Fresh Kills Bar
Cocktail bar · Williamsburg
161 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Highlights
Craft cocktails made to your taste with no menu, intimate setting
Craft cocktails made to your taste with no menu, intimate setting
"There are about 100 different cocktail spots in Williamsburg, but Fresh Kills might be the best (top five, at the very least). It’s unpretentious, but the cocktails are top-of-the-line, and every bartender knows what they’re doing. So even if you don’t know what you want, they’ll figure it out with a few questions. Swing by with a few friends, and claim one of the booths. Or stop by with a date. This place gets crowded, so be prepared to wait in line at the door if you come here on a weekend." - bryan kim, kenny yang, nikko duren, matt tervooren, will hartman
"If you’re going out with someone who says things like “This place has such good cocktails,” go to Fresh Kills. It’s where you’ll find some of the best cocktails in Williamsburg. The bartenders here take their jobs pretty seriously (but not in a pretentious sort of way), the drink list longer than most, and you can take a shot out of a tiny glass boot." - bryan kim
"Half a block away from Maison Premiere is your second stop. Fresh Kills might be much newer than Maison Premiere (it opened in 2015), but it’s another cocktail place that feels like an instant classic. This place doesn’t have any of the old-timey atmosphere - it’s just a well-designed, modern cocktail place that we’d happily go to for a nightcap every night." - katherine lewin
"Fresh Kills is one of the top cocktail bars in Williamsburg, although it isn’t the sort of place where you have to wear business casual and make a reservation several weeks in advance. Mostly, it’s just a neighborhood spot that happens to have some very good drinks, and it’s great for when you get tired of consuming pitchers of beer and long for something better. It’s a narrow space about the size of a modest fallout shelter, and it can fill up quickly, but if you get here early, you can usually claim a big booth." - bryan kim
"If you want to eat a phenomenal hot chicken sandwich without listening to a DJ or bumping into someone doing the two-step, go to this tiki-ish Williamsburg bar on the early side. If you’re into a crowded room, occasionally toppled micheladas, and the steady bump of Bronski Beat, go on the later side. Either way you’re going to have a good time." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
