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Brooklyn Ice
318 Van Brunt St, between Pioneer St and Visitation Pl
Red Hook
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 222-1865?
Hours: Mon-Thu 12pm-3am Fri-Sun 12pm-4am
McCain advisor Rick Davis recently got everyone all hot and bothered by saying “this election is not about issues,” as if the selection and red (moose) meat rhetoric of Sarah Palin hadn’t made it plain that this election is about whether or not the Republican party can again convince the American people that We Are You and They Are Not. But if the G.O.P. is the party you’d rather have a beer with, well, I’d like to see what the disparagers of “East Coast elites” would make of Brooklyn Ice House, one of the newest bars to open in the neighborhood known for a Swedish interior design superstore and an MTV reality show. Cred wars aren’t just for East Village dives and L.E.S. lounges anymore; Brooklyn Ice House appeals to the average NYC transplant’s hometown nostalgia as cannily as The Gutter does, but less ostentatiously, and with a more locally drawn clientele. It’s a uniter, not a divider.-Ellen Aznavourian
Bar Details
Specials:
• All drinks $1, except for shots
Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 12pm-8pm
