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Our thoughts on Labor Day 2016

Because it marks the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day always brings a touch of sadness to us at Pub Crawl NYC.  Summer in NYC offers many opportunities of beautiful weather for NYC bar crawls and other city exploration.  September is still a good weather month in NYC and, if lucky, October can be as well.  But, those two months just aren’t quite the same as June, July and August.  Either way, we look forward to many more NYC pub crawls in the months ahead.  Happy Autumn!

A review of Brooklyn Barge in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Located at 3 Milton Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Barge is Brooklyn’s version of Manhattan’s Frying Pan.  Brooklyn Barge occupies a small floating barge docked on the East River and also encompasses a section on land next to the docked barge.  The barge is the main bar area and where patrons can order food and drink.  Back on land is the kitchen where patrons can pick up their food orders as well as some tables for eating and drinking.  The views of Manhattan are spectacular and patrons can easily spend all day here soaking up the sun on a late summer’s day.  The spot is out-of-the-way, but it’s well worth a visit.

Bkln Barge

At long last, the West Village's Chumley's to reopen for business

According to at least two sources (New York Times and DNAinfo), Chumley’s, located at 86 Bedford Street in Manhattan’s West Village, will finally reopen on September 6 after nearly a decade of closure following a wall collapse inside the space.  Chumley’s started business back in the 1920s as a true speakeasy during the Prohibition in the U.S.  We’ve visited Chumley’s on numerous NYC pub crawls over the years and are very happy to learn that it will re-open in just a few weeks.

Bars we hope to visit soon in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn

It’s been a while since our last bar crawl through the northwestern corner of Brooklyn.  In that time, Fresh Kills, a cocktail spot named after the old Staten Island landfill, opened at 161 Grand Street.  A bit further north, Falcon Laundry, a cocktail bar with a rooftop, opened at 65 North 7th Street.  Finally, Brooklyn Barge Bar, located at 3 Milton Street in Greenpoint, is an outdoor spot open for its first full summer.  We hope to make it to Brooklyn Barge Bar before the summer of 2016 is over.  We look forward to describing each spot briefly in this space.

Bars we hope to visit soon in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

We haven’t pub crawled through Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens recently.  Since our last visit, a handful of cocktail-focused spots have opened.  Le Boudoir, at 135 Atlantic Avenue, is a French cocktail and wine bar.  Approximately a mile east, just south of Atlantic Avenue at 104 Bond Street, is Robert (connected to the restaurant Building on Bond, aka Bob).  Further south and west from Robert, at 387 Court Street, is August Laura, in Italian cocktail bar.  Once we’ve visited these spots, we look forward to providing brief reviews in this space.