Terra Bistro

From the brewmasters of Edgewater comes Terra Bistro, Terrestrial's long awaited own kitchen. You can usually find parking in the designated spaces in front of the building or along the street in front of the Battery Park Lofts.

Located just west of the original pub, Terra manages to make a block of concrete feel cozy. Part of this may be due to the warmth and easygoing vibes of the waitstaff themselves, who immediately make you feel at ease. The space is big enough to seat both parties of 10+ to casual date nights. The mood is half hipster gastropub, half sports bar but 100% where you want to be.

Happy Hour gets you $1 off their tasty and already modestly priced beers, and some great deals on select cocktails and apps. Highly recommend splitting the Beer Cheese Dip which comes with a quantity of chewy pretzel bites that is simultaneously a plethora and also not enough as the Arnold Palmer butter (not a typo) and beer cheese are addictive. The Lions' Mane Wings are not actually chicken wings, but crisp morsels of mushrooms doused in dukkah. I thoroughly enjoyed stuffing my face with these but if you're expecting for real meat, this may be disappointing.

The large plates are literally quite large. Really enjoyed the mixture of influences tucked throughout the menu within each dish (kimchi, tajin, za'tar) and contrasting sweet and savory flavors within each dish. It's not a place where your chicken tender and fish sticks-loving uncle might favor, but will be a hot ticket for the food-adventurous.

All our food came in a reasonable amount of time, and when we weren't chatting, admiring the cute glasses, or sipping yummy beer, each person had a view of at least one TV screen in the bar - each of which was broadcasting a different sports game.