Gold Star Beer Counter

"This Prospect Heights bar has cans, bottles, and crowlers of beer available at their walk up to-go window from 12pm to 9pm daily. Check their Instagram for more information." - nikko duren

"Beer nerds, we’re back. And now we have Gold Star for you. They have 16 beers on tap at any given time, and they’re all of the relatively obscure craft variety. So go ahead and collect them all like they’re Pokemon. You can even take a growler to go, and nothing says I might probably live in Brooklyn like a growler. They also have bottles, cans, and snacks like meat and cheese." - bryan kim

"Gold Star is a beer bar that doesn’t feel like a beer bar. And, as much as we love beer bars, we mean that as a compliment. This place has lots of blonde wood and plants, with a candle on every table, and if you bring a date here, you’ll seem reasonably classy and tasteful. Sure, there are only around 16 beers on draft at a time, but you probably haven’t heard of at least a few of them, and if there’s one you especially like, you can take a big growler to go." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, matt tervooren

"Gold Star Beer Counter is two things: a bar and a bottle shop. But whether you’re drinking a Belgian saison there or taking some hazy cans of IPA to-go, it’s absolutely one of the best places." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff

"“We’ve seen a huge increase in breweries starting up legitimate spontaneous programs,” says Joshua Van Horn, owner of Brooklyn’s Gold Star Beer Counter. “Seeing more breweries catching on gives me hope that we will see many more being released. We try our hardest to get those beers in our door.”" - ByAlex Delany