FLOYD [Brooklyn Heights]
131 Atlantic Avenue (Henry & Clinton)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-858-5810

TAB: $$ (Amex, Mastercard, Visa)
HOURS: Mon-Fri (5pm-4am) / Sat-Sun (1pm-4am)
CROWD: Mixed
DIRECTIONS: F, G to Bergen / 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall [HopStop]
HITS: Bar Food - Bocce - Dog Friendly - Fireplace - Jukebox - Lounge - Sports TV

*GAY NIGHT: Last Monday of the Month = Last Mondays

WORDS ON THE WEB:

Citysearch says, "In the mating of subdued Midwest kitsch and Brooklyn-brownstone cool, a mutt was born, and like most mutts, this one's more loveable than its purebred cousins. The eclectic double-storefront bar is visually divided by conversation-friendly groupings of antique couches, comfy leather chairs, high- and low-top tables and a long salvaged bar. The walls further create the illusion of multiple spaces, with sections covered in tin, wallpaper and exposed brick. In a rather plucky move, the Brooklyn Heights bar gives up a valuable lounging space to an indoor bocce court. The cheap draft beers--Brooklyn Lager, Stella, Newcastle Yuengling--and stiffly poured well drinks help lubricate the shift from bar to couch to court."

Village Voice says, "Let's face it: Conventional bar games like pool, darts, and pinball are a little blasA(c). Knowing this, a few more forward-thinking watering holes have tried to up the ante. At the Nancy Whiskey Pub in Tribeca, for instance, patrons take turns at raucous shuffleboard matches; after four or five drinks, the venerable old-folks standby reaches "extreme sports" levels of difficulty and absurdity. Now there's Floyd, on an anonymous little strip of Atlantic Avenue that's not quite Cobble Hill and not quite Carroll Gardens, which proudly introduces Italian-style lawn bowling to the smashed bargoer. Nearly half of the roomy spaceawhich resembles a rural ski lodge, right up to the stuffed deer head nailed to the wallais taken up by the dirt boccie court. Floyd's owners named the place after Floyd, Iowa, and the easy Midwestern charm here is disarming. Swill a few cans of Old Milwaukee ($3) or munch on "beer cheese" spread on Keebler crackers ($4) while you watch people play; it's beyond comical to see Brooklynites who couldn't play boccie while sober attempt it while swinging back that third glass of bourbon."

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