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Ever since the Queen Mary 2 came to town, Gothamist has found themselves docked in Red Hook every weekend, be the reason birthdays, bike rides, or just Really. Big. Boats. The best reason, however, is Van Brunt Street's Pioneer Bar-B-Q, adjacent to taxidermy-heaven Red Hook Bait & Tackle, and also the self-proclaimed "most comfortable bar and restaurant" in Brooklyn.
Pioneer not only offers a backyard garden sporting long picnic style tables, graffiti-ed walls, and friendly table-service, but also a pool table, local brews, and some damn good brisket. For locals, or those really fond of the B61 bus, Tuesday nights are Scrabble nights where for every 7-letter word you earn a free shot of booze. The menu is broken down into small plates, medium plates, or large plates, which translates into meat, more meat, or even more meat, though the veggie burger, which comes with slabs of avocado and tomato is also a sure bet.
Gothamist's favorites are the pulled pork BBQ and beef brisket sandwiches--hearty hunks of meat that swallow up a soft bun, sometimes, unfortunately, to the point of being soggy. For the biggest of appetites, Smoked St. Louis Pork Ribs, and Pulled BBQ Pork Shoulder will have you grabbin' for napkins, and then there is the ever-reliable Mac and Cheese--Pioneer tops theirs with a chipotle bechamel sauce.
Hearty food, great beer, comfortable garden, Red Hook. Where's the catch? There is just one: slow service. With a single stove-top and lone chef operating the joint, that batch of fries and burger might just take exceedingly long to get to you. To look on the bright side, think of it as Red Hook speed service. And besides, you spent all that time getting all the way out there, may as well stay for a while.
Pioneer Bar is located at 318 Van Brunt Street (@ Pioneer Street), 718-701-2189.
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Red Hook is like the White Man's Ghetto. It is the worst place I've ever been to. In some places it looks like a war torn part of Iraq. and Van Brundt street is like 1988 Delancey street except with less puerto ricans and more mexicans.
OMG you were on delancey in 1988 you are SO COOL.
perhaps worse than the service is the fact that you can no longer get your drugs in the area.
You guys are morons. The best thing about Red Hook is that there is still time before the likes of you show up there.
I can't tell the difference between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. I do know that Camera in the Kitchen never actually has pictures of stuff in the kitchen. As a white man living in the white man's ghetto called America, I demand pictures of stuff in the kitchen!
It's meant to be alliterative, not literal.
Awful service, awful food, and awful atmosphere. 3 Thumbs DOWN!
Wonderful food with tons of choices. My favorites include the salmon cakes, mac n cheese, and tofu bbq. A true gem in Red Hook.
whatever to everything else, who is the hottie hotkins in the accompanying photo?
It's meant to be sarcastic, not an attack. But a new title like, "My Friendly Feelings on Food" would be more alliterative and more literal.
p: How did you know my name?
I think the Hottie Hotkins in the pic is a half-eaten Pioneer Bar-B-Q sandwhich.
Alan Corey shits on the grills.
did someone just call jake "hottie hotkins"? because if so, i just vomited in my mouth.
I think P is secretly Jake and called himself Hottie Hotkins which is pretty pathetic.
I would never go there cause of that guy in the picture...
I would rather jam a knife in my ass and shit blood into my mouth than eat at this dump. Alan Corey needs to serve his tiny balls instead of the shit that comes out of that kitchen.