Route 66 Smokehouse takes private parties from a group of eight in a corner booth up to 150 standing guests in its year-round beer garden, with six bookable areas in all. The restaurant and bar stands at 79 Pearl Street, on the Stone Street side of the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, and its spaces suit cocktail-style gatherings, team outings and birthday parties more than formal sit-down dinners.
Rooms and capacities
The largest indoor option is The Upstairs @ 66, a game room and lounge on the upper level. It seats 40 to 80 guests depending on the layout and holds 110 standing, and the venue can add seating on request. This is the space to look at for a department party or a client reception that needs its own floor.
The Outdoor Beer Garden is open all year and takes 100 seated or 150 standing guests. Giant Jenga and cornhole can be set out on request, which makes it a natural fit for an after-work gathering.
The 66 Lounge has convertible booths, high-top tables and bar-top seating for 35 seated or 50 standing guests. It can be combined with The Stage, a smaller area for 12 seated or 18 standing that comes with shuffleboard, giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and a TV. Together they give a mid-sized group a lounge and a games corner side by side.
Bar Cove seats 20 and holds 50 standing. It has a projector and skee-ball, with giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and a Nintendo console available on request. The projector makes it workable for a short presentation, a slideshow or a watch party.
The Corner Cabana is the smallest room, with lounge seating and a private TV for 8 seated or 10 standing guests. Board games can be brought in on request.
Beyond these areas, the restaurant also has an indoor dining room.
Catering
The venue publishes a party packages menu for groups. Custom menus are available as an add-on through Tallerson Events Company, the venue's preferred event partner, which can also arrange a photo booth, karaoke and custom wine labels.
History and setting
The name refers to the old highway across the American West, and the format is a smokehouse with a bar and games rather than a formal dining room. Stone Street is a short pedestrian block lined with restaurants and outdoor tables, a few minutes on foot from the offices around Wall Street and Battery Park. For an organizer, the appeal is a range of room sizes under one roof, with games built into most of the spaces, so a group can stay in one place for the whole evening.
Getting there
The address is 79 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10004. Several subway lines stop within a short walk, including the 2 and 3 at Wall Street, the 4 and 5 at Bowling Green and the J and Z at Broad Street. The Staten Island Ferry terminal at Whitehall is also close, which helps guests coming from Staten Island or New Jersey by ferry.
