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Brooklyn Barge Bar is Finally Open For Sea-Boozing

Ain't she a beaut? Brooklyn Barge Bar-- pictured here back in July-- is finally open for bizz (Photo: Nicole Disser)

Ain’t she a beaut? Brooklyn Barge Bar– pictured here back in July– is finally open for bizz (Photo: Nicole Disser)

Summer just wasn’t the same without the barge bar we were promised. Everything else seemed so dull in comparison to a life of boozing at sea, afloat the ultimate dream boat (or barge, anyway). We may be nearly a week into fall already but nothing, not even the rotation of the earth, will stop the Brooklyn Barge Bar’s slow, purposeful path to a good time. If you’ve stuck with ’em, rejoice because the Barge Bar has finally sliced through all that red tape and opened up the gangplank.

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Greenpoint’s Barge Bar Is Ready For Swashbuckling

Thar she blows (Photo: Nicole Disser)

Thar she blows (Photo: Nicole Disser)

If you’ve been awake for the past 48 hours or so, you’re probably well aware that it is, in fact, the month of July which means some of you, dearest readers, may be wondering, “Where the hell is that floating barge bar you promised me?” Rest assured, the Brooklyn Barge Bar is not lost at sea — rather she’s docked and nearly ready for seafaring (we jest, the barge itself will remain at the landing, historic boats and scuba excursions will do the launching). “It looks like it’s far from being finished, but it’s actually really close,” owner Will Drawbridge explained. “There’s some final bits of paperwork to do and then we’ll be done.”

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This Floating Bar Is Hoping to Barge Into Greenpoint

(Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Barge Park)

(Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Barge Bar)

Allow us to float an idea: a bar on a barge off of Greenpoint. “It’s weird,” Will Drawbridge admits, but he means weird in a good way: he wants to bring Brooklyn Barge Bar to the East River this spring. Hey, in a world of water-tower bars, anything’s possible.
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