Alligator Lounge
Bar · Williamsburg ·
Budget drinks include free pizza, karaoke, pool & Skee-Ball
Budget drinks include free pizza, karaoke, pool & Skee-Ball
"Memories of meeting Zev in episode five unfold in this Williamsburg bar, which really is famous for its free pizza—just as in the show." - James Medd
"A Williamsburg bar known for its free pizza briefly sported a new awning that said “Nate’s Lizard Lounge”; this was a temporary switch-out last week when comedian Nathan Fielder took over the bar, where he could be seen bartending, as part of promotion for season two of his HBO show The Rehearsal. The location choice was intentional — the bar factored heavily into the plot of season one — and actress Emma Stone, a Fielder collaborator, was a guest during the takeover." - Emma Orlow
"The Alligator Bar, at Louie in Covent Garden, has been relaunched as a French-inspired jazz bar with soulful New Orleans touches. It’s open until 2am (even on weekdays) and has a decadent menu that includes lobster rolls and absinthe frappés." - daisy meager, sinead cranna
"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
"Despite soaring menu prices, I still extol Alligator Lounge for its free pizza with any drink purchase: the bar — a local legend that even appeared in an HBO show from Nathan Fielder earlier this summer (general manager Lisa Graziano said she’d signed an NDA and couldn’t discuss the show) — has a brick oven that dispenses hundreds of pizzas each night. Its Wi‑Fi password, "$4fireballshots," doubles as a drink special, and the space features two Skee‑Ball machines, a pool table, a photo booth, a karaoke stage, and a bar area where trivia is hosted on Mondays. The system is simple: order a drink, ask for a pizza ticket, take it to the brick oven at the back, wait about ten minutes, and receive a pie — you can do this as many times as you like and add toppings like basil, pepperoni, bacon, and pineapple for a dollar each. The pies often come out doughy and misshapen (the crust can account for as much as a third of the surface), yet somehow remain edible, and on slower nights the crust will bubble and pick up a little char. Graziano says the bar hands out roughly 1,700–1,900 pizzas a week (an employee said they were on track to make 600 pies one recent Friday), and the improbable special hasn’t budged despite rising ingredient costs because the bar would rather raise cocktail prices to keep beer low and the pizzas free — “Where else can you get a beer and a shot and a pizza for six dollars?” she asks, nodding to the “Low Life.” You might think you’re at one of the city’s best pizzerias; you’re not — you’re at the city’s best pizzeria bar." - Luke Fortney
