Atrium
Tucked in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, Atrium is one of the more unlikely restaurants to boast a list of this depth and value. Helmed by Master Sommelier Alexander…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
River Café
The River Café opened in 1977 on the banks of the East River in Dumbo, then a mostly-deserted section of Brooklyn; it remains, to this day, one of the most fortuitous…
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Buttermilk Channel
A cozy, Southern-inflected, Carroll Gardens neighborhood joint, Buttermilk Channel's wine list has always been much better than it's needed to be. The restaurant, which opened in late 2008, debuted with a…
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St. Anselm
A railroad room with a small bar on one end and a chef's counter on the other, St. Anselm doesn't look like much from the outset. But Joe Carroll's reinvention of…
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Reynard
When Lee Campbell took control of all of the wine programs within Andrew Tarlow's Brooklyn restaurant empire (Marlow & Sons, Diner, Reynard, Roman's), it was almost guaranteed that the lists…
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Donna
A beautiful whitewashed space designed by Brooklyn duo the Haslegraves, Donna is one of the sweetest cocktail bars in all of New York. Aside from the warm staff who can…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Weather Up
Weather Up, a Prospect Heights pioneer, is all shiny white subway tile flashing with the reflection of golden box lamps above. Always cozy with a solid roster of classic cocktails,…
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Tooker Alley
Tooker Alley's Del Pedro has been bartending in New York since the 1980s, including a decade-long tenure at Pegu Club. This Prospect Heights bar is a low-key neighborhood joint to…
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The Long Island Bar
Housed in an old silver-sided diner on Atlantic Avenue, The Long Island bar is Toby Cecchini's old-fashioned love letter to Brooklyn and all its bygone beauty. Ever the boyish intellectual,…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Ba’sik
In a move to shed the usual trappings of the cocktail bar and all its accoutrements, Ba'sik is a pretty—not precious—bar that could be today's version of Cheers minus Sam…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
