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:

It’s here, basically, our favorite weekend of the year!  By now, even the cold Spring is behind us and we can look forward to several months of warm weather.  And, of course, many opportunities for pub crawling around NYC!

Here’s a Gin Gimlet recipe we recently came across, located at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/magazine/gin-doesnt-make-you-sad.html?_r=0

Galvanized Gimlet

This gimlet packs a punch, so serve it on the rocks.

Fill a rocks glass with ice, add ingredients and stir.

go to Atera Lounge at 77 Worth Street in Manhattan’s Tribeca.

Over the past week or so, we’ve had the privilege of visiting numerous recently opened spots.  In Manhattan, we hit Manhattan Brewhouse, Taproom 307, Reichenbach Hall, Keg Room and a second location of Peter Dillon’s, among others.  We especially liked Keg Room.  Brief reviews of that spot and others to follow.

When is it gonna warm up around here in NYC?  We’ve had only a handful of solid warm spring-like weather around here since the end of March.  And we have not yet had three consecutive days of solid, warm spring-like weather (thinking high 60s-mid-70s).  Springtime is a great NYC pub crawling opportunity, but not with the cold spring we’ve had around here thus far.  Today’s weather forecast looks promising.  So, maybe today, already in mid-May, will finally be the beginning of the solid NYC bar crawling weather!