Beer Run
John Hyun and Larry Good run Beer Run on West 19th Street. It is a bottle shop you can drink in.34 Hannah Albertine put it on The Infatuation's thirty-eight best beer bars in the city.2
Why go
Good has run rooms in this city for years, Toast 125 in Harlem and The Heights Bar & Grill up by Columbia among them.3 The shop's own description is short. Cans and bottles to stay or to go, and a tap list drawn from New York and everywhere else.4
Order this / avoid
- Order: something on draft if you are staying.4
- Buy: a four-pack to take home.4
- Avoid: arriving as a party. There is not room for one.1
What locals & experts say
- Hannah Albertine, The Infatuation NYC (12 February 2020):
Beer Run in Chelsea is sort of like a mullet - there are refrigerators stocked with cans in the front, and a tiny bar with about twelve taps in the back. Of all the spots on this list, it's one of the smallest. So you can sit here with about five other people and feel like you're in a special beer club called The Imperial Stouts.
1 - John Hyun, opening the Upper West Side shop (21 May 2024):
We can't wait to be a part of the UWS community and share memories together while slipping back some cold beer!
3 - The limit: I have not found anything written about this shop since 2020.
Good to know
Verdict
could-visit — Nothing is booked here. It is a bottle shop first and a bar second.