Phone:  212-244-5165

Senior citizen's game, our ass. Along a barren stretch of 10th Ave. sits a saloon with a watermill wheel out front and working-men's manna inside: beer, bartender babes and a couple televisions. A favorite drinking hole among nearby Javits Center's union workers, Gold Rush is one of the West Side's best-kept secrets. There're several varieties of beer served up cold and cheap by flirty, no-nonsense bartenders baring midriffs. The eats are good, if pricey for the décor.

More important, there's shuffleboard. With 20-plus feet of well-smoothed maple wood smothered in sawdust, Gold Rush's table may be New York's longest. The pucks are well-used, but the table is flat and has few—if any—dead spots. There's even a scoreboard for those who can't count above 10.