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Sharlene's
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Category: Bars
353 Flatbush AveBrooklyn, NY 11238
(347) 350-8225
Great Place to Throw a Party!
Sharlene's is a great place for parties. Just let us know how we can help you throw a great fundraiser, holiday, or birthday, party.
Announced 5 days ago- Nearest Transit:
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7th Ave (Q, B)
Grand Army Plaza (2, 3)
- Hours:
Mon-Sun. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m.
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
9 reviews for Sharlene's
I love this bar! The peeps are great and the bar is chill. Great music in the box, not too loud not too soft. You dont leave with a sore throat from screaming like in most places and it's not (yet) full of lame-a$$ hipsters! This isnt the kind of place you want to go if you are dead inside and constantly need to be surrounded by hordes of screaming people and deafening music. This is a neighborhood bar, a nice place to have a drink, chat with some friends, and relax. There arent enough of these places anymore.
Would be the best place on the planet if there were a Buck Hunt game and a photo booth...but I guess that would just attract more hipsters ;)
Wow - i seem to be the only one to buck the trend on this and that makes me wonder if its not you its me or something but i have to put this out there anyway.
I have gone in here a few different times and was thrilled to find that they had cider on tap....the first time there were two bartenders and one was fine, not overly friendly but amiable, but the other (some Asian guy) was a full on A55H073. I was alone, just stopping to see how the place is so i made small talk with the fisrt bartender with the standard banter.
The second one, i asked a simple question about the obscure football (real, not American) jersey he was wearing. I asked what team it was (yes i know all the major teams and their colors, but this was bright green black and orange. so i asked "what team is that?" he looked at me with annoyance, pointed to the tiny crest on his chest (halfway down the bar) and said "it says it right here" Dic*
I went back twice after this and the same thing transpired. At one point i was even getting on well with the bartender on first shift and this ray-of-sunshine jerk comes in and proceeds to ignore me except to throw my drinks at me until i left with a sudden and mysterious gastronomical EMERGENCY just as though someone put saline (visine) in my drink....
Never going back
The Friday happy hour is great!! Free food, $3 tap beer and great folks!!!!
A blue-collar drinking bar, with a good jukebox and cheap beer. It's location on Flatbush keeps it just seedy enough to scare-off the Park Slope Parents Association and ladies who choose to breast feed in bars. Yet, it's not seedy at all. Nor is it a hipster den. Just a good solid bar, with friendly bartenders.
What an awesome jem just about 5 blocks from Prospect park. Great booths and dark atmosphere, awesome juke box and Southern twinged drinks. A bit out of the way if you're not from around these parts but great for groups. They also have board games you can take out!
The best parts of Commonwealth have moved over to Sharlene's*... which is to say, this is Sharlene's bar. Aptly titled, right? Soft opening was last night (5/7/09) and in her own words it was "like an episode of 'It's Your Life'!" (Sort of like Cheers, too, since everyone knows her name.)
The bar is huge and has great mood lighting, but not so dark you don't know who you're talking to. Juke-box in the back seemed to have a good array of songs, but I've yet to parse its contents. There are a bunch of tables in the back as well as an extra counter parallel to the bar in the front and a few choice window-bar seats.
Drinks are well-mixed and affordable. Behind the bar is a massive mirror that allows you to spy on the attractive people behind you as well as check your bangs/hair (and, okay fine, make the room look even bigger).
The only reason I'd want to take a half-star away would be because it's no longer a block from my house!
* This is not to say Commonwealth is closed, as it's not. But you know... I'll play favorites every now and then.
Sharlene, and by extension Sharlene's Bar are both great. She makes a killer drink, the prices are right and the atmosphere is dim and large without feeling big. Nice really long bar and a jukebox that definitely rivals commonwealths. Really great crowd as well.
A lovely, clean, classic, dark bar that has stolen my heart. So happy to have Sharlene's in the neighborhood and can't wait to make it a regular part of my week.
Great spot. Excellent location over the 7th ave station. Plenty of table space and great bartenders. Reasonable prices also help make it a quality place to chill out and grab a beer.
