Bensonhurst
This Brooklyn cocktail variation takes its name from the “rough and tumble” Italian-American neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn.
- story: Lizzie Munro
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The Cobble Hill
Famed for creating such new-classic cocktails as The Penicillin and the Paper Plane, here’s one more potential classic for the books from Sam Ross, now of NYC’s Attaboy.
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Water Table
No mere bar-on-a-boat, Water Table is a full-fledged dinner cruise on a WWII-era Navy patrol ship, departing from the edge of Greenpoint and sailing south toward Liberty Island for a…
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Irish Haven Bar
Before Sunset Park became "Little Latin America" it was home to a large population of Polish, Norwegian, Finnish and Irish immigrants. Deep into the neighborhood remains Irish Haven, a bar of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Hank’s Saloon
Hank's has a couple charms. One of them is a jukebox stocked with Hank Williams (obviously). Another is cheap drinks. It stops there. The dive-iest of the dives, Hank's has collected…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Maracuja Bar & Grill
In a neighborhood where it can be difficult to find a bar not dripping with grubby hipsters, Maracuja is a respite of down-to-earth service, choice music, a pool table and space…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Montero Bar & Grill
An old holdout from the days when Brooklyn's working waterfront could be found at the end of Atlantic Avenue, Montero Bar & Grill is covered in nautical paraphernalia collected throughout…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Sunny’s
Over on Red Hook's waterfront, there's a little bar with a neon anchor in the window and an old-fashioned truck outside. That's Sunny's, a Brooklyn institution owned by—you guessed it—a…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Commodore
Commodore hasn't been around for decades, but it sure as hell feels like it. Complete with a 1980s television playing weird pulpy films in the corner, floors caked with hipster grime,…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Brooklyn Inn
Admittedly, Brooklyn Inn is not a dive bar. It's just a really good neighborhood bar that doesn't fit into any definite category. The corner space anchoring a stately corner of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
