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File under Things to Do section because there was no eating involved. I finally went and checked this spot down on Smith Street out. There's been a lot of brew ha since word got out that  mixologist Julie Reiner of Flatiron Lounge, among others, was opening a 'pricey' spot on Smith and Baltic in the Cobble Hill area of Brooklyn. Mutterings that the area is no place for $12 drinks etc...I personally am not at odds with it. As long as we are years from the pricing fallout, I'll be a patron. The decor was period (speakeasy), but not over the top. The service was measured, I wouldn't say slow though. The only thing I can definitively say is that I had the best Negroni I have had in New York bellied up to that bar, which by the way was mahogany and resurrected via 1890s coal miners bar of Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania (amazing). Otherwise, typical patron fare for the area, though I almost felt like I was in Manhattan for a while. They have small plate food. All bitters and such are house made and menu drinks are pre-depression/classic cocktails. I will go back and if you are in the area you should stop by. 

[where: 210 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201]