watch New York Giants games, a tradition that dates back to when the team held practices on Pace University\u2019s Pleasantville campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you ask Carl Banks, Lawrence Taylor, even Phil Simms about Foley\u2019s in Pleasantville, they\u2019ll actually tell you stories\u2026 Lawrence Taylor actually threw somebody through that window over there, once,\u201d said Amato, gesturing toward the bar\u2019s storefront on Bedford Road.<\/p>\n
Amato said Foley\u2019s prioritizes giving to community causes, such as through the bar\u2019s annual \u201cPoker Run for Autism.” Teams of four people donate $100 to play. Then, participants go to five bars and get a playing card from each, hidden in an envelope. The final stop is Foley\u2019s, where teams assemble poker hands from the cards they gathered. The team with the best poker hand wins $400.<\/p>\n
Amato said the event has raised $2,000-$5,000 in each of the five years Foley\u2019s has organized it. \u201cWe give that to local businesses that support or specialize in autism help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Foley\u2019s has also been good to Amato. He met his wife, Maria, at the bar after Amato\u2019s then-boss threatened to replace him and his co-workers with \u201cbeautiful women.\u201d Less than 24 hours later, Maria walked in looking for a job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI absolutely fell in love with her from the minute I met her, and we\u2019ve pretty much been inseparable since,\u201d Amato said.<\/p>\n
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