Mugs Alehouse
Bar Food
125 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211
at N. 10th St.
PHONE: (718) 486-8232 or (718) 384-8494
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 2pm-4am; Sat-Sun, 11am-4am
CARDS: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
AVERAGE ENTREE: $9
OUTDOOR DINING: Yes
HAPPY HOUR: Daily, 2pm-7pm; $.50 off drafts and well liquors
SUBWAY: L Train to Bedford
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WE SAY: Much better than you would expect from bar food and at a very reasonable price. Lose yourself in the best beer menu in the city, while dining upon any of their tasty burgers including a portabello, vegetarian, or and old-fashioned beef burger. Italian specials are usually tasty, and daily fish grills are not to be missed. Mussels are surprisingly fresh (and cheap) and the spinach quesadillas are wonderful.
On the downside the jukebox is horrible and some fool will surely choose "Stairway to Heaven." And sadly, they no longer offer any $2 pint specials.
From New York Magazine
If you could somehow transport to North Williamsburg one of those hearty Cheers-like Irish pubs in Boston that attract slumming college kids, you’d have an approximation of this oak-filled tavern and restaurant with arguably the best beer selection in Brooklyn. Dark, spacious, and festooned with, yes, mugs, a light-up American flag, and paraphernalia from seemingly every brewery ever invented, the place just might pass for the headquarters of a labor union. Though not as gloriously blue-collar as the clientele at Turkey's Nest Tavern down the street, the folks lifting big mugs of Brooklyn Organic Porter ($3.75), Weinstephaner Heifeweisen ($4), and Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale ($4) at the bar do seem like the last remnants of Williamsburg's pre-hipster wave; they're novelists and journalists in their late-twenties and early-thirties, rather than college drop-outs looking to conquer the world with rock-and-roll. (Don’t look to the juke box for anything made after 1992, though Jimi Hendrix, Earth Wind and Fire and three CDs of "Music to Drink Beer By" do represent.) Our only worry comes from the anomalous restaurant in the back, serving dishes like shrimp scampi and whole trout (both $10.50), which, though tasty, are nevertheless woefully out of sync with Mugs' decor and spirit. If you want to join the resistance to Mugs becoming Williamsburg's first Park-Slopish yuppie hang, just stay out front watching sports, order nothing but beer, nachos ($7.50). -- JADA YUAN
Comments
Best Bar in Williamsburg!!!! Love the Beer Menu and they have the BEST BEST BEST bartenders in the world! Scott Rocks! Scott Shots are the greatest shot ever invented
Posted by: Nicole | July 11, 2008 06:02 PM
i really like this place. so many beers so little time, decent prices, and the food is above average!
Posted by: sarah | August 25, 2006 10:48 PM
the only reason to go hear is the very reasonably priced and extensive beer selection, both on tap and bottled. it is fantastic. food is above average for a bar, below average for a restaurant. take it for what it is. jukebox isn't that bad. maybe the pixies and the jam aren't cool anymore, but then again, this place doesn't really cater to hipsters. service depends on waitress, but mostly good.
Posted by: bf | January 29, 2006 07:16 PM