Our NYC Bar of the Day: Professor Thom’s, located at 219 Second Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village.
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BK9, a solid Caribbean bar and restaurant located at 62 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Park Slope
Stop in here for some tasty eats and hard-to-find beers from around the Caribbean.
Seen on a recent NYC pub crawl through Park Slope, Brooklyn
Outside of the bar Kings Beer Hall, located at 84 St. Mark’s Place.
Here’s a NYC bar crawl for Saturday, April 8
NYC BunnyCon 2017 takes place on Saturday, April 8, starting at noon. More info here.
Happy Tartan Day 2017
For a Scottish NYC bar crawl, we recommend the following Manhattan pubs: Caledonia, at 1609 Second Avenue; St. Andrew’s, at 140 W. 46th Street; Shoolbred’s, at 197 Second Avenue. In Brooklyn, visit The Craic at 488 Driggs Ave and Duke of Montrose at 47 5th Ave.
A review of Local & Vine in Manhattan’s West Soho
Located at 282 Hudson Street in (way) West Soho (or is it Hudson Square?), Local & Vine is a wine and beer bar that serves solely wine and beer produced in New York State. The space is rather small with a 8-seat bar and only a few lounge-like low lying tables. Local & Vine opens daily by 4pm with Happy Hour until 7pm and the spot is experimenting with weekday lunch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. While we hope Local & Vine is successful with its lunch hours, the space does feels more like an after-work/evening/late night spot rather than a day drinking spot. Either way, we look forward to returning to Local & Vine on our next NYC pub crawl through the neighborhood.
A review of Chelsea Bell in Manhattan’s Chelsea
Located at 316 8th Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea, Chelsea Bell is a solid craft-beer, picking up where the (short-lived) World of Beer left off. The layout of Chelsea Bell is almost identical to that of World of Beer. Plenty of seating just after the entrance, with the bar located toward to back of the space. Over 30 mostly-quality tap beers are available, plus numerous more bottled beer options. Chelsea Bell opens for business daily Monday through Sunday by 10am. Numerous TVs are tuned to sports and Chelsea Bell is a good spot for watching overseas soccer. Add in the friendly staff and Chelsea Bell is a great stop for any Chelsea NYC craft-beer bar crawl.
A review of Diamond Dogs in Astoria, Queens
Located at 34-04 31st Avenue in Astoria, Queens, Diamond Dogs is a craft-beer bar that, until recently, had slipped under our radar. We gather that the spot has been open for at least two years. We’re happy to have visited Diamond Dogs on a recent Astoria craft-beer pub crawl. Twelve tap beer offerings include a few nearby Queens breweries like Big Alice (Long Island City) and SingleCut (Astoria). Craft cocktails are also a liquid draw here. Diamond Dogs is a fairly small space with a backyard for pleasant weather outdoor drinking. Overall, another solid bar for Astoria and one we hope to revisit sooner rather than later.
Happy First Day of Spring 2017!
On this Vernal Equinox, our NYC Bar of the Day: Spring Lounge, located at 48 Spring Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy.
A St. Patrick’s NYC pub crawl for Saturday, March 18
If you haven’t had your fill yet of Irish NYC pub crawls in celebration of St. Patrick’s Month, here’s another opportunity for you, sponsored by pubcrawls.com.