Open for Business: Brooklyn Burgers & Beer, 259 Fifth Avenue
Wednesday, July 1, 2025 at 8:54AM ;){kind=link}
Park Slope's newest burger joint, Brooklyn Burgers & Beer, opened a week ago today on the corner of Fifth and Garfield. Thankfully, it looks like some real care went into both the menu as well as the design.
The dimly-lit restaurant is run by two friends, and they've sourced their ingredients from a host of local purveyors, including Baked in Brooklyn, Balthazar, and Brooklyn Brine. Grass fed meat comes from Boerum Hill-based butcher Dellapietras, and is a 50% chuck, 50% brisket blend. All patties are eight ounces.
The menu is fairly expansive; you can choose from a wide variety of patties, buns, toppings, and sauces, or choose from one of their creative burger options. Those include their flagship B&B Burger (bacon, brie, onion ring, special sauce, and arugula on brioche); The Motherload (bison patty, truffle mac and cheese, and bacon on brioche); and the Blue Moon (topped with turkey bacon, blue cheese, garlic aioli, and a sunny side up egg). Other options are made with lamb, tuna, black bean, and kobe patties, as well as fried chicken. There's also plenty of of appetizers (wings, maple bacon, fruit guacamole), sliders (pork belly, crisy fish, falafel), and sldes (three fries, corn on the cob, onion rings, cucumber apple slaw). It's really clear that it's all about the burgers here, which is a good thing.
;){kind=link}
The space is smartly laid out, and there's a very solid selection of beers on tap as well as cocktails, many of which are beer-based. So long as there's a market for burgers in this neighborhood (which there certainly is, even though there's plenty of competition), I see this place doing very well. Cheeburger Cheeburger this ain't.
Open For Business, burgers in Food, Storefronts
Reader Comments (30)
It sounds great. Suprising. The name is soooo generic.
for a craft beer bar it'd be awesome if they had a little bit more of a selection than those major ones. Like carry a draft line from Other Half here in Brooklyn or something!
Snice no longer has the real estate sign and the windows are now papered. Any idea what's coming in there?
We tried it out a few nights ago. The beef and bison burgers were good, but IMHO, not as good as Bonnie's or Pork Slope's. The beer selection is fairly small, but decent. The decor is really cool. There was a definite 'gee, let's open a bar' vibe. The staff seemed much more interested in huddling together and chatting with one another than in waiting on their customers. I am positive that the bartender has never tended bar before. Doubt we will go back.
It's really good! We ate there as a family last weekend (earlier in the evening-- little kids). I had the lamb burger. I live around the corner and will definitely be back.
I don't get why Bonnie's is so highly rated. Last time I went there it was your standard slab of meat charred on your standard grill. What am I missing?
1) That is NOT expensive, especially given the sources. Can't speak to the quality.
2) # South Sloper, there are a lot of restaurants that people seem attached to and they can't let go. I've got nothing against Bonnie's, it's decent. But when you read what hooders say about it, it sounds like you're eating at Per Se. And nobody talks about places that have a couple blow-you-away items that blow Bonnie's out of the water. Dram Shop burgers, and their wings, have no equal. I shouldn't talk about it.
Bareburger is better. Dram Shop is one of the best burgers in NYC. Bonnie's is known for their wings not the burgers.
Not sure why we needed ANOTHER burger place around here. Definitely not needed and I can't see it lasting too long.
Hey BUD, he said "expansive" not "expensive".
I liked AOC in the early days...
AOC had killer burgers early on. Dram Shop is my 'go to'. Unfortunately their fries gross me out. Bonnie's always smells good from across the street. Burgers, yum yum.
I might just have to try this new place. Hopefully the stink of Cheeburger Cheeburger has rinsed off. That place looked like an E. Coli scare waiting to happen with all those grubby crotchlings running around like it was the playground at PS 321 (which I am court ordered to stay away from).
Hide your momma, control your sister.
It's a beautiful-looking space. I'm definitely going.soon.
He's Got the Look - I don't think this is in the old Cheeburger Cheeburger space - isn't that where Burger Village is? On 7th? I think the point was just that this place is, unlike Cheeburger, suitable for the neighborhood.
I agree cheeburger wasn't the fit for park slope but Burger Village is.. I tried their Bison and Ostrich burger and I must say that was one of the best burger I tried in Park slope.. Sorry to say I don't go to Bareburger anymore since they started franchising Bareburger is not what it was .. From quality to customer service they are looser...
I associate Cheeburger (almost a clever name for 1981?) with Forest Hills, where, I believe, it still prospers. Perhaps it's reassuring that people can still afford to open cluelessly inappropriate or unrealistic businesses in an expensive neighborhood. Then again, Cheeburger was open for several years, no?
(So, was it truly a failure?)
Just when I thought we didn't need another burger place. This sounds great though
thanks for sharing the useful information
+1, p. If they had Other Half on tap it quickly surpasses other neighborhood burger joints. Do it!!
Had the burger and it was pretty damn fantastic - excellent choice of meat and perfectly cooked. Not a given at all, seeing as many of the burger joints will not be meticulous about cooking it to the customer's request.. The fries were good and the bacon was a nice touch as well.
How many burger joints does park slope have per square inch now exactly?
You people drink a lot.
Went there Friday. Pretty MEH. Smallish burger. Nothing special. Untested bun (wha?). The brie on top was nice, but it was just slapped on and not baked/broiled for a moment (which would have brought out the flavor, IMHO). Funky mustard. CUTE waitresses.
I miss AOC - Especially the curvy french waitress. Yum.
UNTOASTED BUN
Great post. I really like the way you describe things
Happy New Year lyrics New Year movie New Year greetings New Year meaning New Year card.