A review of The Highwater in Astoria, Queens

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Located at 34-20 Broadway in Astoria, Queens, The Highwater is a bar/restaurant that calls itself, “Astoria’s Best Tropical inspired restaurant”.  During our visit, we found The Highwater more bar than restaurant.  The craft cocktail selection offers numerous creative drinks, usually costing $11/drink (take that, expensive Manhattan cocktail spots!).  The dozen or so craft beer offerings are all bottled/canned and span numerous breweries across the U.S.  In addition to Saturday/Sunday brunch, the main food menu primarily offers appetizers.  With its corner location (at the southwest corner of Broadway and 35th Street), the Highwater is filled with lots of natural light.  We look forward to returning here on our next Astoria NYC bar crawl.

The Highwater

The closure of Paulaner’s brewpub in Manhattan’s Lower East Side

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Bowery Boogie recently reported the closure of Paulaner’s Lower East Side brewpub location.

Our thoughts:

During its four years in business, we’ve visited Paulaner on several NYC pub crawls.  We enjoyed our time at Paulaner and are sad to see it go.  The beer was great, the staff was friendly and the food was solid.  We echo Bowery Boogie’s sentiments that perhaps Paulaner’s physical location on the Bowery may have not been the best.  We realize it’s difficult to find the exact right location for a bar/brewery of its size anywhere in Manhattan.  The LES location on Bowery was likely more affordable rent-wise than a spot further uptown.  Perhaps Paulaner can find another spot in Manhattan or elsewhere in the five boroughs.  Paulaner will be missed.

Happy First Saturday of March 2018!

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It’s our favorite non-holiday random calendar day of the year! The arrival of the First Saturday of March is particularly meaningful to us at Pub Crawl NYC. Though the calendar still says winter, March marks the end of the super-cold, long, dark winter months of December, January and February.  Spring (and good pub crawling weather) is just ahead.

And, if you’re looking for a pub crawl for today, the annual Hoboken, NJ St. Patrick’s bar crawl takes place today.  More info here.