MOE'S BAR [Fort Greene]
80 Lafayette Avenue (@ South Portland)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-797-9536
TAB: $$ (Cash Only)
HOURS: Mon-Fri (3pm-2am) / Sat (12pm-4am) / Sun (12pm-3:30am)
CROWD: Mixed, Gay-Friendly
DIRECTIONS: C to Lafayette / G to Fulton [HopStop]
HAPPY HOUR: Everyday (4:30pm-7:30pm) 2 for 1 Drafts, $1 off Well Drinks, $5 Frozen Drinks
HITS: DJ's (Wed-Sat) - Karaoke Tuesdays - Lounge - Events - Last Sunday of the Month = "Tea Party" - Specialty Cocktails - Video Games
WORDS ON THE WEB:
Citysearch says, "Brooklyn's Fort Greene continues to flex its hip muscle with Moe's, a vibrant nightspot on relatively quiet Lafayette Avenue. Colored squares of light over the curved bar, nifty vintage furniture sets--including a vibrating chair--and myriad votive candles decorate the bi-level space (formerly a tailor's shop). A young, racially and sexually diverse crowd enjoys the legroom of happy hour, then grows to pack the place till closing time. There's an unavoidable, if mercifully understated, "The Simpsons" theme here, with a portrait of bartender Moe in one of the unisex bathrooms, a stiff pyrotechnic shot called the "Flaming Mo" topping the drink list, and a beer tap labeled "Duff" (attention Miller Brewing Company: It's actually MGD). But happily, the patrons are a lot more appealing than Homer and Barney."
New York Magazine says, "Apologies to Frank's Lounge, but Moe's has emerged as the quintessential Fort Greene bar: it's low-key, casual, comfortable, a little bit funky, and frequented by a crowd so heartwarmingly racially mixed they should shoot an after-school special here. Neighborhood residents in their twenties and thirties flock to Moe's nightly on their way home from the office; BAM-goers similarly rely on the place as the ideal pre- or post-show watering hole to enjoy one of nine draft beers or the kind of specialty cocktail that comes across as precious in downtown Manhattan but kitschy at Moe's. Kitsch is also the word for the good-condition thrift-store furnishings that fill the lounge's two levels. The laidback, sexy energy makes Moe's an inevitable hook-up spot, but be careful: You will see that one-night stand at the bar here again."
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