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The 5 Best Brooklyn Bars

July 5, 2011 3:27 PM

(credit: Brooklyn Brewery)

Whether you’re a Brooklyn native or just visiting from one of our brotherly boroughs, finding the right place to sit back and sip can be intimidating. There’s a haunt here for everyone, and these are some of the best. By Kimberly Rae Miller.

Brooklyn Brewery

(credit: Brooklyn Brewery)

79 N 11th Street (between Berry St & Wythe Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 486-7422
brooklynbrewery.com

If its beer you’re wanting, just go straight to the source. Not only will BB make you a frothy beverage, it gives you a nice picnic like environment to sip it in. Daily happy hour is done on a token for beverage system: one beer tokens is $4, or buy 6 for $20. The lounge area gets crowded quickly, so get there early to reserve a spot for sitting, and bring some board games and your favorite takeout menu, the brewery welcomes dinner by delivery.

Quarter

Credit: Quarter Bar Brooklyn

676 5th Avenue
South Slope/Windsor Terrace
(718) 788-0989
quarterbarbrooklyn.com

This tiny Brooklyn bar has a fairly standard issue beer and wine menu; it’s the cocktails that set it apart from its fellow neighborhood dives. Old fashioned cocktails are muddled and mixed with precision before your very eyes. The space is small, dimly lit, and generally uncrowded–a good place to bring a first date if you actually want to hear what they’re saying.

Zombie Hut

(credit: Zombie Hut/Facebook)

273 Smith Street (between Degraw St & Sackett St)
Carroll Gardens
(718) 875-3433

Barcade

Barcade (credit: Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

388 Union Avenue
Williamsburg
(718) 302-6464barcadebrooklyn.com

It’s a bar and arcade. If you’re looking to channel that long lost youth of yours, or just show that Ms. Packman who’s boss, this bar is definitely a must. Beer enthusiasts will be in heaven, Barcade offers 25 beers on tap, and even more bottles to choose from. Oh, and the bartenders won’t be shy about giving you a suggestion. Remember to bring quarters, Frogger needs you.

Union Hall

(credit: Union Hall/Facebook)

702 Union Street (between 4th Ave & 5th Ave)
Park Slope
(718) 638-4400
unionhallny.com

Cavernous would be one way to describe this preppy Park Slope oasis. At 5,000 square feet, Union Hall definitely wins the award for most leg room. At first glance, you’re sipping scotch and soda in a distinguished library complete with dark wood paneling, painting of dapperly-dressed older gentleman, and a lot of books. Walk a little further and you’ll notice a full size bocce court, then more classy couches to lounge about in. Union Hall is also host to a regular stream of comedians and local bands in their downstairs bar area.

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Meganlomaniac

Dear Nimrod(s) Who Compiled This List,
1. Brooklyn Brewery is NOT a bar.
2. In now way shape or form is anything special about Zombie Hut.
3. Barcade sucks. It has a large selection of draught beer and you can never get on the retro-video games because people are always one em. Way, way overrated place.
4. I’d rather go to Union Pool, Harefield Road, The Charleston, The Williamsburg Music Hall, Good Co., The Woods or any other place than the first 4 bars on the list.
5. Union Hall is the best on this very sad list.
6. Do your F-ing homework.
Cheers,
West Coast Transplant

SoBro

West Coast Transplant hasn’t been to BK Social????

Do your F-ing homework indeed. Better still. Save the money for your return ticket back the west coast.

Lol.

Meganlomaniac

Dear Nimrod(s) Who Compiled This List,
1. Brooklyn Brewery is NOT a bar.
2. In now way shape or for is anything special about Zombie Hut.
3. Barcade sucks. It has a large selection of draught beer and you can never get on the retro-video games because people are always one em. Way, way overrated place.
4. I’d rather go to Union Pool, Harefield Road, The Charleston, The Williamsburg Music Hall, Good Co., The Woods or any other place than the first 4 bars on the list.
5. Union Hall is the best on this very sad list.
6. Do your F-ing homework.

Cheers,
West Coast Transplant
KPMc

First of all… how in the world are you going to reduce a borough of 2.5 million people to the 5 best bars?

Secondly… give me a break with your yuppie & hipster hangouts. Transplants that are going to spend 10 years here then go back to the family business they ran away from in Ohio certainly do not determine what is best about Brooklyn.

Go home… apologize to your parents… and dive in to the family plumbing/hardware/exterminator business you ran away from.
Bob

Sorry folks but Farrells Bar in Park Slope is and has always been the best bar in brooklyn.
Real Brooklyn

brooklyn has lost its soul. yuppies and suburbanites have killed the blue collar.
joebkny

How odd. I just asked this exact Question is a chat room tonight.