Henry Public - Brooklyn

Henry Public deserves the accolades it has garnered over the years. Nothing over the top, just all around delicious food, creative cocktails, and great service.

This is a favorite spot- mainly for lusty east coast atmosphere. Also for martinis, burger is sexy, but expensive. The dessert is better. Very transfixing atmosphere. It’s everything you thought the east coast would be.

We sat at the bar for food and drinks. Our bartender was attentive, great at making drinks, and was friendly. The food was a bit overpriced. I usually don’t drink alcohol but the “two cents fancy” was my cup of tea (or rather, alcohol); it was carbonated, slightly sweet, and not bitter. My partner had two other drinks that he enjoyed. We got the cheese sandwich, bone marrow toast, and the Wilkinson for dessert. The cheese sandwich came with fries and had sharp cheese and apple slices in it. The bone marrow toast came with a mix of parsley and shallots. The bone marrow wasn’t as flavorful as I was expecting, but the shallot mix helped give the flavor boost it needed. The Wilkinson was a dessert consisting of fried balls of dough that came with a rum caramel sauce that should have came with a warning about how hot the sauce was. Besides burning my tongue, it was good (though I’ve had better fritters before). The oysters were my favorite part of the night not too salty, but with three different stages of flavors, starting with a mild note, transitioning to a more savory taste, ending with a seafoody flavor.

Henry’s is the best. Probably the only reason Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and other celebrities choose to live in Brooklyn heights. The staff will make you feel like family and I love that the menu is limited. Everything on it they do to perfection. Every-time. God bless, Henry Public.

Wonderful place: exceptional staff, great food and drinks, and cozy atmosphere.