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After spending a few hours sipping brews at the Brooklyn Brewery, you might get hungry. Mug's is a great alternative to ordering pizza to the brewery.

They have a ton of beer options and the food is great as well. I liked it because it fit in with the crowd you would find at the brewery. There's nothing wrong with the fine citizens of Williamsburg, but you don't find a lot of the same ironic t-shirts worn by multiple people. It's a no-frills burger & beer joint. The prices are fair as well.

Overall, I really like Mug's where it is. It's a great spot before or after drinking beverages at the great brewery!

With places like Wicked Cheesy Pizza, I'm shocked that Domino's and other chain pizza joints are able to exist. Wicked Cheesy Pizza was delicious, fresh, and arrived in a timely manner. What else do you really need? Domino's and the other big boy companies can't hang with the local deliciousness of Wicked Cheesy Pizza!

I had Busch for the first time in about 7 years, thanks to the Rusty Knot. It was served in a plastic red colored cup, similar to what you might've drank out of in a high school or college cafeteria.

The wood paneling makes it look like you're in a furnished basement circa 1972, and once inside you realize this space is really tiny.  It's not a bad place, but it's location is..which is something a number of places in this area suffer from.

I wouldn't likely suggest this place to someone visiting the city, but knowing it exists is good in case you're in the area early and want to have a meeting spot.

I used to stumble into 'Pete's Pub' after a night in the North End feasting on fine Italian cuisine. I recently made my way to the bar that has replaced Petes, Durty Nelly's. I was happy to find out that Nelly's is very much the same as Pete's. They spruced the place up a bit, but the first floor bar is still a cozy(ie small) place to have a bunch of pints with friends and strangers alike.

It seems to remain a hidden gem located just one block away from the strip of bars that overflow with people near the Haymarket Orange Line T Stop. That's fine by me. I'll keep Nelly's in mind during future trips to the North End.

I don't go  to the meatpacking district too often. In fact, I only go when someone's having a birthday party in that area. When  I first arrived around 11pm, there was already a giant line. It went fairly quickly, but the doorman was firm with his 1-in-1-out policy. While this was annoying when sitting in line freezing my arse off, it was appreciated when we got in and the place was sufficiently packed but not to the point that you couldn't get to the bar. The bartenders were quick with a drink, which also is a great thing. I drank $5 High Lifes because I don't like paying more than 5 or 6 bucks if I can avoid it.

This place was a sex club back in the day. That nugget of information made my night a lot better. Then I met someone who claimed to have frequented the place when it was a sex club! Ha! It was awesome. I also saw a man wearing a full length fur coat with a hood. That was also fantastic.

The music was decent, though the DJ seemed to arbitrarily cut some songs short and remix others. The night I was there, someone from The Hills was there. I don't watch The Hills, so I couldn't figure out who it was. I don't even know what the premise of the show is.  I never saw them myself..but I looked. Apparently they were wearing pajamas to the 675 Bar.

A long story short, this place is a good option for a big crowd on a birthday night out. Relatively cheap beer that is easily accessible, and room to sit or dance like an idiot without knocking someone over.

I was with a group of friends planning on enjoying the taps of the Brooklyn Brewery on a Saturday when we came to realize that Williamsburg had discovered(at least on this particular Saturday) the greatness that is the Brooklyn Brewery. Our plan was dashed, as the place was overflowing.

Luckily, someone mentioned the bowling alley was nearby. I didn't realize that Brooklyn Bowl shares the block with the Brewery! Around the corner! It was going to be great.

However, we went into Brooklyn Bowl around 4:30PM, and were told it would be a 3 hour wait to get a lane. 3 Hours! An already disheartening trip to the area seemed to only get worse. However, we decided to head to the bar and wait for a few more friends that were going to meet up with us.

Saddling up to the bar, things started looking up. They had Brooklyn beer on tap. All Brooklyn! Brooklyn Brewery, Kelso, and Sixpoint. It was a good sign. Then we had some appetizers. I had no idea that the best wings in Brooklyn were at Brooklyn Bowl. More appetizers, more beers, more friends, and suddenly it's 3 hours later and we've been given a lane for bowling.

Final bowling scores aside, it was awesome. Pitchers of beer, and a soundtrack provided by the live entertainment located behind the rows of bowling lanes made for a great night. We left around the time the club scene started at Brooklyn Bowl, and that was all right by me.

It was a great early evening/night option when drinking and bowling with friends is what you're looking for. It's not really cheap, but it *was* really fun.

If it wasn't around Thanksgiving, I probably would have had trouble remembering the name of this place. That happens when you spend a good 5 or 6 hours at the brewery nearby and stop here on your way to the subway. Cheap High Lifes are a big change from locally brewed beers, but a good segue nonetheless.

Perhaps it was the group I was with, perhaps it was crowd in the Turkey Nest, perhaps it was the few gallons of good beer already ingested, and maybe it was equal parts of all three, I had a lot of fun here. There's a good chance I'll end here again for a pint or two on the way to the subway after another trip to the brewery.

This is a good option for a few drinks on a weeknight. I'm not sure about weekends, but my time here on a weeknight was all right. It's a 'ale house' in name only, but they have big enough big beer selection that everyone can find their flavor. The Guinness was a good pour here, and that's all I really was looking for, anyway.

Stopped in here after seeing a movie nearby to have a few pints. We spent much of our time trying to determine how old Shoolbred's was. Ultimately we determined it's not as old as it appears, but they did a great job making it look like an old European pub.

We happened to stop in at the very end of their happy hour, and the bartender gave us the buy-back token anyway(didn't even realize it was happy hour until we left and saw the sign!). It wasn't crowded on a weekday night, and we were able to grab a table before long. It was a solid place to have a few drinks to discuss the movie we just saw and watch the few dogs in the bar try to hump each other.

I'm not sure if their music was jukebox or the bartender's playing with their itunes, but it was awesome. It was rock/pop but not the typical top 40.

The front of Shoolbred's has frosted windows. For those who won't go into a place that you can't see into, trust me, it's worth the gamble!

I wonder how many people have gone here, spent the entire night, and then found themselves having a hard time remembering exactly what the name of the place was. Shoolbred's? Schoolbred's? SchoolBreed's? ShoolBreed's?

On my way back to NYC after a turkey filled, carb loaded visit to Boston, it only made sense to seek out delicious food at Home  on 8th to finish off the weekend.

I found Home on 8th through Yelp. It was the only real option in the area where the buses dropped us off, and this place is a hidden gem.  The place smelled awesome and the food was fantastic.

I had the peking bun appetizer because yelpers suggested it, and it was great. As was the noodle soup and the beef with broccoli. I'll definitely head back here when the hunger pangs start after getting off the bus. It's worth mentioning that they have an entire vegetarian menu, so it's fun for the whole group.