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Esquire Magazine’s Best Bars in America

clover — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:00:34 +0000

With Clover Club, the modern cocktail bar enters its next generation, the one that does everything good the previous one did, but without waving its arms around and shouting “Hey, lookit me!”

Clover Club listed as Cocktail Expert

clover — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:10:52 +0000

The 2009/2010 Zagat Nightlife guide is out and Clover Club has received top honors as a Cocktail Expert with an overall rating of 25.

Month of brunches: Clover Club

clover — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:22:26 +0000

Sadly I was felled by a cold last week and couldn’t make it out to brunch this past weekend. Instead, here’s a write up of my visit to the Clover Club the weekend prior.

Eat Out Awards 2009: Best New Cocktail Lounge

clover — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:00:11 +0000

“In a year of incredible cocktail talent, you chose Julie Reiner’s throwback potables as the ones to beat. They’re so dangerously quaffable—the egg-white-addled Ramos Gin Fizz is about as easy to down as a bowl of whipped cream—that we’re surprised you could see straight enough to vote. Clover Club 210 Smith St between Baltic and Butler Sts, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (718-855-7939)”

Behind the Bar

clover — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:00:31 +0000

Tips for a successful night on the town, from Clover Club cocktail maven Julie Reiner and Saturday Night Live’s Casey Wilson.

A trip to Brooklyn’s Clover Club worth effort

clover — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:00:08 +0000

Rise of cocktail culture. New crop of bars become the alcoholic equivalent of fine dining.

Dark Design: The Clover Club

clover — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:53 +0000

“The original pub (short for “public”) leveled society’s strata of intelligentsia, wealthy, witty, and common … hence its popularity. One thousand years of common drinking history supported conversation from the substantive to the flippant.”

Dining Briefs

clover — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:03 +0000

“The more serious the cocktail the more fun the night out: this is the guiding principle of the Clover Club, a Smith Street bar that serves what are now known as pre-Prohibition drinks, a professorial assortment of fizzes, smashes, swizzles and sours.”