Bars We Love: Nerd out at The Way Station!

The Way Station

The Way Station
683 Washington Ave. between Prospect Place and St. Marks Avenue
Prospect Heights
(347) 627-4949

What is it: A steampunk, sci-fi bar and nerdvana with whovian mixed drinks and decor.

Why we love it: It’s the bar you’d find on lonely outpost in an asteroid belt, were Victorian England to have colonized space. This place is no slap-dash Trekker bar; it’s a love note to classic sci-fi (like Doctor Who) with red vinyl booths, brass-fitted beer taps, and ray guns behind the wall. Add to that one or two musical acts almost every night on an intimate stage and you have an experience that can’t be found anywhere else in Brooklyn. Bring anyone with an opinion on which Doctor was the best or your friend who goes to steam punk cos-play. Friday afternoons are teacher appreciation happy hours: “All funds (a.k.a. fines charged to bar patrons for poor public behavior) collected in the bar’s ‘Douche Jar’ go towards an emergency teacher fund to help with parking tickets, budget cuts or other inconveniences experienced at their job.”

What to order: Any one of their cocktails. We love the Dark and Stormaggedon which is ginger beer, rum, and lime.

Regular tip: The toilet is a recreation of the Doctor Who TARDIS time machine/space ship, a British police call box that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside.

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duke silver Feb 19, 2013

#teamNinthDoctor. And also, that Dark and Stormageddon is excellent. But I resent you for telling anyone else about this place. It should be the kind of bar only passed down from nerd to nerd by word of mouth.

Feb 19, 2013 at 2:11 pm

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- Tim Donnelly Feb 19, 2013
  
  I’m Team 13th Doctor. yeah, he’s from the future.
  
  Feb 19, 2013 at 2:52 pm
  
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  - Conal Darcy Feb 20, 2013
    
    There is only one doctor and that is the 4th Doctor.
    
    Feb 20, 2013 at 10:16 am
    
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- no_sleep_till Feb 20, 2013
  
  Agreed! Nerd to nerd. 9th Doctor was fantastic, but the 10th was absolutely brilliant.
  
  Also to note that the beers are local, incredible tasting and decently priced. I often try 2-3 when I come around.
  
  Feb 20, 2013 at 9:54 am
  
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andy heidel Feb 19, 2013

check out our 2 year anniversary party on Thursday, Feb 21. http://www.facebook.com/events/100479236805401/

Feb 19, 2013 at 3:24 pm

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flatbushed Mar 23, 2015

The “Douche Jar” concept has some major branding potential. TM that batch before you see them selling at Urban Outfitters.

@flatbushed
http://www.flatbushed.com

Mar 23, 2015 at 1:12 pm

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