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A Glass of Grappa? The Door's Open.    -  The New York Times                                                                                                             "...the romantic Brooklyn ideal...The bartender wears a sharp dark shirt and tie, and he makes old-style cocktails..."              

Best Brooklyn Bar    -  NewYork Magazine                                                                                                                                                      "Once an Italian social club, the bar gets the throwback formula right, from the front door marked “non-members welcome” to the slowly revolving  ceiling fans, red pressed-tin ceiling, and strains of Duke Ellington.  Bartenders dress the part, donning ties and expertly mixing cocktails..."                                                                                                                     

Critic's Pick: Matt's Ginger Old Fashioned"   -  Time Out NY                                                                                                               Barkeeps clad in aprons, ties and button-down shirts will muddle maraschino cherries, orange wedges, simple syrup, bitters and a cube of raw ginger before adding a hearty measure of Jim Beam and tiles of ice. The shaken result is ambrosial: It’s faintly sweet but strong as an ox, a stomach-warming zinger with nuanced layers of zest, fruit and liquor unfolding with every sip. Want another? Go ahead."                                                                                                                      

Best of Awards: Best Former Italian Social Club Now Open to Nonmembers  - The Village Voice                                                "The best new bar in the Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill area is indubitably BROOKLYN SOCIAL, a former old-man's club in a largely Italian neighborhood, where charming, ancient photos of gaggles of club dudes line the elegantly adorned walls, and one may sip cocktails in dim haze with low lighting. Plus, the Social serves grilled cheese at all hours."                      

City style: New York  -   The Times Magazine (London)                                                                                                                         This old-style cocktail joint is the coolest bar in Brooklyn, and that's saying something when there's a hip haunt on every corner. Louche gentlemen's club, whirring ceiling fans, bartenders in jaunty fedoras and Rat Pack outfits, and the best ginger old-fashioned for miles"                                                                                                                                                         

Brooklyn Bound  - Travel & Leisure                                                                                                                                                                 "With its pressed-tin ceiling and faded Deco mirrors, this Carroll Gardens bar is an uncanny simulacrum of an Italian-American men’s club. That’s because for 70-odd years it was one: the Società Riposto, whose tuxedo-clad members gaze out ghostlike from framed photos on the wall...Whatever it is, Brooklyn Social works. Of course it wouldn’t mean jack if the drinks weren’t so good."