A favorite of HK locals, $2 for Rudy's blonde, $3 for Rudy's Red, $7 for a pitcher. Eat as many hotdogs as you can, they're free and yummy! Read more.
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Shameless Karaoke Experience!
For those in the Crown Heights / Prospect Heights, this is one of the go to places for cheap booze, friendly folks, and night time fun. Check out their happy hour specials, game room, and DJs
Overall, this bar has a really great vibe, interesting backstory, and amazing cocktails in a low-key setting. Read more.
Jimmy's is a good place to start your beer-ducation; $10 Tuesday themed tastings are led by an expert, and there's an endless parade of homebrewing meetups, special-keg tappings, and other events. Read more.
Winner of Best Karaoke Night in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Monday nights, perform your favorite rock hits in front of a live band!
If you happen to love bocce ball and live music, you’re in luck. Roll a game up top and head downstairs afterwards for a live set from a sure-to-be-cool band. - Jim Shearer, Top 20 Countdown
The rooftop is over the top sexy, full of model types and serves really potent drinks. It’s a bit snobby and the “pool” is laughable and we’ll be coming back!
Great spot for unapologetically experimental music made by real NYC artists. Rare space that's actually someone's loft apt. It offers free beer and wine for yr donation to the door. DIY totes, cool.
THIS SPOT IS OFFICIAL!!!! 2 things: DO NOT GO HERE IF U ARE CLAUSTRAPHOBIC and IT'S STRICLY TO DANCE AND GET CRAZY! LIVE BRAZILIAN BEATS - CONGOS...SO MUCH FUN
This multiroom Billyburg boîte plays host to NYC’s top party crews. Enjoy the killer sound system and stunning view. And be sure to note the strict no-photos policy. Read more.
After you get your fill of gypsy punk, end the night by grabbing a crepe to go at the Creperie (135 Ludlow). - Jim Shearer, Top 20 Countdown
Torst- Danish for thirst- serves up a quenching 21-tap draft menu of rare brews from Europe and North America. This Scandinavian taproom is our 2014 Food & Drink Awards winner for Best New Beer Bar! Read more.
Everything is hot about this newish spot, from the waitresses(their uniforms are designed by Rag & Bone) to the locale (the lush lounge has a garden). And if you can get in, you're probably hot too.
this place is FABULOUS!! great people, great atmosphere, great neighborhood; get there before 9pm for cheaper drinks--liquor can be a pretty penny!
When Tiki Disco began in the backyard of Roberta’s, it was for those in the know. Now, it draws huge crowds to the Knockdown Center—an ex-factory and courtyard in the Queens-Brooklyn border badlands. Read more.
Free shows, free drinks, lots of sweating and shaking, no catch? Vans House Parties Summer Series is almost too good to be true! Read more.
Not Your Standard Bingo on Sunday Nights at 11:00 are a new metropolitan pastime - say hi to Mike, your host!
Employees Only was designed to be an industry hangout -- the kind of place where chefs, servers, and bartenders go when their restaurants close to enjoy a serious cocktail and food.
Decrepit, small and less than stable bar stools come to mind when we think of Sophie’s, but you can’t beat the cheap drinks, and it’s a good place to play pool.
Play pool, use free wi-fi, and get $3 Miller High Life, Budweiser, Negra Modelo Especial and well drinks from 1 to 8pm daily. Read more.
High Dive has a jukebox that rivals local bars Great Lakes and Black Sheep. Mini backyard, Sopranos pinball, free popcorn, rad happy hour, friendly bartenders... hell yes!
Play board games while munching on cheese balls (the artificial kind) and sipping on a PBR. Keep it classy!
An out of control house party in your rich friend's mansion. Drunk preppy girls dance on tables and the popular crowd surveys it all from the balcony.
This is my favorite cocktail place in the city. Don't miss it. Walk upstairs, find the unmarked door right by the stairs and walk into what is also one of the coziest spots for a drink.
This Southeast Asian-themed bar and restaurant from the Employees Only team serves a brisket and short rib burger, a pork chop sandwich, and bacon and egg look funn noodles. Open till 3:30 AM.
Cute place with great Belgian beers and attentive bartenders! Open air garden in the front for the summer nights.
