Groupon Deal for Bronx Ale House

Big ups to BD Reader Lis for alerting us to an awesome Groupon deal for Bronx Ale House: there's still 4 hours left to buy into a deal offering $30 worth of "classic bar fare and drinks" for only $15!

Click here to check out the deal.

~ErLu

Guilt-Free Weeknight Drinking at Bronx Ale House

Finally, a legitimate reason to toss a few back on a Thursday night...

This evening (11/12), from 6:30 to 10pm, Bronx Ale House will be sponsoring POTS Night...a portion of the proceeds from the evening will be donated to POTS (Part of the Solution), one of the oldest and largest emergency food programs in NYC. POTS, whose slogan is "Feeding Our Neighbors, Nourishing Our Community," also offers an array of social and legal services to help low-income people and families improve their lives. This year alone, more than 8,500 people, including 2,000 children will benefit from POTS services. Click here to check out the POTS website.

The night's festivities will include discount drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and a raffle. Don't expect to plunk down $6 for your usual Stella or Corona at Bronx Ale House...its the first and only craft beer bar in the Bronx, and they offer a stellar selection of delish brews at reasonable prices.

We love the fact that Bronx Ale House only opened a few months ago, and they're already diving in and hosting events like this that will benefit a nonprofit which has been a fixture in the community for over 25 years.

Bronx Ale House is located at 216 W. 238th Street (just east of Broadway at Review Place). Click here to view their website.

Cheers Bronxites!
Ale House Flyer
~ErLu

Newly Opened Bronx Ale House is the Truth

Beer is the new wine...at least that's what the proprietors of the ridiculously awesome Bronx Ale House are saying with their panoply of artisanal and craft beers on tap and in bottles.We got a great tip from BD reader and fellow Fordham '02 alum, Pat, about this new beer mecca in the BoogieDown. We met up with Pat and a few other friends on Saturday after our surreal and rainy real estate trolley tour.

Bronx Ale House is on 238th street in Kingsbridge, just steps from the 238th street 1 train stop. We walked from Bedford Park, which is about a 20-25 minute walk, but man, was it worth it. We even ran into the Paping Soapbox Derby, which was recently displaced from Brooklyn, at Fort Independence Park on our walk, a strange little bonus.

First let me say that I even love the name of this place. They could have named it the Kingsbridge Ale House, or even (gasp!) the Riverdale Ale House, but they chose to embrace the borough as a whole - well done!

So on to the beer: they're all so good. There are all types of beers, from all regions. The Saturday afternoon special of $5 for every draft beer is a fantastic deal, especially when you realize how good these beers are and that some cost $7 normally. The missus indulged in some apricot flavored wheat thing and after some dancing around the beer menu I settled on a delicious Leffe.

You'd think that the place has spent so much time and money on beer, that the food would be lackluster, but that is just not the case. The food was extremely good as well. Pub grub is the fare, so don't expect some foo-foo risotto, but I think our table of 7 ordered almost all of the sandwiches on the menu and everyone was very pleased.

The atmosphere is friendly and neighborly. Everything is new and nice, and the exposed brick inside, with the establishment's name etched into it is pretty cool. It was also cool to run into some other familiar faces from the Bronx media and nonprofit world.

If I were forced to log one complaint, it would be for Bronx Ale House to become a little more kid friendly. By 5 or 6 o'clock, there were at least 5 children under 5 years old in the place, and nary a high chair or booster seat in sight. It seems like Bronx Ale House will have this weekend afternoon family crowd, so it would be nice to get a few high chairs, some cheesy white paper placemats, and crayons. (Or maybe we parents should get bar friendly and not take our littluns to the ale house?)

Bronx Ale House will be seeing a lot more of ErLu. It's well worth the walk from Bedford Park, and it's even worth the trip from Manhattan or Brooklyn, as evidenced by our friends' from the Upper West Side vow to return because the beer, food, and atmosphere is that good.

The Bronx Ale House is actually the only Bronx stop on the 2nd Annual NY Craft Beer Week September 11-19, so let's get out there and show our support.

~ErLu