East River Bar — Restaurant in New York

Well I've never been to this bar, actually I'm about as far away from there as you can get and still be in the states. I'm on the west coast of Washington State. But my son who is a Merchant Marine and Is Anchored in Port Elizabeth had some time off the boat and just wandered into the East River Bar.

He sat at a booth by himself and quietly sipped on a beer and the bar maid, Jill I believe he said? And a couple of other folks at the bar invited him up to the bar to sit with them and he had what I would describe as a New York moment. He was the young man with the big hair!

I am personally from New York and I couldn't have ordered a better experience for him to have in New York then that. I'm a big fan of the east coast and New York in particular and the people there and the attitude there and just the straightforwardness of New Yorkers and I'm so happy he got to experience that and I want to thank you all for doing that for my son, he's a great kid!

Thanks Brooklyn for being there! Unfortunately I'll probably never pass that way again but when Jacob does, and he will, he'll be sure to stop in and have a cold one with the folks at the East River...

I like how it has an indoor and outdoor side, where the indoor is more bar-y and the outdoor is almost peaceful -- or at least, it was the Wednesday night I visited. Unfortunately, it was a bit too cold outside, so I went back in -- which honestly wasn't bad, either. They were playing some 90s r&b girl groups, just some solid music; I sat in one of the booths in the back, watching this black couple play pool, the girl singing along to every word; the bartender let me get the last drink of happy hour, a cheap beer I'd never heard of, some lager, which I hated, but felt good going down; and the bathrooms were clean, which is close to godly! Good experience, would return. Still a bit loud for my tastes, though.

(To be fair, every bar is too loud to me. I want an old person bar with no music and the same regulars complaining about the time some now-dead drunk poked another guy's eye...

The go-to dive bar in south Williamsburg. The crowd is made of the locals, but it's less of the hipsters that's Williamsburg is known for. The drinks aren't bad. If you've been here enough times, the bartenders usually give you more than enough. Cash only bar so bring cash. It's casual and the drinks are cheap. There's a large patio in the back. The pool table is always busy on weekends. There's usually a dj on weekends and they play anything from top 40 to old school funk. On less busier nights people typically play music on the jukebox or the bartender usually plays music on their iPod. Probably one of the better dive bars...