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FYI: A Writer for The New Yorker Has a Soft Spot for $4 Slushy Cocktail from The Johnson’s

Of all the overpriced cocktails all over Brooklyn, this Bushwick $4 favorite tops one The New Yorker writer's list for 2016

FYI: A Writer for The New Yorker Has a Soft Spot for $4 Slushy Cocktail from The Johnson’s

FYI: A Writer for The New Yorker Has a Soft Spot for $4 Slushy Cocktail from The Johnson’s

Of all the overpriced cocktails all over Brooklyn, this Bushwick $4 favorite tops one The New Yorker writer's list for 2016

FYI: A Writer for The New Yorker Has a Soft Spot for $4 Slushy Cocktail from The Johnson’s
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Happy New Year! The end of any year calls for an unprecedented number of round-up lists and superlatives. In New York City, with all of its bars and restaurants, the food and drink related ones are all over.

One writer for The New Yorker, Emma Allen, weighed in on her favorite cocktail of 2016 and it turns out to be right here in our own backyard, Bushwick! It’s none other than The Painkiller available at The Johnson’s, for as little as $4 if you hit their happy hour.

Allen told NPR in a recent interview : “The Painkiller, that’s like the punch line for 2016. The Painkiller, well, the one I wrote about is at this bar in Bushwick…

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Cover image by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily with an insert of the Painkiller by Yelp user Eric. T.

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