TØRST
Tørst pours 21 draft lines on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, and all of them rotate. More than 200 bottles and cans sit behind them. The bar's own account is that Luksus, a Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant, ran inside it from 2013 to 2017.
Why go
The bar puts its founding idea this way: beer could be approached with the same care, hospitality, and attention traditionally reserved for wine and fine dining.
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The food menu changes with the season and runs to burgers and late dishes, and there is a cocktail list, a wine list and spirits alongside. Tørst says that culinary ambition still shapes the bar today.1
The back room takes forty or more and books as a private space.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: by asking which of the 21 turned over.
- Avoid: naming a beer at the door. Read the board first.
Good to know
- Getting in: the bar takes reservations, and it serves late.
- The door: 615 Manhattan Avenue, in Greenpoint.
- I haven't found a review of this bar.
Verdict
could-visit — Go with somebody who will split glasses with you, because one pour tells you nothing about a list this long.