On December 5, 1933, Prohibition officially ended in the United States.

Our NYC bar of the day: Windy City Ale House, located at 7915 Third Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge.

We suggest a pub crawl today as a way to mark the occasion!

Pub Crawl NYC wishes you a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Where will you be bar crawling tonight?

Over the past several weeks, we’ve bar hopped all around the Northwest quadrant of Brooklyn, from Park Slope to Carroll Gardens to Williamsburg.  Over the course of the next several days, we’ll post our thoughts on some of the establishments we visited during this time.

Our NYC Italian Wine Bar of the Day: Virgola, located at 28 Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan’s West Village.

In Williamsburg, we had the pleasure of visiting Rocka Rolla and Sugarburg.  The former is a spot from the folks behind Williamsburg’s Skinny Dennis, while the latter is a solid new addition to any a Metropolitan Ave NYC craft-beer bar crawl.  We’ll have brief reviews on these spots in the coming days.

Recently, we’ve had the opportunity to visit Lower East Side’s 151 and Copper & Oak and the Financial District’s Cedar Local.  151 feels similar to the other incarnations in this space (Rivington 151, etc.).  It’s a cocktail bar from the same folks as East Village’s Death & Co (photo of 151 below).  Copper & Oak and Cedar Local are both interesting spots and we’ll have our take on those NYC bars in the coming days.

Just six months to go until one of the best NYC pub crawl days of the year!