New York's Best Neighborhood Bar

Upper East Siders shoot cocktails and billiards at this low-key neighborhood respite.

Reviews:

• “The best Place in the city!”
• “Great Party Space”
• “Amazing New Years”
• “Chill spot for College Football”
• “Birthday party”

Tips: Monday through Friday from 6pm to 8pm, take $2 off all drinks and $1 off all beers.

BB&R or email BB&R

This inconspicuous bar’s polished vibe and lofted smoking atrium up the Williamsburg nightlife ante.

Reviews:

• “Rude Staff!!!”
• “Down the tubes goes another Burg staple.”
• “My new favorite bar”
• “Great for Birthday Parties!”
• “BROOKLYN LOST THE DODGERS NOW ITS SOUL…”

Tips: For a novel experience, head down the block to the 24-hour City Reliquary on the corner of Grand and Havemeyer streets, with its window collection of New York City memorabilia. Push the button for an audio guide.

Larry Lawrence

Good beer and goldfish reel in the Red Hook regulars.

Reviews:

• “NEVER AGAIN!!”
• “Very Cool Bar…”
• “SUPER SLOW SERVICE”
• “coolest bar in the world”
• “red hook is off the hook”

Tips: Go during the Monday through Friday happy hour, from 4pm to 8pm, when it’s two for the price of one. On weekends, it lasts from 2pm to 8pm.

Red Hook Bait & Tackle

Half comfortable neighborhood nosh spot, half beer enthusiasts’ Shangri-La.

Reviews:

• “Great atmosphere”
• “Great bar”
• “GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD BAR”
• “Favorite New Bar!!!”
• “Great Beer! Horrible Food!”

Tips: White cheddar cheese curds, sliders and pizza fortify drinkers’ tolerance for heavy imbibing.

Half Pint

Rock DJs, acoustic performances, karaoke and comedy in lounge serving wine, beer and cocktails; food served from restaurant upstairs until 2am.

Reviews:

• “Love it —great atmosphere!”
• “Great place for a group”
• “Keepin’ It Real”
• “Rock out with your Cups out…”
• “Rock lives on the Lower East Side”

Three of Cups Lounge or email Three of Cups Lounge

Festive block parties and DIY barbecue under the Williamsburg Bridge.

Reviews:

• “Great Space, Good time”
• “FALLING OFF”
• “Not just your average neighborhood bar”
• “Great Musici Tuesday Nights! cool hang out spot!”
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Tips: All beers and well drinks go for $3 from 5pm to 8pm daily. Nightbirds may prefer to hit the Delirious Hour, from 1am to 4am, for the same deal.

East River or email East River

This Park Slope sports bar and grill is light on the munchies, but offers a heavy-hitting microbrew selection.

Reviews:

• “Neo-Nazi bouncer, etc.”
• “Avoid”
• “This Bar is horrible”
• “Good bar, great food, great games, awesome people and fun times, oh yeah and booze….”
• “Avoid at all costs”

Tips: Drink your way around the world with drafts like Boddingtons, Guinness, Hoegaarden and Harpoon UFO.

The Lighthouse Tavern

Beer, burgers, and board games draw regulars to this no-frills Park Slope bar.

Reviews:

• “Insect in Drink + Hostile Service”
• “Incredible Atmosphere, Awesome Location, Perfect Place to Chill Out!!!”
• “a bubble in time”
• “red red wine”
• “superb trivia night, wine selection/half price wine, foosball, unbelievable jukebox”

Tips: Amber Bock pitchers cost $8 until midnight, well drinks are $3 from 5pm to 8pm, and all European wines are half-price on Monday and Wednesday.

Black Sheep Pub

Spacious brick-wall lounge featuring DJs and live jazz offers 16 draft beers, plus bottled beers and specialty cocktails.

Reviews:

• “You gotta luv this place!”
• “GREAT Lounge-y Pub!”
• “chillin’”
• “Great Energy”
• “Great Atmosphere, Yummy Drinks!!!”

Tips: Come in for happy hour and enjoy drink specials Monday through Friday from 5pm to 8pm.

Perdition or email Perdition

A taste—burp!—of the Wild West in the East Village.

Reviews:

• “Best Staff in the city”
• “No Rum Reviewer?”
• “AVOID THIS PLACE – THE BOUNCER WON”T LEAVE YOU ALONE"
• “And they call themselves a bar? YEAH RIGHT!”
• “Also look under the bomb dot com”

Tips: There’s a buy-one-get-one-free special every day from 5pm to 8pm, but the regular prices are already cheap—cans of PBR are $2, well drinks are $4.50, Bud is $3.50 and imports are just $4.

Doc Holliday’s

A handsome place to knock back bourbon and gab.

Reviews:

• “Love this place!”
• “Good neighborhood bar”
• “best neighborhood bar and best bartenders”
• “always the best”
• “top notch local”

Tips: Happy hour, daily 5pm-8pm, means $2.50 well drinks and tap beers, and anyone buying a $5 call shot can get an 8-ounce glass of tap beer for $1.

Whiskey Ward or email Whiskey Ward