About us

About us

Maloney’s Cafe is a longstanding, family-run neighborhood pub proudly serving Downtown Jamaica, Queens for over 100 years.

After opening as Ryan’s Bar around 1907 and operating for a suitable time, the keys were handed over in 1955 to the second generation of owners, Walter Casper and Jimmy Dolan. In 1967 Casper and Dolan decided it was time to hang up their bar aprons for good and turned the bar over to Jerry Kearns and Jimmy O’Reilly.

As good luck would have it, Jimmy also brought along his neighbor Pat Maloney, who like Jimmy was also from County Offaly, to help take care of the evening crowd. After only a few years working together with Jimmy, Jerry decided it was time to retire and return home to Ireland, and Pat took the opportunity in 1971 join Jimmy as partner and co-owner.

In 1984 Jimmy decided (admittedly with great persuasion from his wife) he too wanted to return home to Ireland and left Pat to run the bar by himself, which he happily did for the next 35 years.

Then one fateful evening in October 2019 a very special gentleman, John Quinn from Jackson Heights, happened to visit a particular pub in Downtown Flushing and befriended the bartender on duty, Rob. A few cold beers later and with the promise to “do the right thing” still ringing, John and Rob agreed to grab a beer the following week by Pat...

Pat and Rob have regularly enjoyed morning coffees together for a while now and today Rob oversees the bar with the help of both great coworkers and great patrons.

Not much has really changed in our first ~100 years and we do not anticipate much changing over our next 100 years (other than maybe finally adding a kitchen and dining room one day). We hope to see you soon.