Our NYC Bar of the Day: Pacific Standard, located at 82 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.
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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.
Seen recently on a NYC Pub Crawl along Wilson Avenue in Brooklyn
The sign in the photo below (“In Dog Beers, I’ve only had one”) caught our eye at the bar Miles, located at 101 Wilson Avenue.
Seen on a recent NYC pub crawl through Chelsea
Earlier this month, during the recent very hot/humid weather in NYC, we passed by this chalkboard outside of the Mexican restaurant and bar Bodega Negra.
Broadstone Bar opens for business in Manhattan’s Financial District
Located at the corner of Broad and Stone Streets in Manhattan’s Financial District, Broadstone Bar & Kitchen is a gastropub / craft-beer bar that opened for business just last week. After we have a chance to visit Broadstone on our next NYC pub crawl through the area, we’ll provide a brief review in this space.
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.
A review of Bowery Beer Garden in Manhattan's Chinatown
Located at 93 Bowery in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Bowery Beer Garden is a ground-floor outdoor beer bar in the Wyndham Hotel (which also houses the rooftop bar Rooftop 93). The space fits nicely into the entry area surrounding the lobby. Thirty two draft beers are the main liquid draw here, along with a limited full bar. Given the quantity of draft beers available, some beer geeks may find the overall quality of beers slightly disappointing. While there are a handful of good craft beers, too many of the 32 are rather easy to find, either macro brews or widely available craftbeers. Aside from the main bar, the space is taken up by primarily hightop tables. Bowery Beer Garden is a good spot to visit before summer is over and catch the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
