Big Apple bars rang in King Charles III’s coronation with cocktails at dawn and spread fit for royalty.
English-themed watering hole The Churchill Tavern served a special breakfast from 6 to 8 a.m., and ex-pats and Anglophiles alike started pouring in before sunrise.
“Seeing all these people turn up at 5:30 makes you immensely proud,” owner Scott Robertson told The Post. “Just proud to be British . . . It’s a piece of history being made today.”
The tavern on East 28th Street was standing-room only, as patrons noshed on coronation quiche, sausage roll, scotch egg, and Victoria sponge and scone.
Royal mocktails named Elizabeth, Camilla, Margaret, and Kate were served.
Guests donned fancy hats and headpieces, and some wore crowns. When “God Save the King” was proclaimed on TV, the crowd shouted in unison. One man proudly pumped his fist in the air.
The moment the image of Prince George, the 9-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton came on, a collective “awwww” was heard.
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Jones Woods Foundry on East 76th Street hosted a breakfast viewing party, complete with a photo booth where guests could snap a selfie with a cutout of the new king.
Tea and Sympathy, the British comfort restaurant on Greenwich Avenue, hired sword dancers and a drag queen to keep the morning party going.
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Even though he’s not in his native England, Robertson said his connection is even closer to the celebration back home.