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The following pubs serve a full menu.


61 Local  Alex Honorable Mention Jezza Honourable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has NYC brewed beers
Temporarily closed

Sizeable community space, mainly local beers.


Adobe Blues  Full menu Live Music WiFi available New entry in the Guide in 2017

Off the beaten track but serving great bottled craft beers since 1992.


Alewife Queens A Alex top pick  Jezza Honourable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale
Temporarily closed

Lots of unusual beers on tap and in bottle here.


Traditional looking corner bar with some good taps and bottles.


Bi-level bar near Washington Square Park.


Classic New York bar with a good choice, including a cask.


Uber-carnivore North/South Carolina BBQ place with outstanding beer.


Cosy Morningside Heights basement bar next to Columbia University.


A friendly bar on the west side of Astoria.


Augurs Well A Alex top pick A Jezza top pick  Full menu Live Music

A tiny bar with some fantastic and unusual beers.


One of a small chain of craft bars featuring old video games.


The newest of NYC's three Barcades, mixing craft beer with retro arcade game machines.


A quirky side street bar that dabbles in sabrage.


Beer Authority  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

Large bar next to the world’s biggest bus station.


Berg’n  Full menu WiFi available
Temporarily closed

Community beer hall and food court.


Bar with some craft taps and a rooftop space. Vietnamese food.


Birreria at Eataly A Alex top pick  Full menu WiFi available Brewpub. Regularly has real ale Specializes in Italian Beers

Unique cask-dedicated brewpub on the roof of a high end Italian market.


Impressive interior and back yard but not many craft beers.


Smart gastropub near the G train.


A very big “don’t miss!”, but time it to avoid crowds.


Bondurants  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu Regularly has real ale

Always unusual stuff on tap here, including a cask beer.


Brado  Full menu New entry in the Guide in 2016

Thin crust pizza and craft beer here.


East Village bar on two floors.


The Breslin  Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

Gastropub with two cask beers.


Brew Inn  Full menu WiFi available Regularly has NYC brewed beers

Friendly locals’ bar with eclectic décor.


Bronx Ale House  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

An oasis in the western Bronx beer desert, worth the trek.


Smart gastropub with a few craft taps.


Pleasant beer bar with good food.


BXL Cafe  Full menu WiFi available Specializes in Belgian Beers

The original of the three BXL Belgian cafes in the city.


BXL Zoute  Full menu WiFi available Specializes in Belgian Beers

Near the Flatiron Building, this is one of three excellent BXL Belgian beer cafes in the city.


Cafe D'Alsace A Alex top pick  Full menu WiFi available Specializes in Belgian Beers Specializes in French Beers

Alsatian restaurant and bar with a remarkable beer list.


In a food market, lots of great bottles and 8 on tap.


A laid back restaurant and bar with emphasis on their two cask lines.


A pleasant neighbourbood bar with a big New Orleans theme.


Circa Brewing Co.  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available New entry in the Guide in 2017 Brewpub.

A high end, modern styled brewpub with good quality beer and a wood fired pizza oven.


Friendly bar with modern décor.


Cock and Bull  Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale Specializes in British Beers
Temporarily closed

British pub, few craft beers but there are two cask handpumps.


Newer sister bar to Coopers (East Village).


A great East Village bar, lots of craft choices.


Craft House  Full menu WiFi available New entry in the Guide in 2017 Brewpub.

Two roomed brewpub, a 10 minute walk from Staten Island Ferry Terminal.


A sports bar with good beer. 48 taps, the majority being craft (14 are not), including a healthy number of Belgians. Many good bottles also.


Quaint sawdust strewn Irish bar with 8 good taps and a cask.


Death Ave  Full menu New entry in the Guide in 2017 Brewpub.

Formerly a cask destination, now reinvented as a keg only brewpub from summer 2017.


Good brewpub in an old industrial space from Ed Raven of Raven Imports / Brouwerij Lane. Renamed from Dirck the Norseman.


District Social  Full menu WiFi available New entry in the Guide in 2015
Temporarily closed

Sister bar to the nearby District Tap House.


A very worthy Garment District bar.


Dive Bar  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu Regularly has real ale

One of three Upper West Side Dive Bars (the original).


A great, bright, airy gastropub opposite Prospect Park.


Draught 55  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu Live Music WiFi available

There’s a good range at this popular and friendly beer bar.


Craft beer (a very small but good range) and gourmet cheese sandwiches.


Fette Sau  Full menu Regularly has NYC brewed beers

Barbecue restaurant with good taps.


Part of a small chain of burger restaurants with craft beer.


Flatiron Hall  Full menu
Temporarily closed

Unique beers available only here and at two other NYC bars, brewed under contract by Heartland.


Fools Gold A Jezza top pick  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

One of the three ‘Beerly Legal’ bars, excellent overall.


A great suburban bar, halfway house to & from JFK Airport (via Jamaica on the E train).


Lots of history here. Porterhouse and guests.


Fantastic, multi-levelled bar and store hybrid (more of a proper bar than others).


George Keeley  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale
Temporarily closed

Popular beer destination, hearty pub food.


A very upmarket classic American tavern with vintage bottles on the menu.


Underdog  Full menu WiFi available

Was Growler Bites and Brews Elongated, pleasant bar with 19 craft taps.


Gun Hill Tavern  Full menu Live Music WiFi available Regularly has NYC brewed beers New entry in the Guide in 2017
Temporarily closed

Pleasant, smart craft beer and spirits bar adjoining a distillery.


Half Pint  Full menu Regularly has real ale

Worthy for cask and bottles, but the taps are largely wasted.


Good beer, eclectic furniture, and subway-style tiles.


Small but growing range with impressive choices, very handy for Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.


Modern, blue tiled bar with good taps.


One of two similar bars in this area, bottles are better than the taps.


Cavernous beer hall, house beers brewed by Greenpoint Beer Works.


The last outpost in Manhattan, both a bar and a cafeteria.


Inwood Local  Full menu
Temporarily closed

Some good beers here, including many Trappists.


Forest Hills' best kept secret for good beer.


Interesting beers are on tap at this pleasant bar-restaurant.


One of three excellent ‘Beerly Legal’ Irish-owned bars.


Kansas City-themed barbecue joint with an outstanding beer list.


Jones Wood Foundry  Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale Has received Cask Marque accreditation. Specializes in British Beers

Cask Marque accredited British pub with two rear dining areas.


Excellent suburban brewpub with an Irish pub feel, beer is high quality. Cask Marque accredited.


American craft beer meets Arsenal F.C.


Spectacular Victorian elegance, but the beer list is fairly timid.


The Long Room  Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale
Temporarily closed

Irish run gastropub near Times Square.


Gastropub, the beer list is ok but unadventurous.


Marta  Full menu WiFi available Specializes in Italian Beers
Temporarily closed

A very high end Italian restaurant and hotel bar.


Upmarket, gourmet restaurant with a cask beer handpump.


Mother's  Full menu WiFi available

Small neighbourhood bar with 15 craft taps.


A popular Tribeca beer bar, big on baseball.


New York Beer Company  Full menu
Temporarily closed

Stock market themed bar where prices go up and down according to demand.


A laid back bar with some great beers, nice back yard.


Pleasant bar which promotes take home growlers.


The Pony Bar  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

19 rotating domestic taps and 2 casks.


Airside multi-tap restaurant at LaGuardia Airport terminal D.


Spacious corner gastropub.


Randolph Beer  Full menu
Temporarily closed

A smart beer bar just off Bowery. PAY BY CARD ONLY, NO CASH!


A modern brewpub with guest beers, one of three Randolph Beers in NYC (the only one brewing). NO CASH ACCEPTED HERE, cards only!


Smart beer bar adjoining the Holiday Inn, newer sister to the Rattle 'n' Hum near the Empire State Building.


Very small but good beer selection, but the pizza is out of this world. Eating time.


The Rochard  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available New entry in the Guide in 2017

The fourth in the small chain of 'Beerly Legal' bars in the city, plenty of interesting craft beers can be found here.


Bar-restaurant with 11 domestic craft taps.


The Shakespeare  Full menu Regularly has real ale Has received Cask Marque accreditation. Specializes in British Beers

Smart British gastropub.


One of four Philadelphia themed beer and cheesesteak Shorty’s sports bars in NYC.


One of four Philadelphia themed beer and cheesesteak Shorty’s sports bars in NYC.


One of four Philadelphia themed beer and cheesesteak Shorty’s sports bars in NYC.


Large German themed beer hall.


The Stag's Head  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available
Temporarily closed

Smart bar, 15 rotating taps.


Huge beer hall, one of three Stout bars in NYC.


One of three Stouts in NYC, with an emphasis on that style. Very close to Grand Central Terminal.


Huge Irish bar near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.


Cavernous smokehouse restaurant and bar.


New American bar-restaurant with some well chosen beers.


Sugarburg  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available

Pleasant corner bar over two subway lines.


Popular corner bar with good taps and a few good bottles.


Sweet Afton  Full menu Live Music Regularly has real ale

Casual bar with a cask line.


Taproom No.307 A Alex top pick  Jezza Honourable Mention Full menu WiFi available Regularly has real ale

One of the very best NYC beer and food destinations.


Tavern 29  Full menu WiFi available

A smart, dimly-lit, multi-levelled tavern with a respectable tap list.


Two roomed corner beer bar.


Smart sports bar just off Broadway.


Threes Brewing  Alex Honorable Mention Full menu WiFi available Brewpub.

Smart, easy going brewpub with guest beers also.


Tørst A Jezza top pick A Alex top pick  Full menu WiFi available

High end Scandinavian style craft beer bar.


Two roomed bar and carvery with a cask handpump.


Valhalla  Jezza Honourable Mention Full menu Regularly has real ale
Temporarily closed

A very popular beer bar with weekly events.


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