A visit to the Sweetwater Brewery entailed some sampling at the indoor bar and hanging in the outdoor area. Some photos from the occasion. The photos from the brewery tour part of the visit will be available later this week.
I just wish Sweetwater’s beer were available in NYC! Check back later this week from some photos of the brewing and bottling process.
A recent weekend trip to Atlanta gave me a chance to visit Meehan’s in Downtown Atlanta. Very spacious (for NYC standards anyway!), Meehan’s offered quality regional craft beers (love the Sweetwater offerings) as well as good bar and pub fare. If you are hanging out in Downtown Atlanta after work or before a sporting event at nearby Phillips Arena or the Georgia Dome, definitely stop in at Meehan’s.
What are your thoughts on this crawl? Did we miss out on any must-see bars in that section of the West Village? We want to hear from you!
The Downtown Bar & Grill, at 160 Court Street in Brooklyn, is a solid beer bar and an integral part of any Cobble Hill craft-beer focused NYC bar crawl. The 20 taps are all quality and experience frequent rotation. The Downtown Bar & Grill offers over 400 bottled beers as well. The food menu offers a mix of bar appetizers, sandwiches/burgers and other pub fare. The long bar area is located on the right, with a seating area opposite the bar separated by a three-foot high wall. With its location on the northwest corner of the Court and Amity Streets intersection, the Downtown Bar & Grill’s floor to ceiling windows offer plenty of opportunities for sunny afternoon imbibing and people watching. The Downtown Bar & Grill, a must visit.
Located one level underground at 643 Broadway (at Bleecker), The Vault at Pfaff’s is a hidden gem of a bar/lounge. Over the past decade, this location has played host to several types of nightlife establishments (a lounge and a nightclub, among others). I hope that The Vault at Pfaff’s sticks around for a while. The layout consists of a main bar area along with a few smaller, more intimate rooms attached to the bar area (see photos below). The hours of operation are 6pm – midnight, Monday – Thursday and 6pm – 2am, Friday and Saturday. From 6 – 9pm, a happy hour offers reduced prices on certain bar appetizers, beer/wine and cocktails. The friendly staff makes this place a must visit.
Have you visited The Vault at Pfaff’s yet? Share your thoughts on this spot here.
Check out these upcoming crawls:
March 16, 17 and 18 in Manhattan, organized by pubcrawls.com: http://pubcrawls.com/saint-pattys-pub-crawl-nyc.php
Saturday, March 17 in Manhattan, organized by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/newyork#/shamrock-shuffle-nyc
Saturday, March 17 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, organized by Murphguide.com: http://tickets.murphguide.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=15478
Did I omit a crawl? If so, send me a comment here and I will gladly add the crawl to this list.
After Sweet Afton, we moved east along 30th Avenue until we hit the bar Canz at 40-11 30th Avenue, just east of Steinway Street (there’s another location of Canz on Third Avenue in Manhattan). The draw here is part sports bar and part due to the quantity of beers available. Over three dozen on draft and many more canned beers (as the name of the bar would imply). As one of the crawl participants remarked to me, Canz felt like being at Hooters.
That was the last stop on the Astoria NYC bar crawl. It was a fun time and I look forward to my next Astoria visit.
We participated in (the first hours) of Lindy Promotion’s 13th annual South Street Irish Stroll. Here are a few pictures to mark the occasion:
For those looking for Saint Patrick’s Day NYC bar crawls this weekend and next weekend, check out some of these upcoming events:
Saturday, March 10 at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, organized by Lindy Promotions: http://www.lindypromo.com/fliers/120310_SouthSt12.jpg
March 16, 17 and 18 in Manhattan, organized by pubcrawls.com: http://pubcrawls.com/saint-pattys-pub-crawl-nyc.php
Saturday, March 17 in Manhattan, organized by barcrawls.com: http://barcrawls.com/newyork#/shamrock-shuffle-nyc
Saturday, March 17 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, organized by Murphguide.com: http://tickets.murphguide.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=15478
Did I omit a crawl? If so, send me a comment here and I will gladly add the crawl to this list.
After visiting Gleason’s and Tippin Inn, we walked north a couple of blocks until we arrived at Sweet Afton, located at 30-09 34th Street in Astoria. Sweet Afton has two sister locations in Manhattan, Bua and Wilfie & Nell’s.
Sweet Afton is a must-include on the Astoria craft-beer focused NYC pub crawl. We can’t wait for our next visit! From Sweet Afton, we headed east along 30th Avenue. More photos in the coming days.
What are your thoughts on Sweet Afton? We want to hear from you!