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Achilles Heel

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  • Greenpoint
  • price 1 of 4
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
  1. Photograph: Alex Strada
    Photograph: Alex Strada

    Third Arm at Achilles Heel

  2. Photograph: Alex Strada
    Photograph: Alex Strada

    Latter Dagger at Achilles Heel

  3. Photograph: Alex Strada
    Photograph: Alex Strada

    Charcuterie board at Achilles Heel

  4. Photograph: Filip Wolak
    Photograph: Filip Wolak

    Achilles Heel

  5. Photograph: Filip Wolak
    Photograph: Filip Wolak

    Achilles Heel

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Time Out says

3 out of 5 stars

With its timeworn wood floors and fish-yard–view windows, Andrew Tarlow’s Greenpoint grogshop is loosely based on a dockhand dive. But instead of off-hours longshoremen, an art-house crowd streams in, armed with 35mm analog cameras and hand-painted skateboards. The faux-weathered joint is a cool-kid Cheers descendant, a neighborhood tavern where even the staff sticks around for drinks after throwing in the towel for the day.

DRINK THIS: Off the classic-leaning list (six house cocktails in all), the Latter Dagger ($10) jump-starts a dark and stormy with spiced velvet falernum and Angostura bitters; meanwhile, the bourbon-based Third Arm ($12) tempers anise-heavy pastis with fruity mûre (blackberry liqueur) and orange bitters.

GOOD FOR: The buzz of a Brooklyn bar without the fuss. Chummy regulars slap backs over crisp glasses of muscadet ($12), while Cameroonian singer Francis Bebey chirps over the din. The saloon draws a thrumming crowd, but the remote location—on a dim stretch hugging the waterfront—lends it a sense of in-the-know intimacy.

THE CLINCHER: The bar-food program is simple but stellar. Provisions include dishes like toothsome ropes of peppery beef jerky ($5), gamey house-made liverwurst ($9) and hearty rye accompanied by tangy raw goat cheese ($9). Grub is usually the weak spot, the vulnerable heel of a bar—but here, it’s an Achillean strength.

Written by
Christina Izzo

Details

Address:
180 West St
Brooklyn
11222
Cross street:
at Green St
Transport:
Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave
Price:
Average small plate: $12. AmEx, MC, V.
Opening hours:
Daily 8am–2am
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