Halloween (sat) in Red Hook
On Saturday we spent our evening cruising the various Halloween happenings in Red Hook.
We started off at the Liberty Heights Tap Room. We stopped in for a quick drink to kill some time before heading on to our main event. Turns out there was a benefit concert - with a bunch of bands playing Elvis Costello covers. The space is really cozy and family friendly, exposed brick walls, brick oven pizza, nice long bar and in the back, nearly a separate room with a cool stage area. Seems like a nice local place, and when I say local I don’t mean local hipsters, just a local Red Hook crowd. Plenty of parking too, because if you’re not a local more than likely you’re driving or taking the bus.
www.libertyheightstaproom.com
Around 11:00 we sauntered over to Lillies Salloon for Hee Haw Hell for what turned out to be the main event of our evening - Van Hayride! The bar itself is wonderful. A dark, yet lush country/urban combo with a dash of kitsch and lots of Art Deco detailing (this picture doesn’t do it justice). We thought that Frank and his gang from the movie “Blue Velvet” would have felt at home lounging on one of the sofas. www.lilliessaloon.com.
Lillies Salloon with Van Hayride
We had the pleasure of listening to an excellent Van Halen cover band called Van Hayride. They put their own honkey-tonk meets Elvis mark on the classic tunes. They also pointed out just how chock full of life-lesson Van Halen songs really are. jackgraceband.com
After filling up on Van Hayride and Makers Mark we headed over to our last stop. Lidos - a little hole in the wall that we call home every Friday night. And on this Saturday night you could just barely make out the mostly human forms through the pea-soup fog. Our fav was Carrie, s/he looked quite lovely dripping blood. Lido 200 Columbia St Brooklyn, New York 11231 718-858-9322
Lidos Bar