Plans Brewing for Huge 300-Seat Beer Hall in Downtown Brooklyn

The future inhabitants of Downtown Brooklyn’s towers-in-progress can look forward to sipping suds in a new “relaxed and unpretentious” beer hall at 141 Lawrence Street, DNAinfo reported. Just a stone’s throw from City Point, Ava DoBro, and a handful of other developments, the proposed Fulton Beer Hall will be operated by Gerard Rooney, owner of Putnam’s in Clinton Hill.

Plans for the establishment are impressive: 51 tables (12 of them outdoors) will offer seating for more than 300 thirsty beer-drinkers. A proposed menu features organic meats, wood-fired pizza, and pretzels.

Rooney’s proposal to Community Board 2 served a zinger to other establishments in the area, promising that the new beer hall “will be leaving the corporate, cold, impersonal service to our competitors in the neighborhood.”

In the past decade or so, the number of beer halls and beer gardens in Brooklyn has grown tremendously with the addition of venues like Radegast Hall, T.B.D., and Der Schwarze Kölner — just to name a few.

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Massive Beer Hall Planned for Downtown Brooklyn [DNA]
Beer Garden Coverage [Brownstoner]
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