Hotel Delmano

c/o Block Magazine

82 Berry Street
Brooklyn NY 11211
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718.387.1945

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Cards: All Major
Hours: Sun-Thurs 5pm-2am; Fri-Sat 5pm-3am
Subway: L to Bedford Ave.
Food/Menu: No food available
Booze: Full bar
Happy Hour: None
Shecky’s says:

Tired of waiting three hours for that text that reveals you finally scored a table at Milk and Honey? Now that even the most snobbish city dweller knows that Brooklyn has more to offer than dive bars and seedy one night stands, why not head to Williamsburg for your fancy cocktail fix? You’ll be kickin’ it with a more sophisticated set (i.e., actual cool people) that prefers the Last Word (gin, maraschino, chartreuse, and lime, $9) to a watered down whiskey. While the front room, with its marble topped tables and shelves of liquor that the bartender reaches by ladder, is the main hub of activity, the side rooms are just as intoxicating. Order a Corpse Reviver No.2 and you’ll find out just how invigorating it is to be in the ‘Burg.

NY Mag says:

We might have some interior shots of Billyburg’s first cocktail palace, but we confess to being too hung-over after our visit from one too many elderflower tequila gimlets, which is what happens when you ask the barkeep there to make you something with tequila. The cocktail list boasts of one original, the Commandant’s Cocktail (it contains pear cognac, Cointreau, lemon juice, and green chartreuse), but mixologist Jeff Hanson’s renditions of the Last Word, Corpse Reviver No. 2, the Hemingway Daiquiri, and the Seelbach Cocktail are plenty revelatory. As for checking into the Hotel when there’s no vacancy: the place is operating à la Death & Co., with a doorman turning away parties and taking cell numbers. One other thing: Barchitect Michael Smart took a cue from Pastis when he installed the gorgeous communal sink and subway tiles in the bathroom, but he managed to trump even McNally with the W.C. proper. Bravo! Finally, a bit of trivia: You’d never know it, but the place used to be a tattoo parlor. Now the only thing that’ll hurt is the check.

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