From the Manhattan Bridge shadow to Fulton Avenue, DUMBO and Fort Greene share more than a zip code. Grand Army, Endswell, 68 Jay, The River Cafe — these are the bars where Brooklyn regulars actually go.
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 336 State St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
A Boerum Hill gem that feels like your smartest friend’s living-room cocktail den—tiny, lively, and humming with people debating oysters like it’s a competitive sport. The drinks are sharp without showing off, the seafo…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A DUMBO bar that feels like it was built for post-work drinks that accidentally turn into a full night. Big windows, industrial bones, and a crowd that starts buttoned-up and gets progressively looser as the rounds stac…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 773 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
A DUMBO bar that leans just polished enough to justify a cocktail, but relaxed enough that you’ll end up staying for another without thinking twice. The room fills with a mix of after-work decompression and low-stakes d…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 228 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA
A former takeaway counter on a quiet Fort Greene corner has been transformed into an intimate dining room with brass accents, a marble wine display, and just eight tables. The menu makes simple things extraordinary, fro…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 266 Adelphi St, Brooklyn, NY 11205
A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Fort Greene hideaway where the door looks fake, the lighting is conspiratorial, and the cocktails taste like someone snuck a proper speakeasy into a brownstone parlor. It’s tiny, wood-paneled,…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 1 Water St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
A Michelin-starred fine dining room beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Manhattan skyline over the water. The seasonal New American menu features dishes like Pacific blue shrimp over w…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 166 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
A wood-paneled Fort Greene dining room on DeKalb running a menu that spans half-priced oysters at happy hour through flat iron steak with salsa verde at dinner. Brunch on weekends brings fried chicken and Belgian waffle…
DUMBO + Ft Greene · 733 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Homemade German regional cooking on Fulton Street — schnitzel pounded thin with a craggly crust, bratwurst in a fresh pretzel bun, housemade spätzle that runs long and almost spaghetti-like. The German draft beer list i…