Hey everybody. I just want to ask what everybodies favorite bar in Park Slope is and why.
I just moved to the neighborhood and I want to check a few places out.
Thanks
quijibo Crooklyn Ninja
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: taintalicious!
Wed Sep 27, 06 8:45 pm EST
you gotta give us more to go on
how old are you. background.
should the bar be divey. or snooty.
casual or high fallootin'
food. mixed drinks. wine. sports. music. etc...?
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Wed Sep 27, 06 8:49 pm EST
The aliens have landed and are going to pulverize us!
i like great lakes b/c my friends go there. that probably doesn't help.
Cabaki Queen of Kings
Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 347 Location: south slope
Thu Sep 28, 06 12:57 am EST
Alot of people seem to like Buttermilk, on 15th street and 5th avenue. Cool atmosphere, people and bartenders, board games, free pizza wednesday nites at 10pm. And I hear people travel from Manhattan just to to go there!
I personally like Bar 4, Loki Lounge and Commonwealth (cool atmosphere, comfy loungy areas at the first two, and good drinks at all.)
MeanDººD Newbie
Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 43 Location: BoSlope-a-Mo'Bush
I second Buttermilk, but I'm biased because I'm lazy and it's close. They have lots of board games including Scrabble (but 1/3 of the tiles might be missing).
alafairnadia radical quellist
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Thu Sep 28, 06 10:09 am EST
in PS, I like total, great lakes, the gate and the royale. _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
Guest
Thu Sep 28, 06 12:33 pm EST
Ok.. I'm a bit of a drunk so I feel I can comment accurately on this topic..
First of all,
Buttermilk - I find it hard to believe that people come from Manhattan to go there... the place has board games.. WOW. Anything else going for it? There is nothing unique there... it attracts a distinctly homogenous, dull, passive, and uninteresting clientle... the same goes double for Great Lakes.. just without the board games.. (although Jim I think you're great)
Bar 4 -- good place to get coke.. (same goes for Carriage House... same goes for Park Slope Ale House).
12th Street -- love the food.. good crowd on the weekends.
Loki -- best pool table and pool game in Park Slope.. clientele can be quite mixed... go in Friday around 8:30 and you'll find about 15-20 drunk ass teachers... midnight on Saturday you might find a bunch from Bayridge, a stray hipster gang, 3 Russians, a goat, and the usuals...
I like the place.. a lot of my friends don't..
Puppet Jazz -- good for Jazz
Lighthouse -- kind of a dork bar
Living Room -- 20th street or so... and 5th.. I like this place.. pool table, cheap drinks.. diverse crowd. The place is new and hasn't found it's calling just yet.. or perhaps that is the calling ... permanently redeveloping itself.
Commonwealth -- typical.. so typical
Catty Shack -- don't get me started on that man hating, cocaine and testostorne fueled mass of immature ladies (would be a stretch).. drinks are outrageous.. the people are even moreso
Just and FYI -- Maria's mexican resturant now has a bar...
Blue Ribbon -- mixed on this place... good margarita... good staff.. actually a decent crowd.. it tries hard and actually get's the job done.. nothing special -- just a nice place that is just a touch too cheesy to truly be called upscale...
Barbes -- that owner there is a jackass french guy.. hey, I like the french.. just not jackasses... it is a good place to get wasted on a Wed so long as the right band is in the back.
The Gate -- my lord people -- what is so damn appealing about sitting in a 40 x40 plot of concrete on the corner of 3rd st and 5th ave drinking beer with elbow to elbow with a stranger?? If you go inside it's dark, it smells,... I will say the bartenders are knowledgeable if not very attentive.. selection is good..
BBQ -- 6th ave and like 20th.. holy shit.. go here.. 30 bourbons available.. most around 6 buck.. wings, pork, beans... not exactly a bar.. but I'm sure they don't mind drunks.
Union Hall -- interesting, very interesting... it's the kind of place where everyone is looking to get laid but nobody does because they are all idiots..
What have I forgotten..
Guest
Thu Sep 28, 06 2:21 pm EST
flexi?
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Thu Sep 28, 06 6:35 pm EST
Flexi what? Are you asking if that was me above? Um, nope. I haven't even been to some of those places. Or are you asking me to weigh in on the bars? or what you have forgotten?
I seem to remember somebody else talking about the scotch at BBQ, but I'm not a scotch drinker, and I've never been to BBQ, so I can't weigh in on it......
yep: many, many bourbons to choose from at BBQ. so lovely. so tasty. mmmm. _________________ Get your paws off my canned chicken
Smitty Frequent Flier
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 Location: Greenwood Heights
Thu Oct 05, 06 11:22 am EST
If you are in the South Slope, Living Room Lounge isn't so bad. They are on 23rd St near 5th and they have board games, karaoke some nights, pool table, and decent beers on tap (Blue Moon, yum). Plus its huge if you have a big group.
JoanJettofArc Empress of the R Train
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 139 Location: Park Slump
Thu Oct 05, 06 11:31 am EST
LOVE BBQ!
steve Cylon
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1263
Thu Oct 05, 06 11:40 am EST
Buttermilk is by far my favorite PS bar. Why people like the gate is a mystery to me.
JoanJettofArc Empress of the R Train
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 139 Location: Park Slump
Thu Oct 05, 06 11:49 am EST
bar reis is pretty nice when it's not crowded.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Thu Oct 05, 06 2:14 pm EST
JoanJettofArc wrote:
bar reis is pretty nice when it's not crowded.
I've been going there lately because a group I belong to meets there once a month....
For a while there was a really rough looking crowd going there. I'm not sure if that changed, but it was all guys hanging outside with their baggy pants down low and their underwear hanging out, etc.
For a while there was a really rough looking crowd going there. I'm not sure if that changed, but it was all guys hanging outside with their baggy pants down low and their underwear hanging out, etc.
Yeah, what's with that? When it first opened--when the bar was downstairs--it was cool. Then, last time I went I was going from the bar back out to the patio and this skeevy guy tried to actually block my path and hit on me at the same time. :-&
We mostly go to Buttermilk now. The bartenders know us and are very cool, and its easy to run into friends there. Plus, they put in Centipede.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:24 pm EST
I don't know when or how that happened at Bar Reis. When I go now, our whole group is downstairs very early so we don't really see the "regular crowd"...but for a while there the crowd was pretty scary.
Buttermilk is ok, but I miss the photo booth and some of the bartenders left (including a chick who last I saw her was working at Beast in PH.....and one of the partner/owners who worked behind the bar).
erikka Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 754
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:27 pm EST
Flexichick wrote:
Buttermilk is ok, but I miss the photo booth and some of the bartenders left (including a chick who last I saw her was working at Beast in PH.....and one of the partner/owners who worked behind the bar).
I like the space but the current bartender lets people smoke in there after midnight on weeknights and the place stinks up really fast. I smoke, but I forgot how gross things were before the ban.
young snitch Regular
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 179 Location: FA
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:53 pm EST
park slope's bar scene is brutal. let's be honest, the neighborhood's population of stroller-yuppies and lesbians doesn't exactly make for a guinness 'n' red bull bashment. the people who don't fit into those categories are usually nice but dorky -- i mean, why else would they be in park slope?
oh yeah, drunk guest spoke real words on this post.
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:54 pm EST
Flexichick wrote:
Buttermilk is ok, but I miss the photo booth and some of the bartenders left (including a chick who last I saw her was working at Beast in PH.....and one of the partner/owners who worked behind the bar).
They had a photo booth?? I missed that. Darn.
steve Cylon
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1263
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:54 pm EST
No, Bar Reis has mellowed again. I'm not sure why it went through that really young phase.
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:56 pm EST
young snitch wrote:
park slope's bar scene is brutal. let's be honest, the neighborhood's population of stroller-yuppies and lesbians doesn't exactly make for a guinness 'n' red bull bashment. the people who don't fit into those categories are usually nice but dorky -- i mean, why else would they be in park slope?
oh yeah, drunk guest spoke real words on this post.
Are you old enough to get into a bar?
Sorry, I just had to.
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Thu Oct 05, 06 5:58 pm EST
steve wrote:
No, Bar Reis has mellowed again. I'm not sure why it went through that really young phase.
Alright--but if I go and you're wrong you will face a slow and painful death.
Guest
Thu Oct 05, 06 6:45 pm EST
Try Lucky 13 on 13th b/w 5th and 6th...
CHE Regular
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Sterling
Thu Oct 05, 06 7:20 pm EST
Anonymous wrote:
the same goes double for Great Lakes.. just without the board games.. (although Jim I think you're great)
Jim's gone.
steve Cylon
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1263
Thu Oct 05, 06 7:59 pm EST
caaahyoko wrote:
steve wrote:
No, Bar Reis has mellowed again. I'm not sure why it went through that really young phase.
Alright--but if I go and you're wrong you will face a slow and painful death.
Shit, again?
erikka Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 754
Fri Oct 06, 06 8:38 am EST
young snitch wrote:
park slope's bar scene is brutal. let's be honest, the neighborhood's population of stroller-yuppies and lesbians doesn't exactly make for a guinness 'n' red bull bashment. the people who don't fit into those categories are usually nice but dorky -- i mean, why else would they be in park slope?
oh yeah, drunk guest spoke real words on this post.
Never would have figured you as a Loki type there, YS. Kind of a toolshed, don't ya think?
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sun Oct 08, 06 10:46 am EST
Commonwealth was the first place I hung out, so I have a soft spot for the place (and they have a great jukebox). I've just never been crazy about the bartenders or their aversion to buybacks.
Lately I've had a few nice experiences at Barbes (9th st. @6th). I quite like the joint. Bartenders have been very nice, good vibe.
I don't really get the love for Buttermilk, though I don't loathe the place. Seems kind of bleak inside (terrible lighting). Don't mind The Gate and end up their often because a friend of mine is addicted the place, but it's a long haul for me and I'm not a huge beer drinker, so it would never be my first choice.
Loki (which used to be half-way decent) & Bar 4 ... yuck. Both seem to attract a meathead crowd. Can't say I "get" Great Lakes either, but I could see it growing on me if I lived in the immediate neighborhood.
Wish someone would open a decent semi-hip bar on South 7th, but I don't know if this sleepy neighborhood could sustain it. If I'm too lazy to venture a few blocks, I normally end up just going to Steinhoff.
Guest
Thu Nov 02, 06 10:25 pm EST
Anonymous wrote:
Ok.. I'm a bit of a drunk so I feel I can comment accurately on this topic..
First of all,
Buttermilk - I find it hard to believe that people come from Manhattan to go there... the place has board games.. WOW. Anything else going for it? There is nothing unique there... it attracts a distinctly homogenous, dull, passive, and uninteresting clientle... the same goes double for Great Lakes.. just without the board games.. (although Jim I think you're great)
Bar 4 -- good place to get coke.. (same goes for Carriage House... same goes for Park Slope Ale House).
12th Street -- love the food.. good crowd on the weekends.
Loki -- best pool table and pool game in Park Slope.. clientele can be quite mixed... go in Friday around 8:30 and you'll find about 15-20 drunk ass teachers... midnight on Saturday you might find a bunch from Bayridge, a stray hipster gang, 3 Russians, a goat, and the usuals...
I like the place.. a lot of my friends don't..
Puppet Jazz -- good for Jazz
Lighthouse -- kind of a dork bar
Living Room -- 20th street or so... and 5th.. I like this place.. pool table, cheap drinks.. diverse crowd. The place is new and hasn't found it's calling just yet.. or perhaps that is the calling ... permanently redeveloping itself.
Commonwealth -- typical.. so typical
Catty Shack -- don't get me started on that man hating, cocaine and testostorne fueled mass of immature ladies (would be a stretch).. drinks are outrageous.. the people are even moreso
Just and FYI -- Maria's mexican resturant now has a bar...
Blue Ribbon -- mixed on this place... good margarita... good staff.. actually a decent crowd.. it tries hard and actually get's the job done.. nothing special -- just a nice place that is just a touch too cheesy to truly be called upscale...
Barbes -- that owner there is a jackass french guy.. hey, I like the french.. just not jackasses... it is a good place to get wasted on a Wed so long as the right band is in the back.
The Gate -- my lord people -- what is so damn appealing about sitting in a 40 x40 plot of concrete on the corner of 3rd st and 5th ave drinking beer with elbow to elbow with a stranger?? If you go inside it's dark, it smells,... I will say the bartenders are knowledgeable if not very attentive.. selection is good..
BBQ -- 6th ave and like 20th.. holy shit.. go here.. 30 bourbons available.. most around 6 buck.. wings, pork, beans... not exactly a bar.. but I'm sure they don't mind drunks.
Union Hall -- interesting, very interesting... it's the kind of place where everyone is looking to get laid but nobody does because they are all idiots..
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Sun Nov 05, 06 2:57 pm EST
raw wrote:
I met a friend at total wine bar last night, but we left quickly because it was very small, cramped, and crowded. I didn't feel like paying $10 for a glass of wine I had to sip while standing and getting elbowed in the back.
total is a lousy place to go on weekends - much more pleasureable on a tuesday night. where'd y'all end up? _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun Nov 05, 06 2:57 pm EST
raw wrote:
I met a friend at total wine bar last night, but we left quickly because it was very small, cramped, and crowded. I didn't feel like paying $10 for a glass of wine I had to sip while standing and getting elbowed in the back.
I promised I'd give it another try after my first attempt in January (which was disasterous), but am not really motivated.
I'm still trying to find a decent wine and cheese place in the Slope.
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Sun Nov 05, 06 3:02 pm EST
alafairnadia wrote:
raw wrote:
I met a friend at total wine bar last night, but we left quickly because it was very small, cramped, and crowded. I didn't feel like paying $10 for a glass of wine I had to sip while standing and getting elbowed in the back.
total is a lousy place to go on weekends - much more pleasureable on a tuesday night. where'd y'all end up?
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Sun Nov 05, 06 3:40 pm EST
raw wrote:
alafairnadia wrote:
raw wrote:
I met a friend at total wine bar last night, but we left quickly because it was very small, cramped, and crowded. I didn't feel like paying $10 for a glass of wine I had to sip while standing and getting elbowed in the back.
total is a lousy place to go on weekends - much more pleasureable on a tuesday night. where'd y'all end up?
Patio. It was fine.
We got seats.
how is Patio doing? last time I was there my friends and I were their only customers. it was kinda awkward. I also got totally outed as a complete alcoholic when the bartender helped me figure out that buying myself a half-pitcher of sangria was WAY more economical than buying myself two glasses of sangria (what I figured I might drink). so I drank the half-pitcher. _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
Guest #2 Guest
Sun Nov 05, 06 9:36 pm EST
Shinybeast wrote:
I don't really get the love for Buttermilk, though I don't loathe the place. Seems kind of bleak inside (terrible lighting). Don't mind The Gate and end up their often because a friend of mine is addicted the place, but it's a long haul for me and I'm not a huge beer drinker, so it would never be my first choice.
Loki (which used to be half-way decent) & Bar 4 ... yuck. Both seem to attract a meathead crowd. Can't say I "get" Great Lakes either, but I could see it growing on me if I lived in the immediate neighborhood.
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I don't really understand the attraction to Buttermilk or get the love there either, but maybe for the 25 and under crowd, I can kind of see it. I still go there but not too often.
BAR 4 a meathead bar? Yeah, Loki can definitely be but BAR4 is more of a very young semi-hipsterish establishment, least that's my take. They have open mic on Sundays that can draw a crowd and at least one friendly bartender. It draws a very young crowd, not a place I frequent that much.
Black Sheep (North Slope) is good if you like to play foosball. They have an Italian tournament table (not that great) but lots of players and tournies Sundays at 6pm. Challenge the bartender to a game. Decent beer as well, but it can be sort of empty.
Great Lakes can be great on the weekends. I'd have to give it the nod as best bar in the slope. Good people, cheap drinks, the BEST music, nice dark atmosphere (unlike Buttermilk's).
O'Connors used to be good. Don't like the new(ish) bartender. He kicks everyone out early.
Barbes is OK. Better as a date place or a place to listen to live eclectic music.
The Gate is OK, seems to be a popular spot with a lot of people.
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Mon Nov 06, 06 12:21 pm EST
We finally went to Bar4 on Saturday. Goddamn the crowd in there was boring. The music wasn't bad though. I think it would have been better if there had been seats open at the bar since the bartender seemed cool. Unfortunatly, we were on one of the couches, and the people across from us made me want to run far far away.
So we did run...back to Buttermilk. Which is much more interesting after midnight or 1am, btw. We rarely go there earlier. I was there at 10pm once and the crowd is very different.
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