Saint Gambrinus - excellent new bottle shop

Someone mentioned this spot in passing in another thread, and it happens to be located not to far from me so I went and checked it out.

Short version - if you live anywhere even remotely close to the Barclays center, you need to go check this out. Said differently, if you've ever felt robbed after leaving bierkraft, you need to check this place out.

Great selection of beers at near-best-in-city pricing, coupled with great taps for on-site drinking or growler fills. On-site pours are offered in several sizes (one of my favorite features in a bar). No child bottles of beer yet for on-site, but they do have several top quality ciders. To top it off, the owner, Ray, is an awesome guy. Friendly, informed, helpful, and an all round proponent of great beer while also being super approachable.

For those of you who have been hanging around the Tiger for the last decade or so, you might recognize Ray. He's one of the stalwart old guys (self describes as such!) who's been a fixture at that back table for as long as they've been on bleecker. I highly recommend anyone in the area drop by and see his store.

Oh, physically, the place is very nice - exposed brick, airy, and with a backyard potentially opening in spring. Sounded like that needed to be worked out still with the landlord, but here's hoping.

 

The sandwiches looked good, saw other folks eating them, but didn't try any.

As for the pricing, I put them about on par with Good Beer. So not as good as wwhole foods, but better than pretty much any other bottle shop in town. But this is definitely based on only a quick glance, so I could well be mistaken.

 

Not sure. This is definitely the first place he's ever opened/owned, but I don't know where he worked prior to this.

 

Ha,yep, I've now started doing thee same thing.jump off at atlantic, grab a beer, walk home feeling alittle less beaten down by the man.

 

Oh shit, I should have mentioned that. I literally did the exact same thing last Monday. Super annoying.