Ear Inn

This Irish pub takes its name from an old neon "Bar" sign that no longer get lit like it used to; service, though amiable, loses focus when not simply refilling your pint. An appetizer of smoked trout ($6.50), which arrived with the entrees, offered more fixings than fish; Irish beef stew ($10) and herb-roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and a half-cob of corn ($11.50) were workmanlike belly-fillers; for that matter, so was a slice of apple-pear pie ($4.50).

Ear Inn
326 Spring St., (Greenwich-Washington Sts.)
212-226-9060