The Alibi
Owing to its grand tree-lined streets and serene townhouses, Fort Greene can often feel like it's much further from Manhattan than it is. But stay long enough at Alibi, an odd…
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Canal Bar
Named for the dumpy (but beloved) Gowanus Canal just a stone's throw away, Canal Bar is the catchall watering hole for this oddball neighborhood of warehouses and rowhomes. The vintage…
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Farrell’s Bar & Grill
Farrell's opened in 1933 right after Prohibition took its final breath. Back then, it was a haven for the working class Irish in this neighborhood, and though it's had a…
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South Pub
South is a comfortable neighborhood dive. A cut above your average dive, the bar boasts a small selection of craft beer, a nice range of whiskey, some solid bar food and a…
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The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Brooklyn
Rarely in Brooklyn will you find the speakeasy-style bar or cagey doorman that came to define an era of Manhattan cocktail bars. Brooklyn took its sweet time developing its own scene (and,…
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The Best Restaurant Bars in Brooklyn
We're fortunate to be living (and drinking) in an age when restaurant bars have come to mean so much more than a place of exile while waiting for a table,…
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The Best Dive Bars in Brooklyn
Bring up Brooklyn to any of its residents, regardless of the neighborhood they call home, and your conversation will eventually find its way to the one truth everyone can agree on: Brooklyn is…
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The Best Places to Drink Wine in Brooklyn
Not all that long ago, it was hard to imagine that, say, a neighborhood like Williamsburg would be much more than a shot-and-a-shitty-beer kind of town. And while it hasn't…
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Prime Meats
You can't talk about Brooklyn without talking about the Franks. In 2010 Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli opened Prime Meats, two doors down from their decade-old Frankies 457 Spuntino. The…
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Roberta’s
Walk inside Bushwick's Roberta's and you'll find a patchwork setting of communal tables and picnic benches, strings of hanging lights, a rooftop garden, outdoor seating pockets, a tented tiki bar, a shipping…
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