Brooklyn Beso

Thirsty for a margarita or caipirinha in Bedford-Stuyvesant? Look no further than Latin American bar and restaurant Brooklyn Beso. You might want to start with some tapas, like jerk mac and cheese, platanos rellenos, chipotle chicken empanadas and crab fritters (all $8). Seafood lovers will note the drunken mussels with coconut milk ($14) and shrimp with coconut rice and plantains ($22). Feeling more like red meat? There’s a ribeye steak with chimichurri, papas fritas and grilled asparagus ($26) that might strike your fancy. Enjoy half-price margaritas and well cocktails, plus discounts on most other drinks, at happy hour all day Monday and from 3 to 8pm Tuesday through Friday. Otherwise, mojitos and specialty cocktails like the Beso, with raspberry vodka, cointreau, cava, pineapple and cranberry, will run you $12, while a margarita on the rocks goes for $10.