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PHOTOESSAY: Bootleg Bar in Bushwick Celebrated 4 Years of Cheap, Liver-Killing Combos

Proudly serving them up since 2014.

By Nick McManus

March 15, 2018 · 2 min read

Bars

PHOTOESSAY: Bootleg Bar in Bushwick Celebrated 4 Years of Cheap, Liver-Killing Combos

Proudly serving them up since 2014.

Nick McManus March 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018 · 2 min read

Bootleg Bar celebrated four years of serving cheap drinks in Bushwick with an all-night rager last Saturday. Neighborhood newbies and old friends alike cheered each other with tall boys of PBR and Evan Williams shots — a five-dollar combo that hasn’t changed since the bar opened in 2014.

Co-owners Bobby Rich and Marek Gregorski were at the bar, located at 1438 Myrtle Ave., to share memories that stretch back over a decade. Rich bartended the East River Bar…

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PHOTOESSAY: Bootleg Bar in Bushwick Celebrated 4 Years of Cheap, Liver-Killing Combos

PHOTOESSAY: Bootleg Bar in Bushwick Celebrated 4 Years of Cheap, Liver-Killing Combos

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