in Brookyn are mostly in Williamsburg — Spuyten Duyvil, Spike Hill, Mug’s Ale House. Brooklyn Brewery and Barcade.

If you are visiting W’burg and are into beer, I recommend hobnobbing your way over at Spuyten Duyvil or Mugs Alehouse, two of the better beer bars in the city.

Also, DeKoninck is very widely available on tap in the better beer bars in major cities throughout the U.S. When you are traveling be sure to check out Monk’s Cafe (Philadelphia), Mugs Ale House (Brooklyn, NY), the...

erikka, Josh is spot-on, and you can sample several Cantillons at Spuyten Duyvil. Cantillon Kriek ($12!) is dry as a bone, puckeringly sour which grows on you until you can’t stop drinking it, pure essence of cherry flavor,...

Spuyten Duyvil and the Bklyn Brewery. That’s fun! And yeah Roll n Roaster is still down on Emmon’s Ave. That’s my kind of scene! The sandwiches ain’t the Buffalo roast beef on weck (to begin with, no horse...

in Williamsburg at Spuyten Duyvil, Metropolitan and Havemeyer. You could call and see what trappist they have at the moment. http://www.spuytenduyvilnyc.com/

) mentions that Lydig Ave. in Morris Park had a whole string of Jewish nosh places. We didn’t have a chance to make it over there, but I noticed that Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil, which once must have had real Jewish delis,...

, not Williamsburg (which has great places like Moto and Spuyten Duyvil).

When I first moved to Spuyten Duyvil / Riverdale in 2004 from the upper West Side, I was comforted by the sight of a Hunan Balcony and by the restaurants at Knoll’s Crescent that were within walking distance. I’ve...