Gowanus and Red Hook do not always make the date-night shortlist, but they should. From a Red Hook saloon that has been pouring since the 1890s to a seafood destination on the water, the neighborhood rewards the extra subway stop.
Gowanus + Red Hook · 24 Reed St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
If you want full seafood chaos with a view, this is your destination. Think open-air crab boils, buckets of snow crab claws and peel-n’-eat shrimp, raw oysters, and lobster rolls. Seafood gods might approve. The rooms a…
Gowanus + Red Hook · 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
If you treat Public Records like just a bar, you’re missing the point. It’s a whole mini-campus built for sound. Start upstairs with a drink in near-silence, then drift into the Sound Room where the system is so dialed …
Gowanus + Red Hook · 329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
This spot feels like it’s been holding down the corner forever. Dark wood bar, worn banquettes, low lights, and a jukebox that makes everything sound better after a whiskey or two. The burger is the star (thick, perfect…
Gowanus + Red Hook · 253 Conover St, Brooklyn, NY 11231, USA
A Red Hook saloon operating in one form or another since the 1890s, with knickknacks covering every surface and live bluegrass, folk, and blues most weekends. The Conover Street address puts it deep into the neighborhoo…
Gowanus + Red Hook · 406 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA
A Gowanus bar where the cocktail list is tight (negronis, paper planes, the essentials) and the toasted cheese sandwiches in the kitchen have given the whole room a perpetual fondue-adjacent smell that reviewers either …
Gowanus + Red Hook · 256 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
A backyard bar that feels like a slightly chaotic summer party someone forgot to shut down. Picnic tables, string lights, and a rotating cast of dogs and groups that keep merging as the night goes on. It’s casual to the…
Gowanus + Red Hook · 391 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Red Hook’s version of “come for the neighborhood, stay for the food you’re not expecting.” Once a Korean-inflected comfort spot, it’s resurrected as a pub that still flirts with kimchi rice, dumplings, and a Korean chee…