It couldn’t have been a more perfect night for stopping into The Bad Old Days, or maybe there’s no better bar for a rainy night.…
Lions Beerstore, a Gastropub and Carry-Out Shop, Aims to Unite All the World’s Beer Snobs
Lions Beerstore—an all-in-one gastropub, retail store, and self-described beer consultancy—will open Monday in Spice’s former home at Second Avenue and East Sixth Street.
Puppies N’ Pints! Brooklyn Brewery Went to the Dogs Last Night
No, not all of the 2,000-plus people who committed on Facebook to attending the first ever Puppies n’ Pints were able to go – sorry…
Radegast Hall’s Respectable Cousin, Witlof, Opens Tonight in Williamsburg
How many times have you had to warn your visiting friends to stay far, far away from Radegast Hall & Biergarten lest they get blasted with…
War Flag Brewery is ‘Going to Surprise a Lot of People’
After reading this intriguing post about a Greenpoint-based brewery (well, in the sense that Braven Brewery is based in Bushwick, which is to say it’s operated…
Chatting With Some Regulars at Bar Brooklyn… in Sweden
Taking a break from writing the Meet the Regulars book (slated to be published by Skyhorse in May 2016), I was visiting a friend in Stockholm,…
At New East Williamsburg Bar, The Topaz, Sip a Cocktail Named for a Death Yarn
I was in the grips of a full-on Sunday hangover, on a caffeine-addled regret-stroll through East Williamsburg, when I locked eyes with a bar I’d…
Do Rooftop Yoga or Ride a Mechanical Bull at These Al-Fresco Foodie Frolics
It’s getting to that point in the summer where doing much of anything besides moving that lawn chair to the kiddie pool and cracking open your daily…
Cinco de Mayo Isn’t the Mexican 4th of July, But Drink Up Anyway
Cinco de Mayo is probably best known as a reminder of American ignorance. Northern-dwelling Americans, including myself, are often raised to think of this Mexican…
Braven Brewery Keeps the Bushwick Beer Dream Alive
A refreshing new IPA is on tap in Brooklyn just in time for spring. You may remember that we spoke with Eric Feldman and Marshall Thompson…