New York Magazine

A backslapping neighborhood taproom that has all the trappings of a sports bar, but which stubbornly resists the label.

This tribal-themed, dimly-lit lounge—adorned with blue walls, back-lit fish tanks teeming with neon sea life, and tribal masks peering out from behind the bar—is the crown jewel of Bay Ridge’s Third Avenue nightlife strip.

Disregard the fratty name; the craft beers at this darts-and-pool standby are no bull.

A very small, very neighborhood-centric bar that can be pretty dead on weeknights (in a good, meet-the-eccentric-locals kind of way), this basic taproom somehow manages to fit a band into the corner on crowded Friday nights.

A cavernous, bi-level club that’s as Miami Beach as Bay Ridge is apt to get.

The taps are fancier than the beer at this party pub for darts, video games, and beer pong

This Bay Ridge staple makes a valiant stab towards swank, but falls dramatically short.

A bare-bones Bay Ridge staple complete with simple wooden décor and sparse seating that lures an  older local crowd drawn to the subdued sports-bar atmosphere.

Bay Ridge’s House of 50 Beers thankfully doesn’t take the ski theme or itself too seriously.

Beyond the terrible name is a cozy, friendly tattoo-themed lounge.

A house of the less-than-holy where cover bands, cheap beer, and bar games converge.

Coming off as somewhere between a funeral-parlor waiting room and a sports bar, XO Lounge is a watering hole with an identity crisis.