Bushwick Country Club

Shitty beers and crappy shots for the win. Best Photo Booths and pickle backs. Monday is pretty great too.

Literally a classic dive at this point, If you haven't been to Bushwich Country Club (BCC*), let me tell you why you're going to enjoy becoming a member........spoiler, it's for one of a few, select reasons, none of which are country-club-esque:

*You like dive bars
*You enjoy dirty mini-golf courses**
*You like connect four/board games
*You have friends who like connect four, almost too much
*Photo booths are your thing
*You really really really like cheap alcohol
*You enjoy the company of good bartenders
*Did I mention the cheap alcohol yet? Yeah, the booze is cheap.

This place is as no-frills as they come, and I have very much enjoyed myself at the bar over the years. Come for the beer and shot special, stay...well mostly because of the beer and shot special, but also because the bartends are always super chill.
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*Yes I did, no I don't care
**No offense to the groundskeeper, but there are more than a few divots on the back nine.

I think I've been meaning to come here for the better part of a decade. Shows how long this place and myself have stuck around. But I never really had an excuse to go or none of my friends really ever willingly want to go into East Williamsburg for drinks. So someone I knew's birthday was being hosted here this week and this was my chance. After waiting an ungodly amount of time for the L train I was greeted with $4 tallboys of pbr (they have other drinks but this was my poison after downing margaritas for two and a half hours beforehand) and free cheezy poofs I will say the spot has a certain amount of charm. The backyard is a ramshackle set up of put put golf made out of statues constructed of shoddy pbr cans, creepy sculptures and gives off that redneck chic vibe.

One weird thing did happen - someone spilled half my beer on a table. The drink continued to spillage over onto myself and the floor so we asked for napkins. The staff very begrudgingly asked if the napkins were for 'your face' or something else. . . . . so a no napkin bar. After we insisted that there was kind of a mess all over the table and floor they finally acquiesced with giving us a dish rag. I'm aware I'm getting what I paid for. They do have a happy hour believe it or not - 2 for 1 drinks before what was either 7 or 8pm on weekdays but I mean . . . . everything is pretty cheap here any time of the day/night. I kind of like it for what it is but the people in here are kind of young and it feels almost over-whelming after a bit. Oh, and they have a photobooth which is where they make their money - FIVE DOLLARS for a singular photo print. WHoooey.

Bushwick Country Club is a place that has upper echelon feel. The garland, the web, the New Years vibe all year around, the bartender that pours the perfect pour. What more could you possibly want?

Everyone is a regular, everyone gets the same strong pours, and everyone has a great time under the bartender @megleethompson .

Fuck off, leave me alone, and have a bad time if you don't like good vibes, beer + shot combs and - wait dare I say it - a good time. This bar is where you want to go. This bar slaps.

The Bushwick Country Club is not in Bushwick and is not a Country Club.

I Know....Confusing!

The happy hour is 2 for one and it's a doozy!~Dino Toy Reminders with first drink. They are not your free toy. They are for the second drink.

It is a total dive bar in the black heart of East Williamsburg. I like coming to this watering hole when I wanna change things up and don't want to spend too much dough. This place also has a patio that can fit a good amount of people and "mini golf". I've never played mini golf here but that's not to say that people haven't attempted. There's some definite characters in this joint. People might try to start a verbal brawl. But just ignore the riff raff come with friends and get sloppy. You might not feel the best the next morning but you can put all the pieces together with your friends I mentioned to bring....important.

There's no food here...unless your dinner could be a giant pickle and a bag a chips then yes, there is food. And cheezzzeee puffs! Nomonomnom

For food and further libations you will have to go a couple doors down to their sister bar, the Starlight!

It's 2:30am and I'm listening to Slipknot and having picklebacks while looking behind the bar where you can apparently purchase a pregnancy kit. Outstanding.

Perhaps this place should be called Bushwick Public Library.

I said this because you can't be loud and you can't talk politics. A friend and I were having a conversation about the upcoming disaster of an election. According to another patron (who I later found out worked there), we were too loud. Rather than the bartender coming to us to tell us about our conversation (like an adult), she yelled at us from the other side of the bar to tone it down. It is a bar for christ's sake!

This is my thing:
1. If people are "too loud" then it should be the bartender, not her coworker who was not working, to ask the patrons to tone it down.
2. The patron (the bartender's coworker) said that some people want a quiet night. If that is the case THEN STAY HOME AND NOT GO TO A DIVE. Could it be that she wanted free drinks from her friend who was working the bar?
3. I wonder how many skinny, loud white girls are told that they are "too loud"?
4. Next time, if there is one, I guess we will debate about Keeping up with the Kardashians.

So go here for free cheese puffs and silence. *eye roll*

A dive bar at it's best! Bushwick Country club located in "East Williamsburg", is what a dive bar should be. Yes it's rundown a bit but they use charm and cheap thrills to get you in here. Well it works.

2 for 1 happy hour keeps me staying longer. Not because of the deal but rather because I get drunk and forget all of my responsibilities. What do they give you to cash in your second drink? A toy dinosaur! Fuck drinking I'm just gonna start playing with my velociraptor. They have free cheese doodles. If they were white cheddar I might be willing to live here. They have a cool photo booth and mini golf. Pretty unique. What's that above the bar, is that a Dharma Initiative beer? Yes it is. Mini connect 4? Time to show off.

Geeky, inexpensive and fun. My kind of place.

#They occasionally have free food. Check their #Instagram. The free Thanksgiving meal they had was really tasty. I remember a long time ago playing putt putt golf in the back.

Got picked me up and we drove out to Williamsburg to meet our party. First time meeting everyone and glad they're all down to earth. Parking was surprisingly a breeze or maybe we just got lucky.

I'm a bit stumped trying to categorize this place. Very dark and poorly lit. The right side hosts a long wooden bar with shelves of liquor and books on the side. Yes, like library books. A few chalk boards with their specials written on them and witty memes displayed behind the counter. Kinda divey if you ask me.

The left side has about 6 tables and 2 booths along the exposed brick wall. Red back splash in the back and a few artsy paintings hanging around. A bit hipsterish. For some reason, I think both sides really compliment each other.

Oh, and if you ask your bartender nicely, you get free cheesy poofs. Yum, reminded me of my childhood days.

Definitely will be back to give it another round.