Nice bar for cocktails and maybe some snacks in Park Slope?
So embarrassed to say this, because I've been living here 8 years, but I don't get out much for a nice cocktail. A friend is in town tonight and we'd like to go to a bar before dinner at my place for drinks and maybe a nice app or two. Looking for a place that makes good cocktails (I like martinis and I'm very pernickety about them) and decent wine list, not too terribly loud (but some noise is fine) and decent lighting (we're not getting any younger...)
I'm thinking in terms of what the bar would be like at Prime Meats if it wasn't always jam packed.
Any ideas?
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Prime Meats
465 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Mandymac
Oct 22, 2011 04:35 AM
IMO, two of the very best for this purpose are in Prospect Heights--Franny's (cocktails are good and the apps to die for), or James (good cocktails and good snacks, you just might be tempted to stay for the hamburger!).
Otherwise, I'd put Vanderbilt on your list--I've had decent cocktails there, and they have lots of small plates for sampling. If you're feeling like more, cross the street to Weatherup to continue your cocktail crawl.
Sorry if that's a roundabout way of answering your questions--I don't think there are too many great cocktail places in Park Slope unfortunately (tho Stone Park/Thistle Hill definitely worth considering).
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Franny's
295 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217Stone Park Cafe
324 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215James
605 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238Weather Up
589 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238The Vanderbilt
570 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238Thistle Hill Tavern
441 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 -
Brookvin has nice cocktails with a range of spirits, great wine by the glass, good snacks, fine ambience, and is tasteful apart from that terrible name. 7th Ave at 12th or 13th. The problem with some other possibilities like Applewood and that Thistle Hill (or whatever) place is that the bars are really too small to count on seats.
Addendum: If you are doing Cobble Hill, Char No. 4 has wonderful bourbon cocktails (and probably other kinds), the food is good, and the bar is relatively roomy. Same for Buttermilk Channel, actually.
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Applewood
501 11th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215Char No. 4
196 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Buttermilk Channel
524 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Brookvin
381 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215Thistle Hill Tavern
441 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 -
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missmasala
Oct 21, 2011 12:04 PM
Prime Meats is not in the slope, but I often go there in the late afternoon for drinks and snacks/oysters, since it's near me. I don't drink Martinis, but they make nice cocktails, so they should make a decent martini.
The food (and the oysters) are good, but there is a high faux lumberjack quotient and sometimes the service crosses the line into surly. Also, unless you get there before 6, it might start filling up.Another possibility if you're willing to come to this area is clover club, which is fairly fanatical about it's cocktails and has appy type snacks like deviled eggs. it's expensive, but so is prime meats, tho clover club may be a bit more.
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Clover Club
210 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Prime Meats
465 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 -
Bob Martinez
Oct 21, 2011 10:06 AM
The bar at Fornino would work. The atmosphere is adult without being stuffy although you won't see anywhere near as many faux lumberjacks as you do at Prime Meats. To me, that's a plus. As far as bar snacks go, order simply. The ingredients are good although sometimes the preparation can be faulty.
Just down the street is Blue Ribbon. The atmosphere at the bar is similar although I thought the drinks were on the small size with full sized prices. I haven't eaten there but I've heard nice things.
If I was choosing, I'd go to Fornino.
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Blue Ribbon Brooklyn
280 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215Fornino
256 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
