AMNY Does Best of NY

It's that time of the year, so AMNY threw its hat into the best-of ring yesterday. Naturally, Brooklyn made the cut in several categories. A few are below. For more, check out this pdf from AMNY.

Best Theme-y Bar: Radegast. "The feel is typical 1800s beer hall, with dark wood, communal tables, a circular bar and portraits of various German heroes overseeing the action."

Best New Brooklyn Restaurant: General Greene. "The farmhouse fare at this new favorite is fresh and the service friendly and capable."

Best Seasonal Cocktails: Botanica. "Drinks like the Hemingway (rosemary, vodka, elderflower liqueur and grapefruit juice) or the Maori (muddled kiwi, cucumber, vodka and lime juice) are made with fresh herbs and fruits and — thankfully — no pretension."

Best Non-Lame Stand-up: Sound Fix. "A miracle, as far as we’re concerned."

Best Bar to Meet the Opposite of a Banker: Hank's Saloon. "Head straight to this rickety urban honky tonk for cheap beer, occasional free ‘cue, country karaoke and a (very) divey atmosphere happily devoid of Brooks Brothers suits."
Best of NY [AMNY-Pdf]
Photo by wallyg.

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If you can ignore the occasional table of frat boys, Radegast is a blast.

Posted by: itsagas at October 23, 2008 10:00 AM

Radegast blows, just a bunch of fratboys and their dizzy hoes.

Botanica, however, is awesome.

Posted by: monkeyman at October 23, 2008 10:01 AM

I haven't seen any gardening implements in the biergarten, I don't know what you're talking about.

Posted by: dittoburg at October 23, 2008 10:03 AM

'Radegast blows, just a bunch of fratboys and their dizzy hoes.'

With a description like that, people are going to flock there just for the dizzy hoes.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 23, 2008 10:13 AM

why general greene and not james? of course i'm a partisan since james is sorta in my hood, but every review of james has been sparkling, while general greene's have been mediocre. james wuz robbed!!

Posted by: i disagree at October 23, 2008 10:25 AM

General Greene is ghastly - the place is nice looking, but the food is downright awful. Doesn't give me confidence in their "best" picks....

Posted by: promenade at October 23, 2008 10:42 AM

And don't forget the Flea was named best flea in NYC this AM!!!

Posted by: Sporteeee at October 23, 2008 11:36 AM

agreed on general greene. was really underwhelmed by how bland my food was.

Posted by: bklynbpr at October 23, 2008 11:39 AM

General Greene was the most disgusting restaurant I have ever been to, and also overpriced. Two of the four dishes I ordered at General Greene were inedible. The steak tasted spoiled. I will never go back. We would have left hungry even if we had eaten everything, and I forget how much the bill was but it was over $70 for two people and we ordered only one drink and it was a nonalcoholic one. Radegast is just incredibly obnoxious. And I usually like everything.

Posted by: mopar at October 23, 2008 1:22 PM

radegast is surely not all frat boys. it's pretty packed all the time. doubt they care if they win or not. it's doing extremely well.

Posted by: wine lover at October 23, 2008 11:26 PM

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October 23, 2008

AMNY Does Best of NY

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