Frijoleros
Restaurant · Greenpoint
131 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Highlights
Creative cocktails & seafood-forward plates; great happy hour
Creative cocktails & seafood-forward plates; great happy hour
"Impress a date with your good taste by bringing them to this under-the-radar (for now) Greenpoint spot, where you'll spot both a statue of the Virgin Mary and a portrait of Method Man in places of honor on the wall. The drinks are just as irreverent—and they're good, but don't overlook the flavorful small plates. Like some grilled head-on shrimp with a “Mexican beurre blanc," packed with charred-chili complexity and caramelized sweetness. Or for something more substantial, get the octopus, served over extremely meaty charro beans that somehow manage to upstage it." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, will hartman, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, sonal shah, willa moore
"A Mexican cocktail bar in the former Jungle Cafe space in Greenpoint, Frijoleros serves snacks like a hamachi aguachile with prickly pear, and a pistachio tres leches for dessert. Their memorably named drinks include an intriguing frozen watermelon mezcal margarita, and they have happy hours until 6pm on weekdays, with $10 cocktails, $5 beer, and $8 micheladas." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah, bryan kim
"A Mexican cocktail bar in the former Jungle Cafe space in Greenpoint, Frijoleros serves snacks like a hamachi aguachile with prickly pear, and a pistachio tres leches for dessert. Their memorably named drinks include an intriguing frozen watermelon mezcal margarita, and they have happy hours until 6pm on weekdays, with $10 cocktails, $5 beer, and $8 micheladas. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Molly Fitzpatrick
"A Greenpoint newcomer that impressed the group: cocktails described as bright and complex and food already deeply compelling despite still being in soft-open mode. A standout was a plate of gambas — roast head-on shrimp in a mole-tinged sauce and beurre blanc — which the party was “desperately trying to sop up with our remaining tortilla chips.” — Jaya Saxena, Correspondent" - Nadia Chaudhury
"A new Mexican cocktail bar with snacks is opening at 131 Greenpoint Avenue on Thursday, July 10. The opening drinks menu (posted on Instagram stories) lists playful, specific cocktails such as the Fuck ICE (a frozen watermelon margarita with a floater), the Mero Mole (Japanese whiskey and black sesame horchata), and the Fine Sap (tequila, snap peas, green apple, egg white, and lime). Bartender Fabiola Juarez is involved in the project: she grew up working in her family’s longtime Bay Ridge Mexican staple, Coszcal de Allende, helped relocate that restaurant into a new era with a fresh look, and more recently worked alongside her mother running the pandemic-era tamale pop-up Maiz a Mesa in Fort Greene Park." - Emma Orlow
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