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Converting this rundown warehouse into Greenpoint’s chic-est lounge was a labor of love for Diane Foley and Allen Welch (former bartender at LIC’s Lounge 47). The pair hand-poured and polished the long concrete bar and personally selected the minimalist décor--and their premium bourbons, scotches, tequilas, and rare European liquors like the Czech bitters Becherovka are what you’d expect of such a sleek space. But they know the neighborhood, and the twelve microbrews on draft, including locally-brewed Six Point Sweet Action Ale, are only $5, while $15 buys you a “Bucket of Crap", a mix of PBR, Natty Ice, and the like. The cavernous, 2,500 square-foot room is lined with large, low ottomans and rotating art installations, and flat screens recessed into the walls loop animé and The Triplets of Belleville. — Lauren Salazar