On April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act became law, allowing the manufacture and sale of beer that was up to 4% alcohol-by-volume.  It wasn’t until December 5, 1933 that the full repeal of Prohibition was complete.

How will you celebrate Scottish pride today?

April 1 has arrived and that means that the enjoyable, warmer NYC pub crawling weather is just around the corner! (Let’s hope so, anyway).

Here’s a photo of the great Irish Pub, Kinsale Tavern.  Located at 1672 Third Avenue (between 93rd and 94th Streets)

New bars keep opening and we need to get to them.  So, in that vein, here are a few spots on our radar.  In Manhattan, we still have to visit Hudson Common in the Hudson Hotel.  Over in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, we gather that a new beer bar, Torst, has opened recently.  The buzz has been high about Torst, so we can’t wait to see for ourselves.  Just slightly south and east from Torst in Williamsburg is Roebling Sporting Club.  And, in Long Island City, Queens, we look forward to visiting Opendoor.  As always, we’ll keep you posted on our findings.  Which recently-opened spots do you suggest we visit?

Over the past several days, we’ve had the opportunity to visit several spots, some of the recently-opened variety.  The wine bars include Hell’s Kitchen’s  Wine Escape and  Nolita’s Clos New York.  We also visited East Village’s Wise Men and LES’ Beverly’s and Up Stairs Bar.  We’ll provide more details in forthcoming posts.  In short, we liked Wine Escape, Wise Men and Beverly’s.  The other two were okay, but there are numerous other spots we need to hit before we return to those two.

We hope everyone had a safe and fun St. Patrick’s Day.

Here are a few new bars in Manhattan we’re looking forward to visiting: The new location of Milk & Honey on East 23rd Street, Wine Escape on West 44th Street in Hell’s Kitchen and Wise Men on the Bowery in the East Village.

Here are a few new bars in Brooklyn we’re looking forward to visiting: Torst on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Pork Slope on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope and Lavender Lake on Carroll Street in Carroll Gardens.

As always, we’ll keep you informed after we visit these and other spots.

Two craft-beer focused spots on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, both on Third Avenue have caught our attention recently: Third Avenue Ale House at 1644 Third Avenue and The District 1679 Third Avenue.  Across the East River, in Astoria, Queens, the Single Cut Brewery’s tasting room is now open.  We gather that the tasting room is open Thursday through Sunday.  After we visit these spots, we will be sure to share our thoughts on them.