After a solid Italian meal at Zero Otto Nove, Pub Crawl NYC visited two drinking establishments nearby.
Mugz’s (pronounced Mugzees), located at 2476 Arthur Avenue, is a college dive bar for nearby Fordham University students. For those well past their college days, if you want to feel old, you can go here. Seriously, aside from us and the bartender, there was no patron here over the age of 22.
How at the Moon Bar & grill had a slight Carribbean theme going on. A neighborhood/sports bar. Still attracted the college crowd, but the clientele here is more diverse in age than at Mugz’s.
What are your thoughts on these two places? We want to hear from you!
After being out of town for most of the last 10 days, Pub Crawl NYC has returned! We are very much looking forward to resuming bar hopping activities around the five boroughs!
After our time in Sunnyside was completed, we continued southwest along west Greenpoint Avenue, across the Newtown Creek into Brooklyn and hit three spots in Greenpoint and East Williamsburg.
Pencil Factory, located at 142 Franklin Street. Solid spot, part of the gentrification of the northern section of Greenpoint. 12 mostly-quality tap beers offered. Worth a visit the next time you’re nearby.
After Greenpoint, we moved over the East Williamsburg to visit two recently opened establishments, The Tradesman and Post No Bills, both located within steps of the Montrose Avenue L-train stop.
The Tradesman, a fairly-recently opened spot located at 222 Bushwick Avenue. Chill vibe and 12 quality tap beers. Sizeable outdoor space in the back.
Post No Bills, located at 253 Bushwick Avenue. This bar was not on our radar at all. We happened to notice it when we first cam out of the L-train enroute to The Tradesman. Post No Bills is long and narrow, with a small seating area in back. Only two tap beers here, so we enjoyed part of the 18 bottled/canned beer selection.
The small seating area in back.
What do you think of these spots? Please share your thoughts.
Pub Crawl NYC enjoys hanging out in Sunnyside. It had been a while, so on a recent weekday afternoon, we ventured over there to hit some spots along Queens Blvd and Greenpoint Avenue. Below are the highlights:
Molly Blooms at 43-13 Queens Blvd, this location is the old Flynn’s Inn. Molly Blooms has a Victorian theme going. Small outdoor area in the back. 12 tap beers and 18 bottled beers offered. Fairly simple bar food menu.
McGuiness’s at 44-23 Queens Blvd. A comfortable neighborhood corner bar. Six tap beers. As the name suggests, it’s an Irish bar.
Bliss Street Station at 47-02 Greenpoint Avenue. Another Irish pub offering six tap beers and decent pub grub. Fairly sizeable dining area also.
Greenpoint Lounge at 43-22 Greenpoint Avenue. Probably the diviest of the five pubs we visited this day. Long bar area followed by a pool table toward the back and a small outdoor area in the back.
View from the back
Bantry Bay Public House at 3301 Greenpoint Avenue. From the looks of the outside, it looks dive-y, but rather pleasant on the inside with both a sizeable bar and dining areas. I’m unsure if this section of Queens is still Sunnyside or Long Island City. Perhaps it’s on the border. If you have any thoughts on this debate, please share!
Good times await in Sunnyside’s bars, definitely worth a trip if you are looking for something slightly different. Please share your thoughts on this excursion.
After our tour at New Belgium, we went to the nearby Odell brewery in Fort Collins. This brewery had a sizeable tasting room, which offered over a dozen beers. Our favorite was the Amber. Below are a few pics from our visit.
The folks from Murray’s Cheese recently opened a wine and cheese spot three doors west of the cheese shop location. Taking over from the short-lived Bin on Bleecker (and Bar’rique before that) at 264 Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s West Village, Murray’s Cheese Bar is a must-visit for those who like wine and cheese. Dozens of wines out-of-the-bottle available, with another 18-20 out of the glass (and 6 quality tap beers). Open daily from 5pm – 1am, Murray’s Cheese Bar is a long and fairly narrow space. A long bar is on the left-hand side and seating for parties of two to six opposite the bar. A kitchen resides in the back. The food, to state the obvious, centers around cheese. In addition to cheese plates and chacuterie, Murray’s Cheese Bar offers their take on classic cheese-centered dishes such as grilled cheese and fondue. We recommend the classic grilled cheese (don’t forget the tomato soup — very tasty!). This spot is a great addition to the West Village wine bar crawl!
Pub Crawl NYC spent a recent weekend in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) section. We were able to sample a few of the area’s drinking establishments. Below are a few pics from the jaunt around LoDo.
Wynkoop Brewpub offers about 15 taps of their own beer including 2-3 seasonals.
Some of the taps at Wynkoop BreweryThe brewery at Wynkoop
Tavern is a Sports Bar, located in the shadow of Coors Field. Very spacious lower level on the ground floor. Nice roofdeck available in warm weather months (see below). Tavern has bloodymary bar offering nearly 20 fixings!
The view from Tavern's roofdeck looking toward Coors Field.
The next photo below was not a place we visited (it wasn’t open for business during the time we passed by), but the sign says it all.
Pub Crawl NYC hit some spots in Sunnyside in Queens; Greenpoint and East Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Belmont (aka Arthur Avenue) in the Bronx. So, we got to see some parts of the five boroughs that we don’t often visit. Details and brief reviews of the spots forthcoming over the next several days.
Pub Crawl NYC visited the New Belgium Brewery and Odell Brewery in Fort Collins (a detailed take on each one forthcoming). We did not have enough time during our visit to see additional breweries, so we’ll have to return to Fort Collins to see the other dozen or so. But, we learned one interesting fact that sets some of these Fort Collins craft breweries apart from their East Coast brethren: The Fort Collins ones are open nearly everyday of the week and for at least eight hours each day. And, visitors can spend as much or as little time as they would like in the breweries’ tasting rooms. These breweries are almost like Napa/Sonoma wineries, in that regard. Most craft breweries on the East Coast are open to the public a day or two (usually only on weekends) and get the visitors in and out in a fairly quick fashion. Space is likely part of equation here. Most craft breweries on the East Coast don’t have much room for a large tasting room. Furthermore, to this Northeast native, life in Fort Collins is much more laid back compared to most East Coast and Northeast cities. What are your thoughts on this, why do you think Fort Collins’ breweries seem more welcoming and accommodating to their visitors?
Pub Crawl NYC is very excited. This will be the first weekend in four that we are back in town and able to bar hop around the five boroughs. We do not have a set itinerary as of yet, so we are open to suggestions. Where do you think we need to crawl this weekend? Please share your thoughts!
