12/22/2023 0 Comments Weather up brooklyn kentucky derbyIn that case, hit up The Graham dressed in your finest Kentucky dandy duds and you can get yourself a free mint julep. Oh sure some of those other bars will give one person a $100 prize for dressing the best, but you’d rather leave the competition to the horses. The Graham (151 Montrose Avenue, Williamsburg) All this while rocking out to a self-proclaimed math-punk band right out of Louisville: the perfect way to unwind after a day of horse racing. Hank’s Saloon (46 3rd Ave, Boerum Hill) FREEįREE SANDWICHES at the afterparty! Who ever said there’s no such thing as a free lunch? How about a free dinner? Certainly not the kind folks over at Hank’s, who’ll be serving up the Southern version of the cucumber sandwich, Benedictine (mostly cream cheese with a little bit of cucumber juice and onion) spread on white bread as well as the Dixie delicacy roadkill stew known as burgoo. Small plate of hors d’oeuvres complimentary with price of admission, but you’re on your own for ordering Champagne by the bottle at the bar. Obligatory gendered prizes for best hat/fascinator on a lady and best-dressed gentleman. You’re likely too broke for this because this is Brokelyn you’re reading and this is Brooklyn Heights we’re talking about, but the price of admission is for a cause: the Junior League of Brooklyn (fancy ladies doing good–like volunteering and landmarking shit). Gentlemenly wagering and Derby pies grace this packed house with panoramic views of all the races, kicking off at 2pm.Ĭustom House (139 Montague St, Brooklyn Heights $50 adv/$60 at door) Straight Kentucky Bourbon (Bourbon with an ass kicking). Mable’s is going heavy on the bourbon: $7 mint juleps (bourbon with mint). Mable’s Smokehouse (44 Berry St, Williamsburg) FREE They’ve also got bourbon-glazed ribs and Derby pies, and even if you know nothing about horses or racing, you can bet on winning the losing game in their appropriately-titled “Idiot’s Stakes” bets. Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St, Williamsburg) FREEīest ladies’ hat wins a bar tab! Winner determined by popular consensus. In that vein, the 140th annual NASCAR of yesteryear gussied up in oversized harlequin hats, also known as the Kentucky Derby, is bursting out of the game Saturday, and we’ve got some places to watch it for ya. Before you pretentious urbanites dismiss it entirely as a backwater flyover territory full of Southern hicks who couldn’t even rally behind Dixie (spoiler alert, assuming you’re reading this in 1860: after waffling for years, they ultimately joined the North in the Civil War), Kentucky believes in tradition, and we all owe tradition some goddamn respect (because tradition). Kentucky: the state of Bourbon, bluegrass, coal mining, and, as of late, a pretty sweet rebranding campaign.
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