Greenpoint’s Pencil Factory Owners Opened a Bar in Ridgewood, Onderdonk & Sons

One could argue that the bar scene in Bushwick has reached its saturation point. For one, Community Board 4 certainly thinks so. And while the areas off Morgan and Jefferson L train stops have thanks to their sprouting establishments become a Disneyland for twenty-somethings, in east Bushwick you can still walk for miles without bumping into a single watering hole. In Ridgewood, the situation has always been a little different. While The New York Times has recently published their almost template article announcing yet another New York neighborhood gentrifying, the truth is that Ridgewood has had its bars (and even yoga studios) for decades. Gottscheer Beer Hall, an old-fashioned German beer heaven popular among Ridgewood old-timers as well as among recent college grads has been serving Franziskaner beer since 1924. Queens Tavern recently replaced Caskey’s Bar and has been generating good local crowd also thanks to its fun events such as the Variety Night or BYOV(inyl).