Not long after we visited Barcade in Manhattan’s East Village, we had the pleasure of visiting Barcade in Manhattan’s Chelsea, located at 148 West 24^th Street.  Two photos below.

Located at 524 Grand Street in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, The Grand National is a new sports bar for Williamsburg!  Picking up where Kingsland (we hardly knew ye) left off, this spot offers eight large TVs tuned to multiple games.  For beer, there are ten taps (a mix of quality and not-so-quality) as well as ten more available by bottle/can.  Ten cocktails featured at (only) $10. Food menu consists mainly of standard bar food.

Located at 6 St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan’s East Village, Barcade St. Mark’s is actually the second location of Barcade to open in Manhattan (by a matter of months). The first Manhattan location opened earlier in 2014 and is in Chelsea (and we’ll have a brief review on that later this month). The original Barcade is located in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. We’ve been big fans of the Williamsburg location for years. Less spacious than the Williamsburg location, the St. Mark’s location of Barcade is has the same feel: A solid craftbeer bar combined with two dozen or so 1980s era video games. Simply a fantastic spot and a great new addition to the East Village NYC craftbeer bar crawl!

Located just a few blocks north of Herald Square, at 54 W. 39^th Street, Proper West is another upscale sports bar for Manhattan!  If the spot feels familiar, it’s because this place used to be EVR.  Gone is the DJ booth and the lounge-like seating in back and on the second level.  Seating in those areas are standard tables for two or booth-style seating. The bar area is similar to what it was at EVR (except for the larger TV screens over the bar). And, like EVR before it, Proper West attracts the after-work crowd.  A 12-tap system offers mostly quality beers.  Other standard beers available by bottle. Proper West is worth a visit if you work/live nearby.

Located at 494 Atlantic Avenue, just 1.5 blocks west of Barclays Center, Hollow Nickel offers eight quality craft beers and nine bottled beers.  For layout, the bar area in front half and a seating area at back half.  Hollow Nickel also has a spacious outdoor area out back (where smoking is allowed).  A large chalk board near entrance inform patrons of drink selection, food and specials.  We look forward to returning here.