Soft Spot (CLOSED)

Soft Spot is not what you might expect from a musician-run bar in Williamsburg. Rather than open yet another rocker hangout, owner Matt Webber has built a classy, sensual piano bar, decorated with purple and red walls and hanging votives, and set to the tune of live jazz. The homey “living room” has fake bookshelves, a fireplace and the bar’s centerpiece: Webber’s grandmother’s piano. You can take a seat near it or at the curvy wooden bar for a French martini with Grey Goose, Chambord and pineapple juice, and a bar snack of hot wasabi peas. Sophisticated as the place is, it still has the neighbors in mind: Two-for-one beers are on tap during happy hour.