A brief review of Sama Street in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint
Located at 988 Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint, Sama Street is a bar-restaurant serving Asian-inspired cocktails and small plates. The liquid draw here is the cocktails as Sama Street’s drink menu features up to 20...
A review of Long Acre Tavern in Midtown Manhattan
Located at 146 W. 46th street in Midtown Manhattan, Long Acre Tavern is a contemporary Irish (American) pub. This spot had been fighting for its liquor license for much of 2019 and in early August, it succeeded. During our visit,...
A view of Midtown Manhattan from the Bushwick-Ridgewood border
Looking west from the rooftop spot The Ledge, located at 321 Starr Street (at Cypress Avenue) on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn-Queens border.
The tap beer selection at Svendale Brewing Co. in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill
Below is a photo of the tap selection at Svendale’s half-pint sized tasting room, located at 486 Court Street in Brooklyn. The tap room offers 16 tap beers made at its farm brewery in Dutchess County, NY. Not only is the beer...
A review of Jackdaw in Manhattan’s East Village
Located at 213 Second Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village, Jackdaw is a recently-opened cocktail bar in the old Durden space (and Nightingale before Durden). The space is evenly divided between the bar one side with mainly...
A review of Jungle Bird in Manhattan’s Chelsea
Located at 174 8th Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea, Jungle Bird is a recently-opened cocktail destination. Jungle Bird offers its own house cocktails at $15 a piece, which, in our estimation, seems to be the going rate for...
A review of Cedric’s at The Shed in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards
Located at 545 West 30th Street inside the lobby of The Shed Arts Center on the southern end of Hudson Yards, Cedric’s is a newly opened (no-tipping-allowed) cocktail bar from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group. The...
A review of Last Light on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
Located at 225 Bowery atop the Sister City hotel in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Last Light is a rooftop bar. The bar has a fairly spacious indoor area, with outdoor decks on the eastern and western edges of the space. Thus,...
A review of Workshop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
Located at 1415 Second Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Workshop is a craft beer bar in an area of town that could use more of such spots. It’s another just-larger-than-a-shoebox type of space. Workshop offers ten...
A review of Lena Wine Bar in Manhattan’s West Village
Located at 1 West 8th Street in Manhattan’s West Village, Lena Wine Bar is a small wine bar located just north of Washington Square. The wine focus here is on French wines and seating is rather limited: six or seven seats around...