Gothamist: Brooklyn Drinks: 4th Avenue Pub

brooklynbeer

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:58:01 -0500

What a difference a year makes. Fourth Avenue Pub is the best bar in Brooklyn. Cherry Tree knows it (and so does the loser they got to write this article.)Who is dumbfounded now?

Maria & Claudia

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:37:08 -0500

First of all we`d like to maintain, that the 4th Avenue Pub is a really nice place for conservations in a cozy ambiance. We are originally from Germany and new in New York. We were glad to find a pub with a huge number of beers, also german once. Really to recommend!

herci

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:49:03 -0500

just try the saison dupont and leffe blonde...I'm from Belgium....Leffe is great....saison is even very hard to find over here...cheers

sam

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:35:55 -0500

i stopped in to cherry tavern a few months ago after seeing the borat movie at the BAM. the place felt like a crap college bar...beer funnel and all. the bartender was clueless and we ordered a pizza from the sign posted on the bar (as we were surprised at the cheap price). after a little bit, they brought out the pizza (not much better than the free ones at capones) and we continued to drink. when we closed our tab, she overcharged us for the pizza saying that the pizza we ordered was a large version. we showed her the sign that we pointed to when we ordered and she reluctantly agreed to lower the price. the scotch selection sucked. i will never be at cherry tavern again. good luck to 4th ave pub. only problem for me is if im ever in that corner, im going to walk the extra block to hanks...which is better than all of these newbies.

Ed

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:38:45 -0500

I've been to both places, and they both are good bars in different ways. The 4th Avenue Pub has a great beer selection, and its a good quiet place to have a conversation. The Cherry Tavern is fun, and has a great patio, though its identity is kind of all over the place. With O'Connors, there is the making of a good pub crawl in that area, though as the article implies the 4th Avenue Pub and the Cherry Tavern have such different vibes that it feels strange to go directly from one bar to the other.

Filler'up

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:38:15 -0500

I must say that though I respect anyone's opinion, I think the way you chose to describe 4th Ave was very biased. First of all, what night of the week did you go? Crucial in a review that describes it as being empty. More importantly, you failed to mention that this is a new bar, having opened only 3 months ago. The Cherry Tree is a completely different type of place, and while right now they might have a bigger crowd, what kind of patrons do they attract? You can try to compare places like Blondies on the upper west side to a spot like David Copperfields on the east side, but they're not even in the same realm- same thing here. As a beer-guru I found 4th Ave to be not only incredibly impressive with its selection (the point of drinking) but also the bartender you recognized knows his stuff... really really well. That's refreshing, and something that Park Slope doesn't really have- most places don't have for that matter. Yes, aesthetically 4th Ave is obviously still in it's building stages I'll give you that, but even talking to the bartender he'll tell you that the owners are developing the decorative ideas. I see this place gaining popularity, especially when it starts changing seasons... at the very least, it's worth trying out.

ganesh

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:02:15 -0500

the cherry tree has that great patio for when it's nice outside, but their indoor seating is pathetic. one way for 4th ave. pub to compete is by having decent indoor seating.