It’s been a while since we pub crawled through NYC’s Upper East Side.  Several bars have opened in that part of town.  On our next bar crawl there, we hope to visit, among others, Bayard’s Ale House East, located at 1549 First Avenue, and Uptown Local, located at 1606 First Avenue.  After we’ve had a chance to visit these and other spots, we will share brief reviews of them in this space.

Continuing our thoughts on NYC breweries this week, we came across a recent piece from the Brew York blog containing information about all breweries currently in operation across the five boroughs of NYC. We’ve visited some of these breweries and we hope to visit all of them eventually. Perhaps as part of a long-term five-borough brewery pub crawl across NYC! What are your thoughts on the brewery scene in NYC? Leave a comment and let us know.

One of the first new NYC bars we hope to visit in the New Year is Strong Rope Brewery, located at 574A President Street on the Gowanus/Park Slope border in Brooklyn. According to its website, Strong Rope Brewery’s tap room is open Thursdays – Sundays, noon until 10pm. After our initial visit, we will have a brief review. Stay tuned.

Our Best Wishes for the new year.  Our New Year’s resolution: More pub crawls in 2016!

Before 2015 comes to an end, we’d like to recognize our favorite new bar openings, one each for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens (sorry, Staten Island and Bronx, we didn’t spend nearly enough time in those two boroughs in 2015). Manhattan’s McGettigan’s, located at 70 West 36^th Street; Brooklyn’s The Hop Shop, located at 121 Columbia Street; and Queens’ Bierocracy, located at 12-23 Jackson Avenue. If you haven’t visited these three spots yet, put them at or near the top of your NYC bar to-visit list. We look forward to returning to these spots in 2016 and beyond!

Our NYC bar/restaurant of the day: Hill Country, located at 30 West 26th Street in Manhattan’s Flatiron District.

Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a Merry Christmas.

Our co-NYC bars of the day, both located in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen: Shorty’s at 576 Ninth Avenue; Hibernia Bar at 401 West 50th Street.

Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a Happy Hannukah!

December 5, 2015 marks the 82nd anniversary of the end of U.S. Prohibition. On this date in 1933, Utah became the 36th U.S. state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution (achieving the required 75% of states to approve the amendment). This ratification overturned the 18th Amendment, which outlawed alcohol in the United States. So, how will you be marking the anniversary today? Leave us a comment to let us know!