Beyond Manhattan BlogBarbes
Barbes, nestled unassumingly between a coffee shop and a brownstone just off the corner of 6th Ave and 9th Street in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, is a regular spot for locals, and almost altogether unknown for visitors to NYC. Want world-class jazz? Sure, the Vanguard will never fail you, as well it shouldn’t…
Brook’Vin
Brooklyn’s many wine bars (wait till you get to Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens) have earned their reputation as exceptional alternatives to the traditional cocktail bar, dive bar, or pub, but Brook’Vin is head-and-shoulders above even most of them. Care was put into the arrangement of this bar, and it shows. The…
Double Windsor
In a city traditionally known for its cocktail bars and dives, the beerofile gastropub is making a showing in a big way, and the Double Windsor, like its Manhattanite cousin the Blind Tiger Ale House, embodies the ethos. Here you’ll want to look at a beer menu (just think wine bar), but…
Cafe Regular
318 11th St (between 4th Ave & S Prospect Park) Cafe Regular is a consistent winner in the south slope. Skip Starbucks and the oodles of mediocre coffee houses, and come here. They do it right, the baristas know the regulars by name, and their cold brewed iced-coffee is worth the trip.