11/14/09

Mac & cheese

by Lchang69

This place has the best mac & cheeze. I'm a beer girl and the beer here is great. Only downside is that if you want to stretch after a meal there isn't a lot of room as its more like a restaurant.

• Pros: Best Mac & Cheeze, great beer, food is above average
• Cons: gets tight with crowds, not enough hang out space

07/09/09

Get your friends and grab a beer!

by gripdxd

This is a great place to grab a few beers and hang with friends. The outdoor seating is great and the prices are good too! It's a great place to socialize and hang. Lots of fun in the summer. Lots of beer varieties too! I really enjoyed it. It a busy place, so it maybe hard to snag seating. Fun place for happy hour as well.

• Pros: Beer, Seating, Casual, Free spirted & Food
• Cons: Busy

05/27/09

Great date spot

by haleypaul

i love this spot. i take dates here. or sit at the bar by myself. love the sandwiches and burgers. they have gus's pickely on the menu. and their beer selection is always amazing.

• Pros: food is awesome
• Cons: can be pricey

05/10/09

Great place, stamps have to go

by Druski

Great bar, amazing burgers, great atmosphere, great beer selection. However, everyone I have been with is unanimous that the stamp system (were you are id'ed at the door and get a stamp but then must reveal the requisite number of stamped patrons for each alcoholic beverage purchased EVERYTIME throughout the night) must go. It is lame, it is underage dance party stuff. I can go around the corner to another bar and be treated like an adult - get a new system or become regarded as the training wheels bar. It would be a shame, all the other ingredients are there.

• Pros: Great food and beer
• Cons: Army style enforcement of stamps

04/18/09

Favorite bar in the city

by Mikenobi

Spitzer's corner's has got communal seating, 40+ beers on tap, and awesome pub grub... what else could you want? In the summer they open up their windows right onto the street. not too shabby

• Pros: communal seating, plenty on tap, great fries
• Cons: the occasional hipster drops in

03/27/09

Beer choices galore, good burgers & pickles

by lizzyred8

Spitzer's corner is a great place to go with friends for some beers and burgers. The front of the place offers communal tables, whereas the back offers a more private setting. Order a bucket of pickles and some beers while you wait for your food and you will be all set. The burgers are quite good, and the option of a fried egg really adds tons of flavor. I'll definitely go back.

• Pros: Burgers, Beer selection, Pickles, Staff
• Cons: What are the drawbacks?

10/16/08

pretty deccent spot

by DyeYupster

will be back, right next to alot of my favorite spots. usually busy in the hood, & I live around here so usually there for brunch!!

10/12/08

A Blessing to the L.E.S.

by lesbabygirl

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! This place...I dont know what the hell this other guy is talking about. Ive never once had a bad experience at Spitzers and I come here constantly. The manager and the bartenders are always so sweet and accommodating. I have friends of a variety of colors and everyone has been treated wonderfully. They are super strict with their ID policy but its also their job. I bartend in New York so I get it. Spitzers is truly a gem!

• Pros: Great Beer Selection, Friendly and Knowledgeable Staff
• Cons: No liquor but they said they're trying to change that

09/27/08

Great Beer Selection but..

by iayestaran

great beer selection, one of the best in town, though I passed by it just last week and it appears that a certain city department has close it down. There were yellow notes on the windows that read the establishment had been closed. too bad as it was a great hang out for beers after work.

• Pros: great beer selection good space love

08/07/08

Good bar but poorly run...and victim of its own success

by myork

Spitzer's is a very bar in a fun area. Great selection of beers on tap and bottle, nice minimalist decor. Too bad I will avoid it on weekend nights for the following reasons: 1. It is overrun by the young upper east side crowd..lots of baseball hats and cute young preppy girls (wait a minute, that's a good thng...). And they'll ALL trying to get a drink! It's like they all got on a bus at Dorian's and it dropped them off on Rivington. What a nightmare. 2. Because of supposed underage drinking citations they've received the poor bartender has to see an i.d. for ever beer she/he gives out. Never mind that you opened a tab and have been previously served several beers for your friends...she still has to see who she's serving. The back bar did not have someone working back there. They did have a server taking orders back there though...he explained that b/c of the citations and having two exits in the back room the bartender has to card everybody. The girl working the bar last friday did her best but was understandably exasperated at points. She needs to pour drinks, not hasslbe people over id's. Let her do her job. So, dear owners of Spitzers, here'es how to fix this place: Please put a bouncer or two at the front door checking id's. Get another bouncer at the back doors. OR, just lock on back door and get a bouncer for the remaining open door. And get a bartender at the back bar! It'll hopefully draw the crowd to the back instead of the crap-show at the front bar. Yeah, extra staff will cost more $$ but I bet you make it up when the bartender pours more beers as opposed to me leaving and spending my $$ elsewhere! I'd love to come back, but under the right conditions:) Respectfully yours...

• Pros: great beers, chill atmosphere, corner location in LES
• Cons: lame crowd, lack of service