A review of Barleycorn in Lower Manhattan
Located at 23 Park Place in Manhattan (on the Tribeca/Financial District border), Barleycorn is a gastropub/beer & whiskey bar. Barleycorn offers 70 tap beers, along with 50 whiskeys. The spot is long and spacious (runs the...
A brief review of Sixty Five in Midtown Manhattan
Located in Midtown Manhattan atop 30 Rockefeller Center on the 65th Floor (same floor as The Rainbow Room), Sixty Five is a rooftop bar and a must-visit for any NYC Rooftop bar crawl. The bar offers great views to the south,...
A review of The Waylon in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen
Located at 736 Tenth Avenue in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, The Waylon is a country saloon bar. Taking over from the Druids spot, The Waylon has a large bar area and some seating opposite the bar. Other amenities include a...
Bars visited recently in Manhattan
Over the past few weeks, we’ve had a chance to visit such recently-opened spots as Midtown’s Sixty Five, Hell’s Kitchen’s The Waylon and Upper East Side’s Shorty’s. All three are very...
Wine is fine…
Seen recently on a NYC pub crawl through Manhattan’s Tribeca, just outside of the bar Warren 77:
A review of Old Stanley’s in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Located at 226 Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Old Stanley’s offers 8 tap beers, 15 bottled beers and 9 canned beers. We found the layout of the spot interesting. Semicircle bar takes up about half the space. In the other...
A review of Onderdonk & Sons in Ridgewood, Queens
Located off the beaten path at 566 Onderdonk Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, Onderdonk & Sons is a solid beer bar by the same owners as Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s Pencil Factory Tavern. O&S offers 12 quality taps, which include...
A review of Gottscheer Hall in Ridgewood, Queens
Located at 657 Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, Gottscheer Hall is an old-school German beer hall and restaurant. Dating back to 1924, Gottscheer just celebrated its 90th anniversary. Friendly staff. Gottscheer offers five...
Bar hopping in Ridgewood, Queens
Recently, we had a chance to do some pub crawling around the Ridgewood section of Queens. We had the chance to visit some old neighborhood stand-by’s and some recently-opened spots. Later this week, we will have brief...
A review of Bourgeois Pig in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village
Located at 127 Bleecker Street, Bourgeois Pig has a new location, moving from its East Village location on East 7th Street (coincidentally or not, this new Greenwich Village location is just a few steps from their former west...