Botanica

One of my favorite Saturday afternoons

These people ruined the entire neighborhood. Buncha stuck up d***bags. wish all these people would go back to wyoming or vermont wherever theyre from. They're also responsible for putting up these horrid murals all over too, if I was that talentless Id be too ashamed to put my work up in public (Where do they find these "artists"?), but it's pretty apparent these people have no shame to begin with. Before they came to this neighborhood it was a quiet place.

Beautiful bar with great cocktails. But they're on fall/winter hours now, only open Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

This bar has everything. Great cocktails (it is right next to a distillery). It is easily the best looking bar in south Brooklyn. Much of the bar is basically large french doors that open to the cobble stone streets of Red Hook making it a great place to be on a nice night.

The only thing it does not have is a crowd. It is relatively crowded during the weekend days and nights, but from Monday evening to Thursday evening it is dead. For me that is a good thing because it means I can go with friends or a date and have the place basically to myself.

Botanica is a great little tucked away place if you're out and about in Red Hook and especially if you're headed to Valentino Park on a nice day. The best seats are outside, and be ready to take your time. The drinks are wonderful and complicated, which means they can take a moment or two to make.