d.b.a.
Bar · East Village
41 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
Highlights
Extensive craft beer & whiskey selection, dog-friendly patio
Extensive craft beer & whiskey selection, dog-friendly patio
"This divey bar has two key features that draw most of its fans in: a large and excellent beer selection and a large and excellent backyard patio. Unlike most East Village “backyard patios,” the one here is not simply a dark alley with two broken lawn chairs where the bartender puts out the trash at the end of the night. They have an impressive beer selection, so it’s a good place to bring your “craft brew friends.”" - bryan kim, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
"d.b.a. has two key features that draw most of its fans in: a large and excellent beer selection, and the also large and also excellent backyard patio." - katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg
"From the outside, this place looks the sort of place that’s been open since the 70s where you can eat free peanuts and watch a bar fight. But it isn’t actually like that. It might not be the fanciest place in the East Village, but D.B.A. does have a surprisingly large craft beer selection as well as an excellent backyard. Plus, they open at noon seven days a week. So the backyard is a good place to hide if you decide to leave work early on account of your not wanting to be there." - bryan kim, matt tervooren
"If one of the things that unites your group of coworkers is the fact that you all keep talking about breweries during lunch, DBA is a good first non-lunch meeting place. This is a beer bar in the East Village where you can show off how much you think you know about pilsners. They have a ton of different beer options from all over the country (and world), and a backyard that happens to be dog-friendly. So go forth and argue with your coworkers and their dogs about whether or not cucumber beer should exist." - hannah albertine
"If you’re used to ignoring (or giving in to) dogs as they stare up at you during meals, then you’ll be comfortable eating food in the backyard at D.B.A. in the East Village. If you’d rather not give every fourth bite to a particularly manipulative golden retriever, just eat at the bar inside. Either way, take advantage of the excellent and unusual beer selection or huge whiskey list here." - bryan kim, matt tervooren
