Finally, the gods have answered our prayers. Don’t get me wrong – I love Arena Billiards. But ever since I moved to this side of the Myrtle-Wyckoff stop, I’ve been on my knees daily askin’ the good lord for a place to wet my whistle with the standards I’ve come to know and love: Lagunita’s, Bell’s, SixPoint, etc.

And I don’t know if it was the goat I sacrficed on the Spring Equinox, or the tithe I dropped in the mail to Salt Lake City, or what, but I do know that I will be spending plenty of summer nights in the cozy brown booths at Bootleg Bar. (And at Old Stanley’s! Full review coming.) Bootleg Bar is co-owned by Bobby Rich, an alum of Goodbye Blue Mondays, and Marek Gregorski, owner of East River Bar.

Bootleg Bar smells like delicious new paint.