Alligator Lounge

"You may know of Alligator Lounge as that dive-y bar in Williamsburg that does $6 shot and beer combos and gives out free pizzas to anyone who buys a drink. While they do that, and it’s a pretty crazy deal, this place is also a solid spot to watch sports, especially NFL games on Sundays. There’s also a pool table and some games like Connect 4 and Jenga, and they do free karaoke most nights as well." - matt tervooren

"The bar had become something of a local legend, long before it appeared in an HBO show from Nathan Fielder earlier this summer. Its Wi-Fi password — $4fireballshots — doubles as a drink special, and it’s home to two Skee-Ball machines, a pool table, a photo booth, a karaoke stage, a bar area where trivia is hosted on Mondays, and a brick oven that dispenses hundreds of pizzas, free with any drink purchase, each night. It works like this: You order a drink at the bar. You ask for a pizza ticket. You take the ticket to the brick oven at the back of the bar. You wait 10 minutes. You get a pizza. There’s virtually no terms and conditions and you can do this as many times as you like. Toppings like basil, pepperoni, bacon, and pineapple can be thrown on for a dollar each. The pies often come out doughy and misshapen — the crust can account for as much as a third of its surface area — but it’s a small miracle they’re edible at all. After sharing that she had signed a non-disclosure agreement and wouldn’t be able to discuss Fielder’s show on HBO, general manager Lisa Graziano tells me the bar hands out anywhere from 1,700 to 1,900 pizzas a week. On a recent Friday, an employee working the ovens said they were on track to make 600 pies that night. The improbable special hasn’t budged in light of rising ingredient costs due to inflation — and more likely, Alligator Lounge would raise the cost of its cocktails to keep beer costs low and the pizzas free, according to Graziano. “Where else can you get a beer and a shot and a pizza for six dollars?” she says, nodding to the price of its cheapest drink special, a can of Miller High Life and a shot of whiskey called the “Low Life.” To be clear, these pizzas aren’t good because they’re free. They’re good because, by the numbers, they should be bad — and somehow aren’t. Each of those 600 pizzas is baked to order in a brick oven, and on slower nights, the crust bubbles and comes out with a little char." - Luke Fortney

"Besides the range of finer dining experience, the general manager and owner Larry Glogau opened the Alligator Lounge in Williamsburg, a party spot known for karaoke nights as well as the free pizzas that come with drinks." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

"You may know Alligator Lounge as that dive-y bar in Williamsburg that does $6 shot and beer combos and gives out free pizzas to anyone who buys a drink. While they do that, and it’s a pretty crazy deal, this is also a solid spot to watch some sports (especially NFL games on Sundays). You’ll find a pool table and some games like Connect 4 and Jenga, too, in addition to free karaoke most nights." - Matt Tervooren

"Alligator Lounge in Brooklyn will host a Deadpool-themed event offering free pizza from April 26 through 28. This event is part of the promotional efforts for the upcoming film Deadpool 2." - Mona Holmes