Bar Review: Third Avenue's Canal Bar
A drunken stumble from the Gowanus Canal is a bar that marries an old-school approach to drinking with a more au courant reverence for irony. And, as Josh Bernstein explains in this week’s NY Press, it works like a charm. Similar to Holland Bar or Cherry Tavern, Canal mimics a train car: long and narrow,…
A drunken stumble from the Gowanus Canal is a bar that marries an old-school approach to drinking with a more au courant reverence for irony. And, as Josh Bernstein explains in this week’s NY Press, it works like a charm.
Similar to Holland Bar or Cherry Tavern, Canal mimics a train car: long and narrow, with little seating beyond the dozen or so bar chairs. Remaining space is consumed by a pool table (sometimes moved aside for twangy-musician performances), and the room is rounded out by haphazardly kitschy decor: a hammerhead shark painted like a hot rod, deer heads wearing birthday hats and vintage beer signage. It’s an irreverent yet cozy space with easy-on-the-wallet pricing.
Now if we only didn’t have to get up for that 4 a.m. feeding, we’d be there in a flash!
Row, Row, Row Your Bottle [NY Press]
The Canal Bar totally kicks ass! And the owner is fucking hot too!
It does have a good vibe and a great box! (Juke that is). and it is actually one block (not two) from the R. It’s worth the Trip. I have to get back there this weekend.
I started going to that bar when it opened in the summer. It’s really a great little neighborhood hangout with friendly, cute bartneders and a nice, laid-back vibe. Great juke-box, cheap drinks. Since moving from Gowanus to Clinton Hill, I haven’t gotten the chance to frequent as often. Being one of their first “regulars” I feel like I have abandoned them.
And in the back room they have dogs playing poker.
A bar where the mutts play pool? I’m there!