The Brooklyn Rod and Gun Club

Well this really is something special – a place that’s real. A cozy and welcoming environment, a quaint and modest space. There is an intimacy here that can’t be found easily anywhere else in the city. I heard they were moving, which is a shame, because this space really is a unique environment. But unless your priority is profit, you’re gonna get pushed out by the real-​estate game. Here’s to a place that stayed true to something. Cheers.

Great place, very comfortable & welcoming, unpretentious, and consistently good live music. Everything about it is great, and also very rare anymore, esp’ly in W’msburg. No BS. Bartenders always very pleasant. Super reasonable. The other reviews I read all seem right-​on to me. Whenever I’m there, everyone there seems very happy, lots of smiling and dancing.

It seems to be the eye of the storm. like the old days in New York when a friends word was enough. When the future seemed brighter than the present. When mind and heart were open, sans anti-​ism dogma. I salute the last of the underground venues.

This place is great. The ambiance makes me feel right at home. I’m pretty sure it’s because I lived there in the late 90’s. STAY OUT OF MY ROOM!

One of my favorite bars in Williamsburg. Such a cute and cozy place!

Cool place. Good music. Small comfortable spot. Walter behind the bar pours a nice generous red wine glass and a slamming whisker rye. Bathroom is a train wreck. Literally.

I had no idea what to expect from a place with a name like this. I tend to ask a lot of questions about things I don’t know about but I decided over my second margarita at Cantina Royal that I would remain blissfully dumb. But in all honesty I just assumed we were going to a shooting range. I lagged behind my group and stopped to take a blurry photo of the New York skyline and ran up to meet my friends just as we made it to the door of the BRGC and I was like HOLD UP SHUT UP THIS PLACE IS COOL.
I have a thing for dimly lit spaces so right off the bat I was into it. The more I looked around the more things I saw that I loved and the place is tiny so it was like rapid fire BIG WOODEN TABLE IN MIDDLE, BRICK WALLS, BOOKSHELF FULL OF RECORDS, SMALL BAR, LOTS OF WOOD. I asked the manager, Walter, a million and a half questions about how they get away with being a bar but not a bar. It’s a Social Club, that’s all I remember. Walter served a delicious whiskey drink he called The Presbyterian and I think he made it so delicious so I’d shut up and leave him alone. It worked.
One of the friends who we were with was premiering his short film here and then after some of his friends sang for us. It was pure bliss.
My one gripe– the bathroom. Oh dear the bathroom. The bars of soap were like little grey, cracked slivers of shit. Bring some purell with you when you go. Or just don’t go to the bathroom at all. Just pretend it’s not there. Pee outside. Save yourself. Oh and it’s like you go through the door and the toilet and sink are on this platform. It’s so weird.
But I don’t want to end on a bad note. The overall vibe was wonderful and everyone who worked there was very friendly and accommodating. I love this place. I want to live there. Go there.

This place is great. The bands were excellent and the token system for the bar ($ 10 a token which is good for two drinks) works really well, plus the hot dogs and pineapple slices grilled on the barbecue (which you can just help yourself to) were a lovely touch. Very chilled and a lot of fun.

This place is a treasure! I visited here my last night in Brooklyn (visiting NYC for the first time) and felt it was a lovely end to the trip. There was a very good band playing bluegrass type tunes, a band which had no name yet. I liked the small list of drink options: Tecate, red wine, whiskey. I felt like we were hanging out in someone’s house. Long wooden tables and benches for all!

Speak easy vibe.
Always beer, wine, and rye whiskey.
Peanuts.
Very cool and always feels like a well-​kept secret.
(1 star missing as I am a tequila drinker)