
Jonathan Ames Buries Bored To Death One Drink at a Time
“One drink for everybody!” hollered Jonathan Ames. He was standing center stage at the Brooklyn Inn to administer last rites for his show, Bored To Death. Read More

“One drink for everybody!” hollered Jonathan Ames. He was standing center stage at the Brooklyn Inn to administer last rites for his show, Bored To Death. Read More

As we're sure you know, last night's episode of Gossip Girl featured a somewhat convoluted plot involving Vanessa, Chuck, Serena Blair, a sexy Cruel Intentions-style bet, and Boerum Hill's well-loved Brooklyn Inn, which Vanessa was trying to save from destruction by getting it landmark status. While the bar's divey, old-school qualities seem to have Read More

The biggest problem with Clover Club, the new loungey bar on Smith Street in Boerum Hill, is that it gets Brooklyn pretension all wrong.
Everything looks like it came straight from the Jazz Age section of a Restoration Hardware catalog: tin ceiling, dark wood paneling, etched-glass light fixtures, black-and-white photos of indeterminate provenance of mustachioed Read More