Caine Blog

It’s been a couple months since volume 1, and I’ve been to far more bars than I have space to discuss.  The highlights:

Hotel Delmano: Williamsburg’s most expensive bar has quickly become a favorite.  Sure, ordering a $13 drink isn’t something you want to do all day, every day, but the quality of the mixed drinks, the carefully curated ambiance (courtesy of the Union Pool partners), and the vague promise of exclusivity (sometimes you have to wait outside for a couple of minutes!) makes this spot pretty much perfect.

Gemma (at the Bowery Hotel) is kind of a cool spot, expensive drinks but that’s how it goes.  Love the pseudo-cabana seating configuration in the garden.

Iona is a good bar, nothing too special.  Whatevs.  Running a successful bar off of Bedford Avenue is about as complicated as taking a piss.

Spuyten Duyvil has a great backyard and a renowned beer selection, although their draught lineup pales in comparison to Barcade.  It gets way crowded, and a couple of nights ago I was walking home and overheard two dorky kids in front of me as they headed there.  They were wearing jeans and untucked white button down shirts (which means nerdy avaricious kids!), and here’s what they were saying:

“Do you know where this bar is?”

“Yeah, I think so, I never come to Williamsburg.”

“Cool, tell me about the finance/deals/investing you’re doing blah blah blah.”

“We’re making shit tons of money, woo hoo!  Yay.”

And so on.  This sort of thing is how you know “the secret’s out,” by the way.