One Stop Beer Shop: Growlers, Beer Cocktails, And Grub In Williamsburg

And here we have One Stop Beer Shop, a casual new bar/growler shop that just opened on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. (Greenburg?) If you prefer to be by yourself, you can get your beer to go in one of their customized 64 ounce growlers, choosing from their nice selection of 15 draft beers—which includes a non-alcoholic kombucha from Brooklyn Kombucha—as well as Van Steenberge (Belgium), Sly Fox (Pennsylvania), and Dogfish Head (Delaware). Or pull up a chair and broaden your choices from their menu of 100 beers, or if you really want to go crazy try one of their special beer cocktails.

The food menu, which, in keeping with local Williamsburg zoning codes, is made with ingredients sourced from local purveyors, includes such options as BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, grilled cheese with the option of ham, tomatoes and a dash of truffle oil, as well as seasonal soups. Cocktails cost $9, and the menu features concoctions like the "Orange You Glad?" made with muddled citrus, orange juice, agave syrup and moonshine with a splash of light beer. There's also a promising Michelada made with Brooklyn Lager, lime, sriracha, tomato juice, and "moonshine." The Sinfully Original is a sweet fruity tea infused vodka with Original Sin cider over ice.

A new growler will set you back $4, with refills costing between $10-$16 depending on the brews. And we're told One Stop uses "cutting edge technology to preserve the longevity of the beers' carbonation," which should be a hit with the beer-swilling Jabba the Hut demographic.

134 Kingsland Avenue, (718) 599-0128

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By John Del Signore in Food on January 5, 2012 4:46 PM

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torchTheMall

haters gonna hate

http://i.imgur.com/1bZBD.jpg

Dan Young

as a local, we call it greenburg. sorry.

also, this bar fucking sucks a dick. we went there on new year's, and it was literally one of the most boring places i've ever been. they had 5 people working for no reason and continually tried to force table service on us when all we wanted to do was go up and get a drink like regular people in a regular bar in our regular neighbourhood.
also, hipsters go home.

FutureMan

Forgotten NY calls that area "Williamspoint", which I like much better than Greenburg.

dogbertt

Hope the owner doesn't end up on fire in Pennsylvania.

joeyrobots

This dump is next to the projects, far as fuck from any subway, and near nothing. The last business here went under for the same reason. Somebody has too much money and no business saavy. Especially such a dull concept

pendejito

"Somebody has too much money and no business saavy."

Couldn't agree with you more.

Joey__Blow

you Brookies should all go to BierKraft at 191 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (718) 230-7600 ‎ · bierkraft.com

they have 200+ bottle and 15 special taps .. and of course growlers and sandwiches. (without the fancy bar though..)

ktinnyc

Could someone at Gothamist tell me if these big profiles on restaurants are paid placement?

beardobees

Looks more likely that Gothamist does its courting over here:

http://gothamist.com/2012/01/0...

John_Del_Signore

Just to make sure I understand you correctly, you're asking if
every one of these posts about a new restaurant or bar in the food section is actually undisclosed paid advertising? Do you troll the comments of NY Mag, the Times, Eater, The Village Voice, Time Out, and Metromix asking them the same question?

ktinnyc

To answer your questions, yes, that is exactly what I'm asking. Are all the posts tagged "new restaurant and bar radar" undisclosed advertisement? And secondly no, I do not troll the comments of Eater, The Village Voice, Time Out and Metromix asking the same question because I don't spend any time on those sites and I haven't seen any thing like this on the NY Times or NY Magazine sites.

So now that I've answered your questions could you answer mine? It's pretty simple; are these posts paid for or are they not?

John_Del_Signore

The answer is obviously no. And if you haven't seen photo features on new restaurants on NY Magazine's dining site, you haven't been looking. Part of our food coverage is reporting on new establishments.

nunyadamn

Sorry but why do you think it is obviously no? The other sites you mention usually provide a balanced look at a new restaurant. Meaning, yes they make negative remarks about things. Gothamist just salivates all over new restaurants so it does look like you are shilling for them.

ktinnyc

Exactly, It's like what Josh Ozersky does when he writes nothing but glowing articles about the businesses he features. His claim is that he is not a reviewer but an advocate for what he likes but then we find out that Ozersky gets little perks, like having all his favorites cater his wedding. There is nothing "obvious" about these things.

John_Del_Signore

I don't see Grub Street or Eater going negative when they send a photographer to feature a brand new restaurant in the first couple weeks of opening. That coverage, like ours, is pretty straightforward -- especially when a place has been open mere days. But occasionally, if we've visited a new place in person and it rubs us the wrong way, we don't hold back. For example: http://gothamist.com/2011/11/2...

Dennis sinneD

I'm sorry but the NY Times gets made to eat pure radioactive shit for their coverage of Williamsburg, so your answer to a perfectly legitimate question by passing it off on whether or not other venues get heat for the same nonsense is pure escapism.

Dennis sinneD

I don't know about those other venues, because there's only so much past gentrification frontier I can get without nausea, but many media venues and blogs in North Brooklyn are also subjected to vigorous debate about their relationship with Real Estate. The irony of responding to you is that one must defend THEM, of all things.

nunyadamn

I disagree with your opinion on Eater & Grub Street but not going to argue that point with you as you don't have control of those websites.. Just saying at least two of us have now mentioned to you that Gothamist comes across as shilling. Either you can take that as constructive criticism or ignore it.

John_Del_Signore

Ignoring with zeal. But I'd love to see some citation of Grub Street or Eater sending Melissa Hom or Daniel Krieger to shoot a brand NEW restaurant, and then trashing it in that first feature.

nunyadamn

Your focus on other websites makes me doubt your sincerity about not being paid.

John_Del_Signore

I just don't see what's so unusual about assigning a photographer to inform readers about a new place to eat or drink. We've done a LOT of these posts, and I think a normal person would look at this one and say, 'Thanks, I'll check it out,' or 'No, not for me.' But fine, you caught me: I'm secretly financing a deluxe extension on my apartment with all the payola I get from places like One Stop Beer Shop. I regret not disclosing that in this post, but I'll invite you to the housewarming party!

nunyadamn

Nothing for a blog that is just full of opinion. That's what I don't get are you guys a blog or real journalist? Cause you seem to change with the wind. I'm just telling you I don't read the restaurant reviews and didn't read this one because they read as an ad with no objective coverage. And that is totally cool if that is what you are looking to write. I was just hoping for more objectiveness.

You should TOTALLY invite me to your housewarming cause I give the best gifts.

Jeromino

Dude, I think some of you are confusing a "new bar/restaurant feature" with a review. Reviews are meant to be an honest and complete-as-possible assessment of an establishment's strengths and weaknesses. A feature on a new bar or restaurant is not about dispassionately analyzing the establishment's qualities so much as laying out a tentatively positive inventory of what it has to offer. People are looking for new places to go and - without going so far as to endorse the place (as a positive review would do) - a feature seeks to make the reader aware of the establishment's existence and tell enough about it to let people form an opinion on whether or not they are interested in such an establishment. All your suspicions and criticisms are way off-base.

smalll

And why are so, so many of them in Williamsburg? There are a lot more neighborhoods in this city, even in Brooklyn.

I'm starting to suspect that a huge number of Gothamist's posts are simply trolling for hipster hate -- which, don't get me wrong, I'm more than willing to do my part to provide, but yet and still --

"a non-alcoholic kombucha from Brooklyn Kombucha"

"beer cocktails"

"The food ... is made with ingredients sourced from local purveyors" -- interesting weasel-wordage, that -- it doesn't mean that the food is somehow locally-grown, only that their pulled pork and whatnot, which can come from anywhere, is sold to them by "Brooklyn-based" purveyors - in other words, hipster middlemen.

Oh, and don't forget the "grilled cheese with the option of ... a dash of truffle oil."

Grilled cheese. No Mac-n-cheese? No Rice Crispy Treats for dessert? No Sunny-D cocktails? No artisanally hand-made Fruit Rollups? Stop trolling for my hate, Gothamist! (Oh, and Hipsters go home!) ,

nunyadamn

Truffle oil is bullshit.

jisnotused

that pulled pork sandwich looks like my dog jizzed on his food then someone put buns on it.

ganghiscon

Really, a perfectly good beer mixed with rubbing alcohol and tomato juice sounds "promising" to you?

NurseRachet

I'm gonna assume the moonshine they're mentioning is the the unaged corn whiskey called "original moonshine" and it's really delicious. I could be wrong though. Their website doesn't appear to have a menu on it.