SKYTOWN — Restaurant in New York

This place is great the chef is fantastic. The double cheeseburger is my go too. I would give it five stars but the bartenders who take your order suck to be blunt. They take care of the regulars who drink at the bar everyday, they chat and gab away meanwhile I and my friend are sitting at a table for twenty plus minutes no menu or water. I understand it's a bar you are a bartender and chatting away is how you make your pay. If it is also your job to take my food order and welcome me to the place and offer water and I made eye contact with BOTH bartenders I shouldn't have to wave you over with a "LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME" I appreciate this place cause I'm a local and I enjoy bringing my friends here for the chef and his food! Not for the regular drunks who lurk in this bar everyday. Last time I was there the drunks were blocking the way to the bar so I could pay for my order (which was WRONG because the bartender was not listening and still focused on his conversation with a regular) The drunks were blocking the way and when I said excuse me the drunk wants to get uppity and tell (excuse HIM EVERYONE BIG MAN COMING THROUGH!) He proceeded to grab at my hat and just act a fool. Yes I'm a proud big man and it took every ounce in my not to knock him out. Again love the food just fix your staff so they do their job well and maybe hire me to toss the...

So I ordered an old fashion and a burger at the bar. My friend ordered shrimp and grits. I took a sip of my drink and it tasted like straight salt. I asked "is this an old fashioned" bartender said "yes" I took another look noticed a fly in it and sent the drink back. Second drink arrives and it still taste like a salt lick! I asked the bartender if she was putting salt in my drink she said "no its sugar" I told her she need to check again even offered her a taste. She did check and realized that she had in fact been putting salt in my drink. She makes me another drink in the same glass that had now had two rounds of salt and a fly in it. So naturally my drink was still salty...🤨 she didn't comp my drink and acted like it was someone else fault...🤨 I know salt and sugar look similar but any bartender worth their "salt," pun intended, preps there bar before starting and knows what's what. Most bartenders also take a straw full of a drink to taste it to make sure it's right. None of this happend hense my 3 glasses of sea water. Further more the food was bland and tasteless so I suppose that is why the salty drink. My advice...

I've had the pleasure of visiting SKYTOWN numerous times when I'm in Brooklyn visiting with family. I'm not really a "bar scene" type of person, meaning I can do without the booming music that's so loud you can't hear yourself think. Or the 15 minute wait at a packed bar to overpay for a watered down drink. I think that's why I like SKYTOWN so much, it has the music, just not turned up to 11. It has the drinks, they're just not overpriced and watered down. And, unlike most "bars" I've been to, SKYTOWN has a legitimate kitchen that puts out great food, which makes it worth the visit alone. Last time I visited I had (more than?) a couple of their beef tacos and they rivaled any taco I've ever had; phenomenal. I'm giving 5 stars in this review because this place checks all the boxes for me and more people need to be going here so it stays put for a very long time. These are the kind of unique and locally-owned spots we need in Brooklyn and the...