If you love great, fresh beer, and wouldn’t
mind having samples from some of the best restaurants in Brooklyn
to wash it down with (well, maybe it’s the other way around depending
on just how much you love beer) then run, don’t walk to the Critic’s
Choice-Brooklyn event being hosted at the Brooklyn Brewery this
Saturday, July 20, from 1 pm to 4 pm.
The mini block party inside and outside the Williamsburg brewery
(79 North 11th St., between Wythe and Berry streets) will feature
their entire line of handcrafted brews (Lager, Pilsner, Brown,
Belgian White, among them) as well as cuisine from the best of
Williamsburg, Park Slope, Red Hook, Smith Street, Brooklyn Heights
and DUMBO.
Participating restaurants include Allioli, Alma, Bar Tabac, Cafe Steinhof, Chip
Shop, Henry’s End, Lou
Lou, Max & Moritz,
Minnow, Oznot’s Dish, Planet Thailand,
Restaurant Saul,
Rose Water and Superfine.
The event is being hosted by the non-profit American Institute
of Wine & Food (AIWF), which was founded in 1981 by Julia
Child, Robert Mondavi and the late Richard Graff to provide a
forum for the study of fine food and drink. Tickets, which include
all the beer and food you can pack in for the three hours, are
$40 for AIWF members and $50 for non-members. Proceeds go to
AIWF scholarship programs.
The afternoon will also include stickball and wiffle ball games
and miniature golf out in front of the brewery. The Blue Rays
will perform live jazz and swing.
Call (212) 447-0456 for reservations. The Brooklyn Brewery is
also open Fridays, from 6 pm to 10 pm, in the Tasting Room for
beer and live local bands and Saturdays, from noon to 5 pm, for
beer and tours. For directions and further information, log on
to www.brooklynbrewery.com
on the Web.
