Unleash the piper and bang the drum, the next Consumerist meetup is this Thursday at Jan 21, 5-7pm, Dylan Murphy’s, 1453 3rd Ave, between 82 & 83rd, New York City. Free beer and sandwiches will be in attendance. Also in attendance, us, free tshirts and Anti-Gift-Cards, and fellow consumer advocate and journalist Bob Sullivan of MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles. Should be a real hootenanny! Directions and parking info, inside.

Via subway:
456 to 86th.

From NJ:
NJT or PATH To Penn Station, 123 to 42nd st, S to Grand Central, 456 to 86th.

From Connecticut and so forth North:
Metro North to Grand Central, 456 to 86th.

Here’s a map showing on-street parking:

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And one with nearby garages:

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And here’s what Dylan Murphy’s looks like:

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