That’s what we are considering as we enter the last weekend of the last single-digit month on the calendar. Several new spots have opened up around Manhattan and Brooklyn in the past few weeks that we have NOT had a chance to visit yet. In Manhattan, The Ainsworth has opened up a new location just off of Union Square. There’s also the interesting-sounding Cocktail Bodega on the Lower East Side. Perhaps a new beer bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn? The Well and The Graham both sound appealing. What are some new spots that you would recommend in the five boroughs?
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Update on Brooklyn's Greenwood Park kids-at-the-bar issue
According to Gothamist, the owners of Greenwood Park bar in Brooklyn’s Park Slope have made a decision on the issue of parents bringing their young children to the bar. We wrote on this issue several weeks ago. The decision essentially became a compromise such that after 4pm, kids would not be allowed. As one parent was quoted as saying in the recent Gothamist article, 4pm is too early. Pub Crawl NYC thinks daytime hours are okay for the kids to be at the bar, provided they are properly supervised. Given the variation of sunset times during the warm weather months (approx. 6:45pm until 8:30pm), 6 or 7pm would be a more appropriate cut-off time for the presence of children. What are your thoughts on this, when is the appropriate time after which children should not be allowed at this establishment?
Back in NYC!
After being out of town for most of the last 10 days, Pub Crawl NYC has returned! We are very much looking forward to resuming bar hopping activities around the five boroughs!
The recent weekend of bar crawling
Pub Crawl NYC hit some spots in Sunnyside in Queens; Greenpoint and East Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Belmont (aka Arthur Avenue) in the Bronx. So, we got to see some parts of the five boroughs that we don’t often visit. Details and brief reviews of the spots forthcoming over the next several days.
Thoughts on the breweries in Fort Collins, CO
Pub Crawl NYC visited the New Belgium Brewery and Odell Brewery in Fort Collins (a detailed take on each one forthcoming). We did not have enough time during our visit to see additional breweries, so we’ll have to return to Fort Collins to see the other dozen or so. But, we learned one interesting fact that sets some of these Fort Collins craft breweries apart from their East Coast brethren: The Fort Collins ones are open nearly everyday of the week and for at least eight hours each day. And, visitors can spend as much or as little time as they would like in the breweries’ tasting rooms. These breweries are almost like Napa/Sonoma wineries, in that regard. Most craft breweries on the East Coast are open to the public a day or two (usually only on weekends) and get the visitors in and out in a fairly quick fashion. Space is likely part of equation here. Most craft breweries on the East Coast don’t have much room for a large tasting room. Furthermore, to this Northeast native, life in Fort Collins is much more laid back compared to most East Coast and Northeast cities. What are your thoughts on this, why do you think Fort Collins’ breweries seem more welcoming and accommodating to their visitors?
Where to bar crawl in NYC this weekend?
Pub Crawl NYC is very excited. This will be the first weekend in four that we are back in town and able to bar hop around the five boroughs. We do not have a set itinerary as of yet, so we are open to suggestions. Where do you think we need to crawl this weekend? Please share your thoughts!
Back in NYC!
After spending nearly a week in Colorado, Pub Crawl NYC has returned home and is eager to get back to bar hopping around the five boroughs. While we are bar crawling around NYC over the next several days, we’ll also share a few highlights from our visit to Denver and Fort Collins. Please check back frequently for our take on the Denver and Fort Collins bar scene.
No pub crawling in NYC this weekend
Pub Crawl NYC must leave town this weekend, so there won’t be any bar explorations around the five boroughs. It’s a short trip, so we’ll be back at it early next week. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend.
Should children, properly supervised, be allowed into certain bars during daytime hours?
Greenwood Park, the new beergarden at the southern edge of Brooklyn’s Park Slope, has been the subject of a minor controversy around its policy of allowing children into the bar with their parents. A recent New York Times article details the issue. In short, some parents from the nabe like to bring their youngsters to the establishment, while other patrons don’t care for the children’s presence. This issue has happened before at other bars in the immediate area and in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; Greenwood Park just being the latest such example.
On a recent Sunday afternoon visit, Pub Crawl NYC did not see a single child at the establishment. Perhaps this had to do with the weather, it was very hot and humid and probably not good for children being out in the sun for extended periods of time. We look forward to a return visit as Greenwood Park is a great spot and one of the few spacious outdoor drinking areas in Park Slope. But, if some patrons are particularly annoyed at the sight of children, they can go somewhere else. There are at least 60 other bars in Park Slope (and Pub Crawl NYC has visited almost all of them!).
Within reason, should children, properly supervised, be allowed into certain bars during daytime hours? Please share your thoughts with us.
The most recent weekend in NYC pub crawling
Pub Crawl NYC visited a few spots in Astoria and a few spots in Park Slope this weekend. Not much notable to report as far as new spots are concerned in Astoria. Though we found Max Bratwurst, located at 47-02 30th Avenue, to be more of a restaurant than a bar. Good food there. In Park Slope, Greenwood Park, at the southern edge of Park Slope (or is it South Slope there?) was the most notable place we visited in that section of town. Greenwood Park, a beergarden that has been the subject of a (somewhat contrived) controversy, is located at 555 7th Avenue (at 19th Street). More on Greenwood Park in a post later this week.