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5 Best New York City Beer Gardens
Bohemian Beer Gardens This legendary Czech spot has a vast selection of Central European beer and food. There’s a massive courtyard for you and your friends, seasonal barbecue, and sometimes live polka music. 29-19 24th Ave, Astoria
Loreley Obscure German beers, hard-to-pronounce sausages, cute serving fraulein and picnic tables out back make this spot a local favorite, despite its lack of budget-beers. 7 Rivington St.
The Brazen Head Fifteen microbrews on tap, two cask-conditioned hand-pulled ales, a huge selection of single malts, and “killer cocktails” is just the beginning. They also have karaoke night, dart night, Brooklyn Law School night, wine and cheese night, and a ladies night. 228 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
Pioneer Bar-BQ You can play Scrabble for free shots on Tuesday nights! There’s also a horseshoe pit, “corn hole” (beanbag toss), and sometimes live music. The Southern cooking is reportedly “authentic,” and if you’re a veg-head they’ll even grill you some tofu. 318 Van Brunt St, Red Hook
Gowanus Yacht Club Not a biergarten proper, GYC is a laidback outdoors-only place where you can get cheap beer in plastic cups and burgers and dogs straight from the grill. Feel the Gowanus breeze and pretend you’re a pirate. 323 Smith St, Carroll Gardens
-Jamie Peck
5 Best Bars Named After Animals Not Likely to Survive Long in the Wild
The Fat Black Pussycat Sure, it’s a little overrun with underaged kids and tourists. But the happy hour is pretty hard to beat. 130 W 3rd St.
Blind Tiger Ale House We know, we know, they’re in between venues. Keep the faith people! Geez. 218 Bleecker St.
The Bourgeois Pig Coffee bar by day, wine bar by night, snacks all the time. The Bourgeois Pig is your one-stop European café shop. 122 E 7th St.
The Stoned Crow Cheap beers, pool table, and stuffed crows. Also features a lovely happy hour and all kinds of crap on the walls, though not in an offensive O’Funnigan’s type of way. 85 Washington Pl.
Chocolate Monkey Though really better known for its yummy coffee drinks than its boozing, the Chocolate Monkey is nonetheless a low-key Flatbush Ave bar after the caffeine hour has passed. But seriously, do try the coffee. Yum. 329 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
-Audrey Fereuce
5 Most Literally Named Bars in NYC
Cheap Shots and Beer Yup, they sell both cheap shots and beer. Not romantic,sure, but it’s honest. 140 First Ave.
The Cock Cocks, cocks, cocks. At the Cock, if you do not yourself possess a cock, you are going to feel somewhat out of place. If you’re looking for cock, you can’t go wrong with the Cock. 29 Second Ave.
Sing Sing Karaoke Karaoke is fun! I love to sing (sing) it. If only there were a place to sing (sing) some karaoke. Oh right! Sing Sing Karaoke! 81 Ave A
Tribeca Tavern It’s a tavern. It’s located in a neighborhood colloquially knows as Tribeca. There’s not a whole lot else to the place. 247 W Broadway
The Porch There’s this bar, right? And it’s got a big old motherfucking porch. So they named it the Porch. Makes sense, no? 115 Ave
-AF
