Located at 93 Bowery in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Bowery Beer Garden is a ground-floor outdoor beer bar in the Wyndham Hotel (which also houses the rooftop bar Rooftop 93). The space fits nicely into the entry area surrounding the lobby. Thirty two draft beers are the main liquid draw here, along with a limited full bar. Given the quantity of draft beers available, some beer geeks may find the overall quality of beers slightly disappointing. While there are a handful of good craft beers, too many of the 32 are rather easy to find, either macro brews or widely available craftbeers.  Aside from the main bar, the space is taken up by primarily hightop tables.  Bowery Beer Garden is a good spot to visit before summer is over and catch the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Then visit the bar Paloma Rocket, located at 7 Clinton Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This spot has 30 taps that patrons can pour for themselves!

Located at 41-26 Crescent Avenue in LIC, Queens, the Baroness is a craft-beer / wine bar in a part of LIC that sorely needs such a spot. There’s been significant development of residential and office real estate nearby, but, sadly, little in the way of quality bars. The Baroness doesn’t disappoint. Twelve quality beer taps, including a few from nearby Queens’ breweries. Several more bottled beers are also available.  Twenty or so wines available by the glass.  A limited food menu includes burgers, salads and wraps.  If you feel like pub crawling through Astoria, you can begin or end your bar crawl at The Baroness.