Located at 10-09 50^th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, Open Door brings perhaps a first to NYC: a tapas/craft beer bar.  Normally, tapas places are wine bars, if they are bars at all.  Open Door offers nearly 20 tap beers and some offerings are from the newest that Queens has to offer, including Bridge and Tunnel, Rockaway and Singlecut.  We were quite impressed at how many local offerings were available.  The layout is bar in front half, dining area in back.  Food offerings included a Naan pizza (think Italian-Indian fusion).  This is definitely a spot we want to visit again.

A few photos from our recent visit to the Red Hook Winery, located at Pier 41 / 325A, 175-204 Van Dyke St.  Tasting hours run from 11am-5pm daily.

Located at 221 East Broadway on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Eastwood is a small-ish spot just a few blocks north of Seward Park.  The place has eight tap beers and a chill vibe to it.  A small kitchen offers assorted bar snacks and Eastwood offers two-for-one happy hours on weeknights.  It’s definitely worth a visit next time you’re going out in the LES.

Located at 247 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Pork Slope is a BBQ/craftbeer bar.  It’s almost like a grown-up version of Brother Jimmy’s for Park Slope.  The spot is long and narrow with a pool table in back, so it has that bar feel to it.  Pork Slope offers 20 tap beers and 20 bottled/can beers, so it’s definitely a good addition to the Park Slope NYC beer bar crawl.  The food offerings, which we did not sample, appear to be standard BBQ fare.  Overall, it’s a spot that’s a bit different for Park Slope.

Located at 5 Avenue A (in the old Nice Guy Eddie’s space), Boulton & Watt is a bar/restaurant.  It has a rustic vibe and a great brunch and ten solid tap beers.  Definitely worth a visit next time you’re in the area.

Located at 225 North 8^th Street (at Driggs Avenue, in the location formerly known as K&M) in Williamsburg, Roebling Sporting Club feels like a sports bar from a generation ago.  No unnecessarily gigantic TV screens or several dozens of TV screens that bring about sensory overload.  Just six TV monitors and some seating in the bar area as well as more seating in the back beyond the bar area.  On the warm weather weekends, the place caters to the various softball and other sports teams that play in nearby McCarren Park.  Six tap beers are offered.  Roebling Sporting Club is cash only.