Their words:

Esquire Mag: Freddy’s voted one of ESQUIRE’S BEST BARS IN AMERICA.

Time Out NY: “It’s possible that Freddy’s is as near a perfect saloon experience as you’ll ever encounter.”

WNYC: ”It has a cat that you can’t out-drink, it’s got the best fishtank in New York City. It’s an amazing bar.”

Village Voice: Freddy’s voted “One of the 10 Best Bars in Brooklyn.”

N.Y. Gamble Guide: Freddy’s voted “One of the 10 Best Dive bars in N.Y.” – “A Brooklyn classic… Also one of the best bars in N.Y. City for Sunday afternoon drinking.”

New York Mag: “Greatness lies behind these doors.”

Village Voice BEST OF – BEST VIDEO ART IN A BAR: 2001-2008: “Donald O’Finn’s feverishly edited encyclopedically strange video collages are lively rivers….his editing is so hyper-intuitive that the culture shocks and timewarps gel into a state of half vertigo and half trance.”

Curbed NY: Top 5 Favorite Moments From (Documentary Film) “Battle for Brooklyn.”
#1. Freddy’s Bar co-owner Donald O’Finn being a badass.

Wall Street Journal: ”The inmates are running the asylum…The bar is owned by the staff and built by the regulars…Billed as an intimate evening for Freddy’s family, and that family of hundreds embraced, shrieked and toasted.”

NYC Gothamist: Best Five Barkeeps In NYC ”Donald O’Finn at Freddy’s”

NY Metro Mix: 10 Best Bartenders in NYC ”Donald O’Finn at Freddy’s”

NY Times: ”an iconoclastic Brooklyn dive bar…a mounted swordfish next to a granite slab with the etchings of graffiti…a 1923 player piano…”

NY Times. Scoop: “… much-loved …wonderfully odd and charming.”

NY Drinker: ”Freddy’s is alive!” ”…much of the new Freddy’s is so familiar it’s eerie…Eclectic art still adorns the place…the bar managed to retain their trademark energy with their familiar activist-minded crowd and happily dancing bartenders.”

The Brooklynite: “Freddy’s is one of the borough’s most vital cultural hubs.”

Village Voice NYC Guide: “Freddy’s hosts some of the city’s most original readings and performances.”

New York Mag: (Best Of) “The great Freddy’s…seems to sizzle with life.”

NY Post: “… the first to turn his local watering hole into something trend-worthy – that honor could go to Donald O’Finn, manager of Freddy’s …”

AV Club: 8 Neighborhood Bars worth leaving your Neighborhood For: (#1 on the list) “It doesn’t get more Brooklyn than it does at Freddy’s, which is both basic and adorned with pretty much everything you could want in a neighborhood bar. The crowd is communal and social (if you want it to be), the decor is old and decidedly not fussed-over, and that elusive quality known as ‘vibe’ abounds for whatever mysterious reason.”

Bravo TV Night life guide: “When God created the bar, he named it Freddy’s.”

National Public Radio: on Opera night, “the local watering hole for murderers and tyrants, adulterers and virgins, Don Juans and divas.”

Brooklyn Based: ”funky lamps, vintage wallpaper and plenty of found art objects…you can drink cheap booze while checking out live music, art, or comedy.”

Here is Park Slope: “Freddy’s has firmly cemented its reputation as one of Brooklyn’s top bars (and a great place to see live music).”

L Magazine: Bar Award. Best Bar in Which to Shout “Screw the Man”

Shecky’s Bar Guide: “This worn-in classic…a delectable dive…best known as a fringe art space.”

NY Times: “a friendly barkeep, good beer on tap and a generous backroom…it’s an exceedingly comfortable joint… a little bit blessed.”

Zagat: “loads of atmosphere”…“This place oozes Brooklyn pride.”

N.Y. Sun: (on Diva Night) “…raucous and sublime… un-elitist, imperfect, and fun…”

Our words:

A Brooklyn Institution that recently moved a little bit south.