Northern Bell

Bar, Restaurant and Outdoor Garden. Located in the heart of Williamsburg, we are just steps away from the Lorimer L stop, and the Metropolitan G stop. We have Happy Hour and Brunch specials, so stop in to enjoy our full menu, cocktails, and more than 40 craft beers!

8 / 10
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  • Phone

    (718) 388-9040

  • Website

    northernbellny.com

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  • Type

    New American Restaurant

Address

612 Metropolitan Ave (Lorimer St) Brooklyn , NY 11211 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. MasterCard & Discover)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 50


Keywords:

Southern food casual avocado dippers beer outdoor seating great value wild boar meats Cobb salad biscuits hard cider good for singles ribs root beer brunch food trendy good for a quick meal friendly staff restaurants sausage
Molly Freeman

Had the special General Tso's wings and they were the best wings I've ever had! Plus they have raspberry Woodchuck hard cider by the bottle, which is hard to find.

Christopher Araujo

Hefty servings and a great ever-changing beer list . This becomes an Oklahoma Sooners bar on Saturdays in the fall and a Mets bar all baseball season. Cool locals know about and take part in Mug Club.

Staff Picks

Enjoy the last few warm weather days on the back patio of this new Southern spot. Come for the food, but stay for the extensive beer selection (we like the Firestone Wooky Jack). Read more

Boris Jones

If you’re a fan of all things meat and BBQ , you’ll love Northern Bell. Read, Elk , Bison , Chicken , Boar , you name it. Enjoy a later summer eve in the cute little back patio area . Read more

Edwina McGregor

Beautiful outdoor backyard in the summer, great music , chill vibes and excellent friendly staff . Cocktails are good and the food was delicious. Highly recommend.

David Guerrieri

Great open air bar , venecin sausage was delicious with sauerkraut !

Robert Gleyberman

Avocado dippers and ribs are out of this world

Alexandra d'Archangelo

Good people. Good selection of craft beers . Still fine-tuning their vegetarian/vegan options, which is what we might expect from an NC BBQ inspired place.

Max Fulgoni

Fried avocado is amazing as is Chris the bartender who knows beer like the back of his hand

Khoa Ma

Fried Chicken and waffles ???? Get one with a bloody mary . Can't go wrong.

Redwan Mousline

Really good signature BM, Mac n Cheese are awesome !

Alex Still

This place has a great, classic bar burger . Mine was served perfectly medium-rare with a nice char. Good wings , too.

Carleen

whiskey , wings + a huge outdoor space ?! also, you have to get the banana maple habanero wings .

Gustavo Malagón

Best wings in NY so far and I know a lot about wings . Trust me.

Amy Tremmel

Biscuits & gravy and the chicken & waffles are the way to go. Free mimosa or Bellini with brunch !

Alex Phelan

Charming new neighborhood spot . Great rotating draft list , friendly service , and a PERFECT back patio . Bell-isimo.

Lauren D

Nice place to grab a drink and eat

Jesse

Big outdoor garden in the back. Great food and staff . Steps from the L train . Solid joint.

Thomas Hellmer

Margaritas were mostly ice water with tiny bit of margarita . Pulled pork was watery and hardly any BBQ sauce to go with it. Hush puppies were simply cornbread . Add some onions and garlic .

Francis

Great chicken wings and they have root beer with alcohol

deniz ayaz

bloody mary , sausage and caramelized onions !

Cliff Wilson

Pork Mac n cheese !

Oliver Bouchard

The pulled pork is to die for.

Sarah Schwartz

Staff were super friendly . The chopped chicken sandwich was really yummy! Also very good prices.

Jillian Adel

Elk burger was great and they pickle their own stuff. Drinks are STRONG. Staff is super sweet

Bob Richards

Backyard is pretty quality. Beer selection is awesome for the area and the Boar belly rocks.

Amber Moller

Awesome! Friendly vibes and delish food

Michael Brady

Friendly staff and a pretty backyard with a brick wall warmed by the neighboring bakery 's oven is quite a draw. But the vegetarian food is underwhelming at best. I doubt I'll give it another try.

@mik3caprio

Excellent smoky flavors in the 12 hour pulled pork - try it!

Danny Nathan

We stopped by for dinner but found the veggie food offerings utterly bland haven't been back, although the beer selection is solid.

brandi

Sirloin tip special tonight was the best thing I've had all year. #delish

Dave

Nice beer garden , well shaded. The food isn't bad but it's not amazing. Pulled pork is a bit watery, the salad was soggy and the citrus vinaigrette was far to vinegary. 6/10. Friendly staff though.

Emily Kane

In my opinion all green beans should be served with bacon , and they sure are here.

Marie Le Claire

Great veggie burger , awesome staff , fantastic beer selection

Greg Capasso

Awesome whiskey selection and friendly staff .

inna kats

Kitchen closes at midnight.. this chic just wants some mac n cheese at 2am ????

Michael Anthony

Biscuits fall apart in a bad way, food is more photogenic than actually good.

Wesley Barrow

Great spot. Loved the Cobb salad !

Elysia Mann

Avocado dippers OMG

Jessica Beaney

Get the wings ! (Thai pepper )

BKbybike NYC

The backyard is great. Cobb salad is pleasant. Everything else is underwhelming.

Amanda Wash

We were excited to try this place, very disappointed. Wouldn't go back. Staff was friendly but food was terrible. 3 egg omelette , no way it was more than 1.5 eggs , 8 ounce burger was maybe 4 &overcook

Courty Stanton

Southern Brunch

Saif Dia

Bathroom doors slide

Lauren Hansen

Went here for brunch and ordered the fried chicken and waffles . When I received and cut into my order, the chicken was still raw. No thanks, never again.

Jan O

Awesome Mac n Cheese

Raquelle Jessie

AWESOME cheeseburger

Jake S.

Insanely expensive beer .

Matthew D

Turkey leg

Jake S.

I went for brunch and ordered a single beer that was $13. I won't be back.

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