Do or Dive Bar

"This surf-themed bar has a nice back patio where you can eat spam tacos and drink tiki cocktails until 11pm. Or, you can enjoy Swell Dive’s small menu of Filipino/Tex-Mex food for breakfast or weekend brunch. No matter what you choose, keep this spot in mind for a low-key meal that involves an almost too-large can of frozen margaritas." - nikko duren

"You can DM Do or Dive to place a delivery order, but if you’re in the Bed-Stuy/Bushwick area, stop by in-person from 2pm to 8pm for draft beer served in a paper cup." - nikko duren

"Do or Dive feels like the sort of place where you’d want to get a drink after you lost a lot of money betting on horses. Inside, you’ll find a bunch of vintage beer signs, a few antique lamps, and some vinyl bar stools that look like they were stolen from a strip club or a bowling alley. Appropriately, the drinks are pretty cheap, and the surprisingly decent cocktails are reasonably priced as well. Expect a youngish crowd and general shenanigans." - Bryan Kim, Willa Moore, Nikko Duren

"Do or Dive in Bed-Stuy feels like somewhere you’d drink by the side of the highway on the outskirts of a city several decades ago. It’s filled with vintage beer signs, a few antique lamps, and some vinyl bar stools that look like they were stolen from a strip club or bowling alley. This is a popular place, and you can keep yourself up until midnight with a few of their boozy coffee slushies." - team infatuation

"Do or Dive will make you nostalgic for a time before smartphones. Although plenty of smartphones will be out at this Bed-Stuy bar, there’s an old jukebox, a few antique lamps, some red vinyl stools, and a big plastic shark hanging behind the bar. It looks like the sort of place where you’d get a drink after losing a lot of money betting on a horse. Come here for cheap drinks, a long talk about instruments with a local cellist who somehow has production credits on 808s & Heartbreak, and a makeout session with a tattooed stranger." - hannah albertine, nikko duren