Located at 63 West 38th Street atop the Refinery Hotel, the Refinery Rooftop Bar offers beautiful south and west views of Midtown South, including a front row view of the Empire State Building. The place is spacious with three areas: one indoor, one hybrid indoor-outdoor with a retractable roof and an outdoor space. Reservations are recommended. While we found the guest list at the door rather unnecessary, this is a good place to visit for after-work or a date.
Located at 37 East 28th Street in the southern end of Manhattan’s Murray Hill, Snafu 28 is the second location of the famous Midtown East spot. Fourteen tap beers are offered. The long bar area takes up most of the space, along with some banquette seating and high-top tables in back. Six TVs available for your sports viewing pleasure. No kitchen, so you’ll have to eat somewhere nearby.
The cheese plate at Olympia Wine Bar in Brooklyn. We’ve noticed recently that some cheese plates at wine bars are getting a bit skimpy on the cheese servings. Not the case at Olympia. Full review of Olympia Wine Bar forthcoming.
Located at 121 Ludlow Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Amuse is a cool new wine and beer spot. Eight tap beers served, but you come mainly for the wine (no hard liquor available).
Located at 38 West 26th Street (on a block fast becoming a huge NYC pub crawl destination with its half-dozen bars), Flatiron Hall is a beer bar from same owners as Houston Hall. This is the same beer selection brewed by Greenpoint Beerworks (who make beer for Heartland Brewery and Kelso). The food menu primarily consists of bistro fare. Spacious bar and dining room upstairs, including Prime seating by the windows for people watching on West 26th Street. The Beer hall is downstairs.
While we are not scotch drinkers at Pub Crawl NYC, we still found some humor in this sign:
A Greenwich Village NYC bar crawl, sponsored by Lindy Promotions, taking place on Saturday, September 28, starting at 1pm. More info here: http://www.lindypromo.com/event/greenwich-village-fall-pub-crawl/
Located at 28 Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan’s West Village, Virgola is a long, narrow, cozy wine bar that seats at most 20 patrons at once. With mostly tables of two, with a couple of tables that seat 4-5, Virgola offers 12 wines by the glass and 15 by the bottle (all glass wines are also available by bottle) and three bottled beers. Limited food menu includes three types of oysters, meat/cheese offerings and a few specials like shrimp cocktail. Even though the place is small, no reservations are available, unless you have a party of four. The place opens daily at 5pm, so we recommend getting there at 5:05pm!
Located at 4476 Broadway near 191st Street at the northern edge of Washington Heights, Buddha Beer Bar, with its 26 beer taps, most likely offers the largest draught beer selection of any bar in the northern tip of Manhattan. Budda Beer Bar is fairly spacious, with a mix of hi and low rise tables scattered throughout the space. The food offerings encompass a mix of bar food, pizzas and Mexican fare. We look forward to returning here.
