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.

Located at 679 Driggs Avenue (close to the intersection with Metropolitan Avenue), Sort Of Wine bar offers organic wines only.  It’s a spacious spot in a new building development along Driggs Ave.  Friendly staff and a not overwhelming, but solid wine selection.  We look fwd to returning here on our next North Side wine bar crawl.

Located at 234 Underhill Avenue in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, Bar Sepia is a neighborhood bar just around the corner from the Brooklyn Museum of Art.  Sitting on a residential stretch of Underhill, Bar Sepia has been around for over a decade, but we just visited it for the first time recently!  The spot offers three tap beers, 20 or so bottled beers and 15 wines-by-the-glass.  Food menu consists mainly of bar/small bites. Bar Sepia is a good spot to start or end your prospect heights bar crawl.