New York Beer Bar Guide

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Adobe Blues -- 63 Lafayette Ave. (Staten Island, NY 10301).
Telephone: 718.720.2583
Nice, Southwestern-themed restaurant/bar. The draft list is small; the claim to fame of the bar is the bottle list, which numbers over 200 (although not all of them are available at all times).

Barrow Street Ale House -- 15 Barrow Street (between West 4th and Bleeker).
Telephone: 212.206.7302
Less touristy than its location would lead one to suspect. Lots of NYU students, decent music, and a good burger-and-fries kitchen. 21 beers on tap with Happy Hour on Sun - Wed with import beers going for $1.50 a mug.

Bar Six -- 502 Sixth Avenue (below 13th Streeet).
Telephone: 212.645-2439
With a look from the 30's and a beer list from the 90's. Two taps serving Brooklyn beers, good bottle selection.

Bear Bar -- 1770 2nd Avenue (one block from Ruby's).
Hard to find Oregon Beer, including the assertively malty Hefeweizen. Pizza cooked in old-fashioned ovens.

Belgo -- 415 Lafayette ( Astor Place.).
Telephone: (212) 253-2828
A new Belgian-style restaurant and bar with an extensive beer list. It is a branch of the British chain of restaurants and off-licences of the same name. Prices are moderate, with some very good bargains for the early diner.

The Blind Tiger Ale House -- 518 Hudson Street (on the corner of West 10th St.).
Telephone: 212.675.3848
24 quality beers on tap. Four hand-pumps are on their way. Happy hour 4-8pm Monday through Friday - $1 off everything. Owned by the same folks who own Riverrun Cafe.

Blue Ribbon -- 97 Sullivan Street .
Telephone: 212.274.0404
A restaurant with an extensive wine list and very nice beer. Very stylish and sophisticated.

Boxer's -- 186 West 4th Street (Sheridan Square).
Telephone: 212.633.2275
Touristy and yuppified.

Brew's -- 156 East 34th Street (between Lexington and 3rd).
Telephone: 212.889.3369
Established in 1937 and still run by the Brew family (what a noble name!) as a bar and home-cooking restaurant.

Brewsky's -- 41 East 7th Street .
Telephone: 212.420.0671
Burp Castle's proletarian sibling, without the monks and usually noisier, but sharing the same excellent cellar.

Broome Street Bar -- 363 West Broadway .
A nice place, both neighborhood bar and tourist trade, with a typical bar kitchen.

Burp Castle -- 41 East 7th Street .
TEMPORARILY CLOSED reopening in the Spring of 2000
A theme place -- this is a "House of Beer Worship", staffed by "Brewist Monks". Excellent selection of Belgian Trappist ales.

Cafe de Bruxelles -- 118 Greenwich Avenue (at 13th Street).
Telephone: 212.206.1830
Gourmet French restaurant, with excellent selection of Belgian beers and the best pommes frites in the city.

Chumley's -- 86 Bedford Street .
Telephone: 212.675.4449
About 12 taps, changing fairly often. A former speakeasy.

The Collins -- 735 8th Avenue (at 46th Street).
Telephone: 212.541.4206
10 taps featuring a good mix of local and imported beers, and a small but classy bottle selection. Impressive jukebox. The ideal stopover in the theater district, or for when those $3.50 movies are sold out. Live music every Wednesday at 10 p.m.

David Copperfield's -- E. 74th and York .
Telephone: 212-734-6152
A restaurant-bar, with 30 taps. Occasional beer tastings. Happy Hour until 7 p.m.

d.b.a. -- 41 1st Avenue (between 2nd and 3rd streets).
Telephone: 212.475.5097
Our favorite place. 12 taps; over 60 bottled beers (strong on Belgian and British). Now, authentic hand pumps! Very highly recommended. They don't serve food, but you can bring in take-out. We suggest Bereket on Houston and Orchard, or Boca Chica on 1st Ave. near 1st St.

Dive Bar -- 372 Amsterdam Avenue (at 96th Street).

Donovan's -- Roosevelt Avenue and 56th Street (Woodside, Queens right under the 7 train).
"Has the best Guinness. And GREAT burgers, to boot..." (Jim Leff)

Ear Inn -- 326 Spring Street .
Telephone: 212.226.9060
Historic sailor's bar that used to be its own brewery; a designated landmark built in 1817. Imported beers on tap; single malt scotches, brandies.

The Garage Restaurant and Cafe -- 99 Seventh Avenue South (at Sheridan Square).
Telephone: 212-645-0600
The Gate -- 321 Fifth Avenue (Brooklyn, at 3rd Street).
Telephone: 718.768.4329
The Blind Tiger's sister establishment in Brooklyn, featuring a outdoors terrace area for those hot summer days.

The Ginger Man -- 11 East 36th Street (between 5th and Madison).
Telephone: 212.532.3740
A sibling of three locations in Texas (the original in Houston, one in Dallas, and one in Austin), The Ginger Man offers 66-taps of fine craft beers from around the world with nearly 100 excellent selections of bottled beers. Conveniently located one block away from the Pierpont Morgan Library for all you tourists and art lovers.

Gold Bar -- 345 East 9th street (1st avenue).
A small, probably trendy East-Villager with a German accent. No taps, but a reasonable selection of bottles. A good place to suggest when the rest of your party has to have martinis. Make sure that you do not fall into the crevice in front of the bar!

Good World Bar & Grill -- Orchard St. at Canal .
A nice-looking place. Decor is class-amid-the-urban-drabbery (tall stools, but no machine parts, and an odd little outdoor space, paved over and completely and snugly surrounded by walls). Guinness, Stella, Hoegaarden, Leffe Blonde, Fuller's ESB, Ruddles County, Ciders - lots in bottles including Coopers

Grace Restaurant -- 114 Franklin Street .
Telephone: 212.343.4200
David Jacobson says: They have separate refrigerators for lagers and ales as of Sunday tap list included, Guinness, Brooklyn Lager, Magic Hat Blind Faith,. They serve food until 4:00 a.m., a variety of small dishes, the Moules Frites, Polenta Cakes and Duck Cakes all rock.

Gramercy Tavern -- 42 East 20th Street .
Telephone: 212.477-0777
In front of an expensive restaurant that you can't get a reservation at, you will find the "tavern". They have Rogue Mogul Madness, Anchor Steam, Vermont Nut Brown Stout and half a dozen other well chosen brews on tap for $5.25 a pint.

Greenwich Pizza and Brewing Co -- 418 6th Avenue (corner of 6th and 9th Streets).
Telephone: 212.477.8744
Twelve beers on tap, and a good selection of bottled beers.

Hallo Berlin -- 402 West 51st Street (off 9th Avenue).
Telephone: 212.541.6248
The "Wurst" Restaurant in New York -- A variety of German beers including Bitburger, Paulaner, Dinkelacker, Premium Pils, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Weiss Beers (Erdinger with yeast, clear or bock; Paulaner with yeast or clear), Smoked and Double Bocks.

Hallo Berlin -- 626 10th Avenue (at 44th Street).
Telephone: 212.977.1944
The new "Wurst" Restaurant from the folks who brought you the original Hallo Berlin. This location has a full liquor licence and is much roomier than the 51st St. one.

Heidelberg Restaurant -- 1648 Second Avenue (Between 85th and 86th Streets).
Telephone: 212.650.1385 or 212.628.2332, Fax - 201.871.3022
Good selection of fine German beers, great food and an authentic German environment.

Internet Cafe -- 82 East 3rd Street (between 1st and 2nd Ave.).
Telephone: 212.614.0747
When you need to consult the New York City Beer Guide in an emergency!

Jake's Dilemma -- 430 Amsterdam Avenue (between 80th and 81st Street).
Telephone: 212.580.0556
A wonderful and lively beer bar. There is a great selection of 12 beers on tap (and growing!) and over 50 bottled beers. Micro Brews and imports are a great speciality.

Jekyll and Hyde -- 91 7th Avenue South (south of Bleecker).
Telephone: 212.255.5388
Very large beer selection. (The 57th St. location is no longer associated with this one and does not serve beer.)

Jeremy's Ale House -- 254 Front Street .
Telephone: 212.964.3537
Looks like a frat party in someone's garage -- Complete with concrete floors, styrofoam cups and bras and ties hanging from the rafters in the ceiling!

Jimmy Armstrong's -- 57th Street and 10th Avenue .
Anchor and other quality beers on tap and in bottles. Unobtrusive jazz or classical music on week-ends at dinner. Dart board.

Jimmy Walker's -- 245 East 55th Street (at 2nd Avenue).
Telephone: 212.319.6650
Pool tables and darts

John Street Bar and Grill -- 17 John Street .
Telephone: 212.349.3278
Pool table and darts.

Killmeyer's Old Bavarian Inn -- 4256 Arthur Kill Rd Staten Island, NY 10309.
Telephone: 718.984.1202
A wonderful old German restaurant with beautiful old bar from the early 1800's, and excellent German food. Also a big outdoor beergarten, with live music some nights.The bar has a fine draft selection, and a huge list of about 115 bottles. The emphasis is on German beers (and with the atmospheric surroundings, what else would you want to drink?), but the bottled beer list covers the world.

Kinsale Tavern -- 1672 3rd Avenue (at 93rd Street).
Telephone: 212.348.4370
Many taps, but unpredictable quality. Good Irish food and seafood as well.

Knitting Factory -- 74 Leonard St (between Church and Broadway.
Telephone: 212.219.3055 and Fax. 212-219-3401
18 draft micros in the downstairs taproom.

Landmark Tavern -- 626 11th Avenue (at 46th Street).
Telephone: 212.757.8595
In an old-fashioned red-brick building at the corner of 46th and 11th, strategically located a block away from the Intrepid Museum, or -- for more mundane pursuits -- between Metropolitan Lumber and the Salvation Army's thrift shop, and one block from the H & H Bagels factory outlet. A mediocre tap list, a bar menu of shellfish and classic pub fare, as well as a regular restaurant.

Maggie's Place -- 21 East 47th Street (47th and Madison Ave).
Telephone: 212.753.5757
12 taps, including "The best pint of Guinness in New York" (Garrett Oliver).

Manchester New York -- 920 Second Ave (at 49th Street).
Telephone: 212.223.7484, Fax. 212.223.7487
16 taps; American, British, and Belgian bottled beers. "Life's too short to drink cheap beer".

Markt -- 401 West 14th Street (West of 9th Avenue).
Telephone: 212.727.3314
A Belgian restaurant with an extensive beer list on tap and in bottles.

Mars 2112 -- 1633 Broadway .
Telephone: 212.582.2112
An SF-theme restaurant that intends to turn into a brewpub in the future. For now the beer is contract-brewed

McSorley's Old Ale House -- 15 East 7th Street .
Telephone: 212.473.9148
Certainly New York's oldest -- It was opened by John McSorley in 1854 and has been characterized as "It's like an old whore who's lived so long she's become respectable." You have your choice of "light" or "dark" served in pairs. You'll hear the expression "gimme a four and six" (this is four lights and six darks) -- Beers are $3.00 for two mugs or $1.75 for one mug.

Molly's (Molly Malone's) -- 287 3rd Avenue (between 23rd and 22nd).
Telephone: 212.889.3361
A wonderful, cozy, dark Irish pub with sawdust on the floor, excellent Guinness on tap and fantastic hamburgers.

Mugs Ale House -- 125 Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn, at 10th St., just a few blocks north of the Bedford Ave. L-train station).
Twenty-plus draft lines and two hand-pulled taps featuring an excellent selection of imported and domestic beers, plus a large & impressive selection of bottled beers. They recently opened their kitchen; the food is quite good and reasonably priced. Hosts the monthly meetings of The Malted Barley Appreciation Society.

North Star -- 93 South Street (at South Street Seaport).
Telephone: 212.509-6757
A highly praised selection of British ales and single-malt Scotches.

Old Town Bar -- 45 E. 18th Street .
Telephone: 212.529-6732
A beautiful room with wood paneling and Art-Deco fittings, and a steadily improving tap list, although the beer is served too cold (the Black Chocolate Stout clocked in at a frigid 42 F). Standard burger and sandwich menu.

The Onion -- 961 2nd Avenue (at 51st Street).
Telephone: 212.752.3615
The former East Side Ale House is on the second floor, up a staircase, above a pizzeria. 15 taps priced at $4.50 to $5 a pint

Oznots Restaurant -- Berry and North 9th Streets Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Telephone: 718.599.6596
A Middle-Eastern restaurant with a spectacular beer list. Two blocks from Mug's Ale House and Brooklyn Brewery; three blocks from the Bedford Avenue stop on the L train (the first stop in Brooklyn).

Park Slope Brewing Company -- 356 Sixth Avenue (Brooklyn, at 5th Street. Directions: Take the N,R,M,B or F to 9th Street Station, walk up 9th Street to Sixth Ave (with the tunnel behind you, go left up the street: or ask for directions))..
Telephone: 718-788-1756
Originally a brewpub, now an outlet for the brewery of the same name which moved to Red Hook.

Park Slope Brewing Company -- 62 Henry Street (Brooklyn; you can get there easily from the Clark Street, Boro Hall or High Street stations.).
Telephone: 718-522-4801
The Brooklyn Heights sister of the original Park Slope establishment.

Peculier Pub -- 145 Bleecker Street (at LaGuardia).
Telephone: 212.353.1327
Spelled "Peculier" with an "e" (A Peculier was a church official in charge of collecting taxes.) Expensive, but one of the best for sheer number of beers available. "Mobbed on week-ends" doesn't even begin to cover how wretched this NYU frat-boy place is, despite their excellent selection.

Petite Abeille Restaurant -- 466 Hudson St. (about 3 blocks south of Christopher St.).
Telephone: 212.741.6479
A wonderful little cafe for Belgian-style food (especially waffles) and fans of the Tintin books, they now offer a small, but delicious selection of (bottled) Belgian beers: Blanche de Bruges, Chimay (blue), Corsendonk, Lindeman's Framboise, Duvel, Orval and Affligem Double. They have two other locations, but neither has a liquor license yet.

Prince Street Bar -- 125 Prince Street .

Pugsley's -- Behind the Mariott at Albany and Washington Streets, in the Financial District.
Closed on week-ends.

Riverrun Cafe -- 176 Franklin Street .
Micros on draft, pleasant atmosphere.

Rolf's -- 22nd Street and 3rd Avenue.
German restaurant with the better German imports on tap. Good food prices as well.

Ruby's Taphouse -- 1495 Second Avenue (between 91st and 92nd Streets).
Over 26 different beers on tap with a wide selection of bottled beers and excellent cajun-style menu.

Rodeo Bar -- 375 Third Avenue (at 27th Street).
Telephone: 212-683-6500

Ryan's Ale House -- 85th street and 4th Avenue Bayridge, Brooklyn..
You want to drink Guinness? Go to Ryan's Ale house in Bayridge, Brooklyn. It has nice decor, a pool table, bands on weekends (cover charge) which attracts a large crowd. Munchies in the afternoon period. A good selection of beers on tap. Oh, did I mention the Guinness? (Slopoke)

The Silver Swan -- 41 East 20th (between Broadway and Park Avenue South).
Telephone: 212.254.3611
Great German Food at O.K. prices. The bar has approximately 90 brews in the bottle and about 8 on tap. Although there are few taps, they have had some real originals (obscure wheats and pilsners that haven't been seen elsewhere).

The Slaughtered Lamb -- 182 West 4th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).
Pricey, but a broad range of quality beers. Yard glasses for Guinness are available (with deposit).

Sparky's Ale House -- 481 Court Street (Brooklyn, corner Nelson, next one down is Huntington).
Telephone: 718.624.5516
A stunning selection of beers, at prices that will stop your heart.

St. Andrews -- 120 West 44th Street (Avenue of the Americas / B'way).
Telephone: 212.840.8413
An upscale pub in the theater district with a distinctly Scots accent.

St. Marks Ale House -- 2 St. Marks Place .
Telephone: 212.260.9762
A tourist trap on the strip -- Loud music, uniformly ice-cold beer, bad service and lousy beer.

Swift Hibernian Lounge -- 34 E. 4th Street .
Telephone: 212.22-SWIFT or 212.260.3600
Dark, pleasant pub and (soon-to-be) restaurant. Decent beers on tap and much better beers in bottles.

Tasty Deli -- 4020 Broadway (at 169th Street).
Telephone: 212.923.0700, Fax. 212.923.0360
A deli much favored at lunch by the staff and students at the Columbia Medical School and the Presbyterian Hospital. No taps but a vast collection of bottled beers.

Virgil's Barbeque -- 152 West 44th Street .
Telephone: 212.921.9494
Great food with a selection of over 100 microbrews, including "some damn obscure things".

Wall Street Kitchen & Bar -- 70 Broad Street (on the corner of Beaver).
Telephone: 212.797.7070
Over 100 beers on tap, an excellent selection of bottled beers, and excellent selection of wines (by the glass) and single malt scotches.

Waterfront Ale House -- 136 Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn, at Henry Street).
Telephone: 718.522.3794
Good selection on tap from many microbreweries, including sometimes Stoudt.

Waterfront Ale House -- 540 2nd Avenue (at 30th Street).
Telephone: 212.696.4104
This is the newer branch of the Brooklyn Waterfront. It has an excellent and frequently-changing selection of microbrews and top-quality imports on tap, including a selection of locally-brewed beers. The food is fine, generously-portioned, and decently priced. When you order a burger rare, they cook it rare. Try their house hot sauce.

West Side Brewery -- 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue .
Telephone: 212.721.2161
They have four to six different brews on tap. The beer is brewed at Chelsea Brewery. Good food and excellent desserts; outdoor seating in good weather. A very popular hangout; frequently packed.

White Horse Tavern -- 567 Husdon Street .
Memories of Dylan Thomas. A large, old-fashioned pub.