Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Spuyten Duyvil

I've lived down the road from Spuyten Duyvil for over three-quarters of a year, but only went there for the first time a couple weeks ago. It took a post-dinner pre-flight late-night rendezvous to get me there. And though I spent months precariously listening to friends rave about the joint, I can now safely say from personal experience that it is indeed a beautiful haunt, especially if you avoid the crowd and go for one of their delicious pints on a weekday. I can't wait to go back and imbibe the Dieu du Ciel that they're importing from Montreal.

CONSUMED: Spuyten Duyvil; 359 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg (Brooklyn)

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9 comments:

  1. Kurt - this is Julia from choir, found you via Emily's blog, can't remember if I ever commented here before - anyway I can't believe you'd never been to Spuyten before! I love love that place, it's so warm and inviting, and they have my favorite Belgian beers. I'm sad they just raised their prices :-(
    See you tonight!

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  2. Hey Julia! Yeah I was a bit disappointed in myself, to tell you the truth. But for some reason, every time I tried to aim my friends at Spuyten, we'd end up at Fette Sau or Roebling Tea Room. Both of those places are good alternatives. But certainly no Spuyten Duyvil.

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  3. Kurt. I'd like to be A-type about something for once: we should make a list of all the places in our neighbourhood (maybe with the whiteboard markers!) and make sure to go to all of them before you go.

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  4. Whoa. "Before you go." Aw!

    Also: I've never been to Spuyten Duyvil. Let's make it our next beer!

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  5. Yes Dory. An NYC bucket list. I'll get on it.

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  6. I really like this place, even though I'm not that into beer. Also, the Opie thing wasn't that hot. I didn't really have the stomach for it. It did include polaroids though, which is cool

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  7. I tend to get the drunkest out of all the bars in New York City here.

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  8. ah tanveer. it appears we need to visit this bar together.

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  9. Okay! How about a wednesday night dory's-back-in-town evening at Spyten? Everyone who comments on this post gets to come.

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