Brooklyn
You're flying out of Brooklyn Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Brooklyn Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Brooklyn's airports.
Williamsburg · $$$$
World-famous oyster-and-absinthe parlour.
Red Hook · $$$
Heritage cocktail-and-American-food bar from St.
Cobble Hill · $$$
Diner-turned-cocktail-bar with neon signage from 1951 preserved.
Williamsburg · $$$
Cocktail bar from cocktail historian Jeremy Oertel.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Brooklyn proper at the end.
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