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Clinton-Washington Aves (C)
7th Ave (Q, B)
Grand Army Plaza (2, 3)
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I like burlesque. I like deviled eggs.
But most of all, I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch scotch.
Very cool spot to chill, with a makeshift DJ spouting off tunes and rocking along at the end of the bar, to the red glow of the bar, the booths, the everything. From the outside, I'm thinking, it's frickin' freezing out but I gotta get inside. And I'm thinking, what kind of debauchery is in here? And then I see that it's not that crowded and would be great for a couple of friends. And then there's a note saying you can dance if you want to. And then I realize that picking Vanderbilt as a street to spend the night rolling around in is a good idea.
Cool beer selection is tempered by the higher prices, but with 10 percent alcohol level on a vanilla toasted porter, I'll do it for 7 clams. Because I was done after one.
You can't really see inside because they give a little air of mystery by setting curtains, but there are hemisphere booths to the left, a bathroom, a saucy back area (or just a saucy back) and a bar that is designed and lit like you should be in trouble or were in trouble about 5 minutes ago and you stink like sex. Two staff members were yucking it up with friends at the end, and our bartender was incredibly nice, a tall, thin man with a mohawk I think.
The patrons were lively but not abrasive, and like I said, the DJ was kicking out the hardcore punk with the oldies soul. Just the way music is intended.
Don't come here expecting naked chicks. This is more burlesque/go-go dancing in a tiny black-box theater. The music was great, and I really wished there was more of a dancefloor for patrons, because the music was really fun (80's/ alternative, like the late ManRay in Cambridge on Saturdays). The musical highlight for me here was hearing the 12" mix of "Planet Earth."
What I was surprised about was the food menu and bar selections. I had the burger on flatbread, which was bigger than a slider but smaller than a pub burger ($3.50). Excellent! My friends split the amazing tasting massive grilled cheese on big fluffy bread, like a brioche or Texas toast. The beer menu is impressive, with Delerium on tap and Hitachino Nest Ale Espresso Stout cold out of the fridge. The bartenders treated our group (of mostly girls) right, and we this was a fun last stop before heading home.
All burlesque bars ought to smell this much like fried chicken (yum).
The line for the bathroom stretched almost to the front of the bar, so it must have been pretty rad. I was nearly obliterated by the time I got here, so I should probably write another review when I'm in better shape to remember it.
This place is closed now. It's going to be a Mexican joint soon...
Friday night - not too shabby. Had I known Weather up would be filled with tight-ass bartenders, I'd have stayed here. Though the interior at Weather Up is better, service and clientele at Barrette were much nicer. I ordered some sort of gin drink. It was enough to make me blush.
Also, cash only.
This place RULES from the great beers on tap to the awesome origins of hip-hop 70s funk dj mix to the diverse crowds. Throw in group-friendly booths, a burlesque dancer, and super d-lish late night grilled cheese and you have yourself all the ingredients to a fantastic evening....
If you plan to also hit up "Weather Up" semi-next door as many do, I would get 1-2 drinks at WU and THEN spend the rest of your evening here. This is the kind of bar that makes Brooklyn great and worth the hike [and in our case, the 25 min subway delay at Hoyt-Schermerhorn - wtf?!]
I have to admit we were lured here by the possibility of a burlesque show, but we arrived and I guess they had either already performed or there was not any dancing that night. That said, I still enjoyed the place. The decor is pretty much exactly how I would design a bar: black tile and red lighting. I want to make it back for a show now.
Such a welcome addition to the neighborhood! Soda Bar and Tavern on Dean are sort of lame, and Beast is more of a restaurant than a bar. This place has pretty much everything: an awesome beer selection (not quite up to the Gate or 4AP level, but still), specialty cocktails, cheapo beer and shot specials, good bar food, great music, a fun atmosphere, and a cute mixed crowd.
My new spot! Yea!!
This place is amazing, if a little overcrowded on the weekends.
A cool atmosphere and great bar, a sexing crowd and amazing DJs make it a really fun place to wind down after a long week. The slightly un-attractive dancers actually glow with joy in what they are doing. go for the music and stay for the people watching.
I frequent this bar often and sometimes the crowd can be hit or miss. The music is usually killer so when you get a good crowd it makes for a nice evening. The dancers aren't really the best but sometimes you might get one that knows what she's doing. They are particularly good at their cocktails, Zeem is the best bartender there. It's hard to not order food while you're there. I highly recommend the grilled cheese, chicken sandwich, and the portabello sandwich.
Barrette is dangerously wonderful. I love the cozy booths and banquettes and the whorehouse red-fringed lighting. The grilled cheese (with bacon, my friends, always with bacon!) and the mini (but not too mini) cheeseburger were both insanely satisfying. And the music was superb - 60s girl group segueing later in the evening to late 80s Janet Jackson/Paula Abdul. I would be here every day if I lived in brooklyn.
The nicest bartenders on the block. I live down the street and this is the bar I always hit first. I think the music can be a hit or miss, but at the end of the month the guest dj comes in with the best soul/funk music to get everyone dancing. And the space is just small enough, so if you want to dance it's not a big deal.
I had one of the best portobello burgers ever at Barrette. I came here with some friends to get some food before getting fancy drinks at Weather Up. At first I was disappointed by what seemed like a pretty limited bar menu but I was surprised by how good the food and drinks were. Also, the staff was really nice and helpful and there were some pretty good beers on tap. Overall Barrette is a good place that I will definitely be going back to the next time I'm in the neighborhood.
This place is awesome! Its always entertaining and one of the best dive bars in the neighborhood. I mean come on, burlesque dancers almost every night, affordable drinks, and good music = WIN
A comfortable bar. The booths are perfect for snuggling and it's quiet enough to actually hear your date talk, but loud enough that they have to get a little close. And the red lights. Very sexy.
I ordered a glass of wine and the bartender gave me a generous glass. Then he told me to make sure I liked it, because the bottle was open when he got in and he wasn't sure how long it had been there. The wine had turned, and he gladly poured me a second glass from a fresh bottle. I appreciate that.
ahhh lush red booths and red fringe welcome patrons to the warm cozy confines of barrette. it was suppose to be the inauguration of highlifef mondays, but no highlife on tap. i was ready to get trashy. sigh! i had a guinness instead. also, i admired the shots wheel. the music was a good mesh of motown and hip hop goodness until it got too loud to hold a comfortable convo.
i'll be back to check out the cocktail fare and eats.
i was a little disappointed that the beer was pricier than advertised. i heard it was cheap, but a guinness for $7 is not.
This bar is a fun place to hang out, either during a quieter happy hour or a packed weekend night. They do nice 2-for-1 specials during happy hour, and have yummy snacks and special drinks. Also, the burlesque shows are super fun for boys and girls alike.
i have to say.. i am liking this little gem on vanderbilt. 2 things: it's something different from the wafting fried food scent that comes out of soda AND it's burlesque! fun for the whole family!
best drink in the house is certainly the "BATON".
muddled fresh rosemary in icy cold gin.
delicious town. i mean it.
i like this little place! the bartenders are friendly (instead of throwing off the typical "haughty-too-good-for-this" vibe); the dancers are fun to watch and clearly enjoying themselves (and talented--the one i saw last night was dancing en pointe); the drinks are strong enough but not ridiculous. the volume of the music makes it a little hard to have a real conversation, but there's enough people-watching available that this isn't a huge deal.
This bar came as a complete shock to me. We were in this neighborhood to check out Weather Up, but after it started getting to crowded with a-holes, we headed to this place because of the tiki-style patio furniture. Upon entry, our mouths dropped. The place is decorated in a 30s-40s speakeasy lounge, and there was this awesome band with two cute girls playing WWII-era hawaiian style music. Rad! The bartenders were putting on some sort of crazy production of original cocktails with flying bottles and fire, but not in the cheesy Vegas way. They were dressed better than anyone in the entire bar(suits, vests, I think i even saw an ascot). It was part freak-show, part class, all amazing. Prices were normal, food was cheap, I was happy. We've been going back almost every weekend, but I rarely see the bartenders from that night, i think they must work during the week, but every bartender there is great. Highly recommended.
in a neighborhood where almost every bar is mediocre, one that stays open until legal closing hour, has buy-one-get-one-free from 2am until 4am, and sells $3 tall boys of bud is a find. it sort of operates under the one-eyed man is king in the vanderbilt vassal of the blind theory.
it'll be interesting to see if it evolves into a worthless-ass park slope-style bar or becomes something more habitable, but at least late night weekdays are unlikely to be populated by the double-decker stroller constituency anytime in the foreseeable future.
neither the music nor the friday night burlesque shows are particularly enchanting -- and if you waddle in for the latter, you might as well cradle that erection and make a beeline for the strip joints in sunset park where migrant workerz heave their hard-earned apple orchard money at underage venezuelan damsels.
i've been debating whether i genuinely like this place, or if i just had one really great night there. my first experience with barrette was kind of, eh, so-so-- a friend and i had heard they had fun house cocktails and decided to check it out. the aforementioned cocktails were okay--strong, to be sure, and ambitious in their mixing, but not quite as tasty delicious as what you'd find at some other brooklyn establishments. but a return visit was a blast-- the key, i think, is to keep it simple with the orders and score a booth, where you can either people watch or get cozy with your sweetie (or some random you met that night). it also helps if you've gone on a burlesque night--stellar show.
I love this place....it is the most ironicly risquee, quirky, twisted concoction of people drinking and doing all things "classy" and "trailer park" combined I've seen in Brooklyn around deez paarts (as their menu totes)... people get really trashed here, and women are known to start taking off their tops on Saturday nights after the Burlesque dancing is finished. I always come here with guys....whether I'm dating them or we're just friends, it never ends up being upsetting, seedy, or macho, or annoying in the way you'd expect knowing that toplessness is often involved. There are def. lines being done in the bathroom and people randomly stumbling home with someone they met here just before blacking-out, while there are also deep intellectual conversations about Nietzsche being had just next to that....all while some A-cup chic swirls her tassles on stage. It's a small space though...kind of an intimate setting. I'm way into the quirky, I a big appreciator of this place showing up. They only take cash but there is bar food, and it's pretty good.
Is this place still in business?
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