New York Giants fans celebrate New York Giants' victory at the end of the game at Times Square in New York February 5, 2012. Photo by Eduardo Munoz, Reuters.

NEW YORK - Cheers erupted at Blind Pig, a Manhattan sports bar, late Sunday as soon as the final score of the Super Bowl game became known.

"Let's go Giants! Let's go Giants!" chanted the crowd in front of a battery of wide-screen TVs after learning that the New York Giants had just scored a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46.

It was the fourth Super Bowl triumph for the Giants, who also defeated the Patriots in the 2008 NFL championship spectacle and captured the crown in 1987 and 1991.

Before a crowd of 68,658 spectators at the dome-enclosed stadium where his older brother Peyton stars for the Indianapolis Colts, New York's Eli Manning guided the Giants on an 88-yard touchdown drive in the closing minutes capped by Bradshaw's scoring run.

"Man, I've already seen this movie," said 23-year-old student Matthew Ferrara. "They could kill the game, but they didn't. They let us alive. And here we are. We are the best again!"

In 2008, the Giants won the Super Bowl against the same team in the final seconds of the game.

Bars and restaurants throughout New York on Sunday offered special promotions and menus timed to the game.

At the Blind Pig, in the East Village, over 100 people -- almost as many girls as boys -- paid $10 each for an opportunity to follow the game on nine flat-screen TVs and have a drink.

"Are you ready for the Superbowl?" a young man in a Giants shirt shouted shortly before kickoff.

"Yeeeeeah!" replied the crowd as patrons raised their beers.

Things started out well for the Giants, and the audience burst into cheers when Victor Cruz scored the first touchdown of the game.

But the atmosphere cooled down when Danny Woodhead put the Patriots ahead near the end of the first half.

Fortunately, the spectacular halftime show featuring Madonna lifted the patrons' mood again.

Waitresses danced on the bar counter, giving out T-shirts while people sang along with the pop diva.

At the beginning of the second half, the Patriots had some success, but the Giants quickly recovered, and all the people at the bar held their breath in the fourth quarter until Ahmad Bradshaw scored a touchdown with less than a minute before the end of the game, handing victory to the New York team.

"Honestly, at some point of the second half I didn't believe the guys would win," said Lisa O'Connell,30, a clothing store clerk.

She said she could not believe her own eyes. "But they did an amazing comeback!"

The jubilation spreading around the city was reflected in an early edition of the New York Post.

The newspaper published on its front page a photo of Giants quarterback Eli Manning with the title: "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants."

Such was the excitement that the official Giants website announced the team's victory on Saturday, a day before the game, due to an error that was corrected shortly after.

After the game, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that there will be a ticker-tape parade in honor of the Super Bowl champions on Tuesday.

"Big Blue gave us a game to remember, and on Tuesday we're going to give them a parade to remember," the mayor said in a statement.

In Boston, however, the atmosphere was somber. Sports bar quickly emptied out as Patriots fan headed home disappointed by the loss.

Boston Prudential Center, however, was still lit in red, white and blue after the Patriots's loss.