Bar Review: Last Exit, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Cobble Hill
136 Atlantic Ave
(between Clinton St & Henry St)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 222-9198

Even though there is a front window, Last Exit feels like a
hole-in-the-wall sort of place. Rumored to have been a former hangout
of Walt Whitman's, there is definitely an old feel to the bar as you
step through the heavy wooden door into a darkly-lit room with exposed
brick walls. On a recent Saturday afternoon, I found the bar nearly
empty. There were plenty of seats open at the bar as well as vintage
vinyl sofas available in the back. Fitting in with the retro feel,
there were a number of pin-up girl pictures on the wall. They had Red
Hook's Six Point Ale on tap, but it wasn't long before I switched over
to the cheap beer special—six bottles of Miller High Life for fifteen
dollars. Admittedly it isn't a great deal, but they average out to
2.50/bottle which is about as cheap as you will find them in NYC. You
can also get six cans of PBR for ten bucks—again, not that great of a
deal, especially when you can head into Red Hook and get eight for
ten. My penny-pinching aside, I had a great time at somewhere I could
see becoming a regular spot. The bartender and the other patrons were
friendly, plus there's a backyard garden for those forthcoming warm
days.

Reviewed by Gina Myers for nycbyme.com




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