![]() Plush leather banquettes set against exposed brick walls, with distressed wood paneling, set the scene at Battersby for lingering with friends or loved ones over interesting, contemporary food and a bottle or two of wine. Brunch here is an delightful affair with a special menu of fantastic daytime cocktails-of course Bloody Marys, but also Collins and Fizzes, Sours, uber-sophisticated variations on the Mimosa, and more to keep you saucing long into the afternoon. Food is satisfying and New American, ranging from oysters to salads to steak tartare to a scrumptious lamb burger. If you’re not feeling cocktail-y, there’s beer and wine, and an especially good selection of sparkling wines and Champagne. All cocktails here are mercifully under $15, despite the bar’s renown. To experience the cutting edge approach here, opt for the Eastward-leaning Kafka on the Shore, featuring the Indonesian sugarcane spirit Batavia Arrack, shitake-infused Japanese whiskey, Cardamaro, Carpano Antica, and crème de cacao. You could have the most perfect Sazerac of your life here, prepared by an expert bartender wearing a smart vest, or try one of seven variations on an Old Fashioned. One of the iconic bars of the mixology movement, this is a well-established, award-winning destination cocktail bar. And uniquely, 61 Local offers low-ABV soft cocktails, as well as house-made ginger ale and local kombucha, so you can invite your friends who are “cleansing.” 61 Local also hosts a free monthly comedy-music show called “Politics and Pints.” Boat Bar ![]() Although 61 Local is an excellent spot to gather some boozehounds, it’s also not too loud and totally decent for a date or hanging with just one friend at the long wooden bar. There are larger plates, too-mac ‘n cheese, and a wild mushroom and lentil shepherd’s pie. ![]() Order up some charcuterie and cheese board, throw in some smoked almonds, marinated olives, and Brooklyn Brine pickles and you’ve got a spread. The 30-beer draught list is always changing, and the wine program emphasizes interesting local (hence the bar’s name) producers like Brooklyn’s own Red Hook Winery and Brooklyn Oenology. This is a reliably good bar where you can stroll in with half your department and find a place to stand with a draught beer in your hand and make conversation. Sometimes the age of a place is a feeling, not a function. All this is well and good, but it’s the history that makes this bar special, some sort of spirit hangs thick in the air, almost like a noise, like the clattering of empty steins past. There’s three German beers on tap, along with standard bottom shelf brews like Coors Light and Budweiser, a jukebox lurks in the corner and the food menu contains German classics like spaetzle, wursts, and big, fluffy pretzels. It’s got a long walnut bar in the center, and a mix of round, dinner-table style and taller tables scattered throughout. ![]() All this to say, Gottscheer Hall is a bar with a long memory, and an even longer pedigree, and you can feel both of these things when you enter the bar, which turns 92 years old this year. The German-speaking region is located in modern-day Slovenia, but the chaos of both world wars led to the vast majority of Gottscheer people to emigrate to America, specifically New York. ![]() Gottschee is a region of Europe so old it precedes nation states, and so distinctive that its culture has outlasted the many border and naming changes. ![]()
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