The Cortelyou Road Bar Crawl -Thu Jul 22, 9 pm – 12 am

[daniella]

The Cortelyou Road Bar Crawl - presented by newyork2nightThu Jul 22, 9 pm – 12 am

Is any one going to this? I just read the details. Here is the description belwo. Looks like fun.

The vibrant hub of a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, Cortelyou Road's diverse array of restaurants, cafes, shops, and watering holes inject a big city vibe into an otherwise suburban neighborhood. This Thursday night from 9-12, we invite all of you to join us for a Cortelyou Road Bar Crawl: 5 bars, four patios, two juke boxes, and one drum circle. The bars, in the order we'll be hitting them, are listed below.

1.) Vox Pop Cafe: During the day, the Vox's sidewalk patio and college-dorm chic interior are filled with haggard freelancers, macbooks, half-eaten vegan brownies, and generous mugs of Stumptown. Come nightfall, the community-owned cafe turns into an eclectic wine bar/concert venue/cultural center, and the atmosphere livens considerably. Events, which range from live avant-garde pop and jazz jam sessions to movie nights and block parties, are free (with a suggested $5 donation), so go ahead and order that $6 Dogfish Head 90 IPA, or better yet a $12, 24 oz Growler.

1022 Cortelyou Road, 718-940-2084, www.voxpopcafe.com

2.) The Farm on Adderley: The Farm on Adderley is not a farm, and it isn't on Adderley. The name comes from a South African expression for "long shot," but, four years in, it's hard to imagine this Ditmas Park mainstay ever failing. Cocktails are either originals or creative takes on old favorites--the "Snake Lore," with white tequila, burdock soda, elderflower liquor, and lime, is particularly zingy and fizzy, perfect for summer. Recently, the bar keeps have been experimenting with house-steeped flavored vodkas; there's also a full wine and beer menu, a cheese plate with offerings from Jasper Hill and Old Chatham Sheephearding Co, and an airy wood-deck patio.

1108 Cortelyou Road, 718-287-3101, thefarmonadderley.com

3.) Sycamore Bar & Flower Shop: We've downed more Pabst+shot of Jack than we'd like to admit, and the thought of beer+cupcakes has always made us queasy, but beer+bouquet? That's a combo we can get behind. Owned by the folks who run the lovely Farm on Adderly, the Sycamore is probably the city's only bar that doubles as a flower shop. Certainly, it's the only bar-cum-flower shop that specializes in American bourbons, with offerings like Kentucky's Buffalo Trace and the Hudson Valley’s Tuthilltown Baby. Extras like basement concerts, board games, and pig roasts add to Sycamore's indie, ad-hoc appeal, but it's the backyard beer garden--a leafy green space, thanks to a few of its namesake tress--that seals the deal.

1118 Cortelyou Road, 347-240-5850, sycamorebrooklyn.com

4.) The Castello Plan: Wine and tapas replace lamb pies and shakshuk at this younger sibling to the adjacent Mimi's Hummus . The 110 bottles on the wine list include offerings from Morocco, Mallorca, and Croatia, as well as a well-priced selection of French burgundies and Marlborough sauvignon blancs. The beer menu is all Belgian, and the bar serves small plates like smoked sprats with quail eggs and open-faced roasted rabbit sandwiches, plus charcuterie and cheese boards made for sharing. As befitting a bar named after James Cortelyou's 1660 map of lower Manhattan, the decor is eclectic antique, with repurposed walls from a 1850 Missouri barn and bar stools upholstered in toile de jouy.

1213 Cortelyou Road, 718-856-8888, thecastelloplan.com

5.) Solo Kitchen & Bar: Sometimes, we don't want to pretend we're in the 1880's; we don't want small-batch rye whiskey; we don't want locally-sourced heritage-pork-chop-with-ramps-and-hen-of-wood-mushrooms; we don't want muttonchops and exposed brick. Those times, we turn to Solo Kitchen & Bar, which is just a bar. A bar with ice-cold drafts, pool, mediocre, mostly local, live music, a jukebox, and a bizarre punching bag game. The bartenders are friendly, with minimal facial hair and a distinct lack of bowler hats. The beer is cheap, American, and mass produced. And the clientele is mostly regulars, who are happy to grouse about how the neighborhood's changed in between beating you at the pool table.

1504 Cortelyou Road, 718.826.0920