Harlem Hops

"Want to keep things friendly? Go to Harlem Hops, and spend an hour or two nerding over hard-to-find craft beers. Make small talk about your favorite upstate brewery while your drinking companion takes the high road and pretends to listen. You won’t find a better beer selection in the neighborhood, and the nice, sport bar-adjacent room is appropriate for both casual dates and platonic hangs." - bryan kim

"Harlem Hops on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard serves a lot of hard-to-find beer, specifically from small-batch breweries and businesses owned by people of color. It’s a great place to bring anyone who likes to try new beer, and even if you don’t really care about the different flavor notes in East and West Coast IPAs, you’ll at least appreciate the backyard with string lights and barrel tables." - neha talreja, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick

"Hard-to-find beer available for delivery and takeout - call to order." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren

"In 2018, three HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) grads and craft beer lovers opened this cozy beer bar in a Harlem storefront with a twinkling backyard. Longtime neighborhood denizens, young professionals meeting for happy hours, and craft beer pilgrims from all five boroughs convene to drink from any of sixteen taps that offer everything from IPAs to pilsners to sours and beyond, with a focus on beers made by Black and POC brewers. There's also canned beers and ciders starting at $5 each, and a full bar for cocktails like the Uncle Nearest Old Fashioned, made with Uncle Nearest Tennessee Whiskey. The best menu items are the three bratwursts (one vegan), which are perfectly snappy and served on pretzel buns alongside handfuls of kettle chips." - Emily Saladino, Devra Ferst

"If you want to learn about micro breweries (or brag about how much you already know about them), this is the best place in Harlem to do it. Harlem Hops serves a lot of hard-to-find beer, specifically from small-batch breweries and businesses owned by people of color. If you don’t really care about the different flavor notes in East and West Coast IPAs, you’ll at least appreciate the backyard. It has tables made out of barrels and a big mural wall." - neha talreja, bryan kim, hannah albertine, willa moore