Food and Wine

Our discerning features intern Nick Pandolfi complained that living a bit off the beaten path in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he couldn't get a classic Sazerac cocktail or the perfect Manhattan without taking the train into the city. Last week he came to the office with exciting news about a hot new cocktail spot in Brooklyn.

New York Post

FIRST daughter Barbara Bush at the new Huckleberry Bar in Williamsburg celebrating a friend's birthday.

The Brooklyn Paper

Until now, late night food and drink on the eastern edge of Williamsburg usually meant beer and a slice of pizza. However, with the opening of Huckleberry Bar on Grand Avenue at Lorimer Street, all of that has changed.

The Strong Buzz

Stephanie Schneider and Andrew Boggs, Danny Meyer alumni who met on the opening team of Blue Smoke/Jazz Standard, have opened Huckleberry Bar, a value driven wine and cocktail bar with a menu of British and Southern-inspired menu of small plates by chef Seth Johnson (5 Ninth, Eleven Madison Park, Resto).

New York Observer

Tuck yourself into the Huckleberry Bar and you might feel the Manhattanization of Williamsburg is complete. The space is well-designed, with plenty of low-lit booths perfect for unwinding, both indoors and out.

Time Out New York

These two first met while working the bar at Danny Meyer's Blue Smoke. He was a bartender, she a manager and beverage director. By then, they were both already Meyer stalwarts (their combined experience: 11 years).

Time Out New York

Nineteenth century slang ("I'm your huckleberry," or in latter-day speak, "I'm your man") is the inspiration behind this bar from Danny Meyer alums Stephanie Schneider (Gramercy Tavern) and Andrew Boggs (Union Square Cafe, Blue Smoke).

New York Times

Harvey Wallbanger is alive and well, and living in Brooklyn. That '70s drink, so redolent of leisure suits, "Love Boat" and giant wide lapels, was thought to have gone extinct decades ago or at least mostly extinct (you can occasionally spot one on the mummified menus of roadside diners).

New York Magazine

The classic-cocktail movement has yet to make many inroads into Williamsburg, that hipster nexus where PBR and its ilk remain the sentimentally ironic quaff of choice. Sensing a void, and eager to deploy the mixology skills she honed at Hearth and Blue Smoke, Stephanie Schneider seeks to raise the neighborhood's mixed drink and small plate standards at the just opened Huckleberry Bar.

The Village Voice

There's a trend I've noticed lately: Restaurants mainly intended as beer bars and cocktail lounges have been hiring ambitious young chefs, who make do with comically small spaces and a dearth of kitchen equipment and produce amazing menus.