Boggle-n-Brokelyn

Our blogging buds at Brokelyn are planning a little holiday get together shindig thing for Thursday night, and there's gonna be boggle!  You guys know how to spell-n-shit, right?

Everyone should go, because playing boggle while drinking will make you feel way smarter than you actually are, and then that will probably be pretty fun to watch for everyone else.

There will be $3 Negra Modelos and a $4 Brokelyn Mystery Cocktail, so everyone should plan on getting lit.

Read all about it on Brokelyn.

The Sackett
661 Sackett Street (btwn 4th and 5th aves)
7-10pm

DID 491 SIX WINE BAR BITE THE DUST BEFORE OPENING?

Yes, South Slope already has plenty of bars. But who wouldn’t have been excited at the prospect of the 491 Six wine bar (6th Ave., between 12th and 13th), which made its coming known with a small typewritten note in the window and LOTS of empty bottles?

OK, in all honesty, anything would be an improvement over the space’s previous tenant, a printing shop that looked like a cross between a meth lab and that bike shop where Dudley got molested on Diff’rent Strokes. But look, I’m a wine dude, and I want a wine bar 50 feet from my doorstep much the way Roman Polanski wants a catholic girls’ junior high school to open next to his house. Right, I’m done with the illegal-sex-act jokes…for now.

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Wallet-Friendly Therapy: Jackie's Fifth Amendment

photo: dynamist

At first glance, you might walk into Jackie's Fifth Amendment and think, "Wow, I will probably be murdered tonight if I stay here." Then you realize you need to stop being such a little bitch. One of the few true dive bars left since the gentrification pioneers descended on Park Slope, Jackie's Fifth Amendment stands as a reminder of what the neighborhood used to be like back in the day. Take one step in the door and you're instantly transported to 1975, probably because the chairs you're sitting in are holdovers from that year. Regardless of how divey this bar may be, what it offers that is inherently unique nowadays, is a bartender that will actually listen to you, rather than judging you on your lack of ironic clothing and choice of beer. After five minutes of sitting at the bar (helmed by Fran for years), my friend and I were telling her everything about ourselves. She was shocked when I told her how much I pay for rent. She told my friend that he should break his sublease so he can move in with me. She gave us money for the jukebox and in between cigarette breaks, she told us stories from the old days. Forget fancy doctorates and high-priced bills. Head over to Jackie's for a bucket of 7oz. beers and some free therapy.

Poor + Thirsty? Where to Get Drunk in Park Slope

Alas, we received the following email yesterday at FIPS HQ:

Your Name: Cindy

Subject: unemployed persons bar crawl

Message: so where in Bk should my loser friends and I go tomorrow to get wasted on the cheap?

So, of course, we decided to connect with our good friends at killer new blog on the block Brokelyn for some poor pointers. Tim Donnelly sent along some expert notes, so check it:

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