Happy 237th Birthday to the good ol’ USA!  Pub Crawl Brooklyn wishes you a safe and happy July 4th.

We wish we could recommend some spots for a Canada-themed NYC bar crawl; alas, there are not many, if any, such spots in NYC.  If you know of such a spot, please drop us a comment.

In Manhattan, we finally got to Eastwood and Beverly’s, both on the Lower East Side.  In Brooklyn, we found ourselves in Clinton Hill and visited Brooklyn Tap House and Emerson’s, two solid spots.  Reviews forthcoming.

Here are a few spots to hit for a Flag Day NYC bar crawl:

Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. George Washington hung out here.

Loopy Doopy, rooftop bar atop Conrad Hotel in Battery Park City.  Great view of Statue of Liberty and the relatively late sunset.

Pete’s Tavern, 18^th Street & Irving Place in Manhattan’s Gramercy section.  Among the oldest bars in Manhattan

Here are some new spots we’re looking forward to include on a future NYC bar crawl: Watermark Bar (Pier 15 near South Street Seaport in Manhattan), Eastwood (221 East Broadway in Lower East Side) and Upright Brewhouse (547 Hudson Street in the West Village).  This last spot may be more of a cafe, but we gather that it serves a solid craftbeer selection, so we’ll have to visit it and then make the bar vs. cafe determination.  Always a good debate!

An article we saw in dnainfo.com shows that two of the shuttered Seaport bars will be opening temporarily in pop-up form before re-opening in their original locations later in the summer: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130516/south-street-seaport/storm-shuttered-seaport-bars-opening-wine-beer-pop-up-shop-on-pier-17

And we also learned recently that the Paris Cafe will be re-opening sometime in August!

Here’s an interesting article we came across recently in Gothamist.com regarding two breweries potentially opening in Staten Island.  Here’s hoping that happens!  http://gothamist.com/2013/05/18/staten_island_might_get_two_breweri.php

We took a break from bar hopping to view this semi-annual event.  Here are a few photos: