4. 1 Rooftop
7.8
60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY
Roof Deck · Brooklyn Heights · 20 tips and reviews
AmateurConcierge: Awesome views of manhattan. Pretzels, Guac are dangerous. Service (and directions to the rooftop itself) could still use some work
Inna G: Nice views and vibe
Dalton Spear: Rooftop access despite not being a hotel guest. Wonderful view, and a club right below the top deck
6. Colonia Verde
9.0
219 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Latin American Restaurant · Fort Greene · 87 tips and reviews
Village Voice: Try the Chef's Steak -it hits the table with an expertly charred crust, the interior marbled & juicy. Served with a smoky salsa verde and caramelized onion-spiked mashed sweet potatoes. Read more.
Nate Folkert: chef's steak with salsa and mashed sweet potatoes and avocados - low carb, high protein - $32
Nate Folkert: pig roast in the garden every sunday 3pm-6pm
7. The Crown Inn
8.7
724 Franklin Ave (at Park Pl), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Crown Heights · 80 tips and reviews
Damian Bayona: Friendly, neighborhood bar. Good selection of whiskeys / bourbons and local craft beers. Happy hour until 8pm - $2 off beers 🍻
The Wall Street Journal: A generous Happy Hour offers $4 beers, $6 selected cocktails and $7 glasses of wine until 8 p.m., even on weekends. Read more.
Cros Bee: Awesome lightbulbs. Look up. Reasonable priced beer. Drink up.
D F: The food was superb, but not only that. They serve one of the best bread in NYC. I remember my childhood trading it! Servers and manager are super nice.
7th.List: New. They serve pastries, hard cider bread, and vanilla rum syrup-soaked croissants filled with almond cream worked up by Per Se's former head baker (Peter Endriss). Read more.
Sujan Hong: Roast chicken with mushroom broth. Do it.
11. The Narrows
8.6
1037 Flushing Ave (btwn Morgan Ave & Vandervoort Pl), Brooklyn, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Williamsburg · 114 tips and reviews
Nicole Formica: Great cocktail bar tucked away in Brooklyn. Back patio is awesome in the summer! Be sure to bring your paper money, they are cash only.
Serious Eats: With cocktails, beer, and $1 oysters daily until 7pm, the Narrows is a Bushwick favorite that also features a welcoming backyard and a handful of late-night snacks.
Iversen: awesome when empty, narrow when full
12. Fonda
8.6
434 7th Ave (at 15th St), Brooklyn, NY
Mexican Restaurant · South Slope · 133 tips and reviews
Nastya M: Delicious, welcoming, good local spot. Though it’s almost impossible to spend less then $150 (tips included) for a dinner for 3 (2 parents, 1 kid)
Vanessa V.: Do yourself a favor and go to Fonda for brunch. Holy guacamole. Try the rancheros divorciados and ask them to scramble your eggs. And don't forget to ask for extra tortillas for your beans and guac!
Ingrid Stenquist: Get the braised brisket, carne Asada or pork adobo. Everything is amazing. Drinks strooooong! Tres leche divine.
13. Shalom Japan
8.0
310 S 4th St (at Rodney St), Brooklyn, NY
Japanese Restaurant · East Williamsburg · 100 tips and reviews
Tom Martyn: Good for dates, cozy af. Everything was very good - super Jew egg, teriyaki duck wings, challa, and cold noodles.
The New Yorker: “Shalom Japan...sounds almost like the punch line to a joke—but the married couple Aaron Israel and Sawako Okochi…are far from kidding around. At its best, their food is fusion in the truest sense.” Read more.
Serious Eats: Creative and surprisingly restrained Jewish-Japanese fusion fare from a chef couple in a sleepy corner of South Williamsburg. Don't miss the challah baked with sake kasu.
14. Union Hall
8.6
702 Union St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Karaoke Bar · North Slope · 171 tips and reviews
BlackBook Magazine: Bar menu expanded from signature beer-cheese on Ritz to deep-fried Apple Cinnamon Cheerios and wild boar sausage. Good selection of beers on tap, hops always goes well with kitsch. Read more.
Concert Ticket Agency: beer, bocce ball, and bands. what more could you ask for?
Time Out New York: Sit upstairs where the walls are covered with leather-bound books and a fire roars in front of comfy couches. It’s sort of like the library-meets-bar you wish you had when you went to college.