Hole-in-the-wall beer boozer

Tipple of choice: Go renegade and try something unusual like the Abbey Double, a chocolate, raisin-infused dark brown mahogany Belgian beer.

Popular plate: The food is not typical pub grub but an eclectic mix of empanadas and Bratwurst, unlikely yet delicious when paired with a cold one (or three).

In the land of martinis and cosmopolitans, The Abbey Brewing Company is probably the last refuge for good, old-fashioned beer-drinking. The intimate brew-pub, headed by brewmaster Raymond Rigazio, hand crafts four house beers: Immaculate IPA, Father Theodore’s Stout, Brother Dan’s Double, and Brother Aaron’s Quadruple, as well as serving everything from hard-to-find Trappist Ales to British barley wines.

Having reopened after an early 2012 renovation, they managed to keep their genuine dive bar vibe intact, despite more space for drinkers and a rather fun use of a vintage shuffleboard table for a new bar.