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Elements of this stylish Greenpoint bar's former incarnation as a wood shop are still evident: Old window frames now line the rugged pressed-tin walls and the ceiling beams are used as benches. The industrial double doors, concrete floor, and raised loading dock entrance were left untouched. In the front room, after-work regulars line the chic metal bar that glows with red candles or gather around one of the polished zinc tables lit up with embedded light strips. The best seat in the house is a table behind the DJ booth—they spin every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday—that's warmed by a fake fireplace. The atmospheric back room provides more seating between turns at the dart board or at the pool table that basks under an enormous and ornate round skylight. — Elizabeth Cline