Golden Years
“For the appetizers we of course got the black truffle tater tots, mozzarella arancini and corn and crab hush puppies.”
“German Monschoff Swartzbier, Pilsner, etc
Cash only but the do have an ATM machine in case you forgot to bring cash.”
Golden Years
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
3 reviews
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Golden Years I love you so damn much.
Came here for the first time on a Monday night and was pleasantly surprised with how many people were at the bar. Now Golden Years isn't dancey or clubby or divey. It's just a great neighborhood bar with the best service and bartender. The food is pretty damn good as well.
My SO ordered the catfish fish n chips and to keep along with the nautical theme I ordered the clam chowder. So good! The fish n chips had a nice light batter and the fries that accompanied it had a delish parsley and garlic taste. My chowder was amaaaaazing. It was perfectly seasoned and not heavy AT ALL. The chowder came with home made oyster crackers. Rumor has it their backyard is amazing and will be open in the summer.
I'm so glad to say I have found my new neighborhood bar. Beers are around 6$, cocktails priced at 11$, and wines are around 9$. Entrées averaged at about 12$.
***FYI it's CASH ONLY***
See y'all there!
Came at the later end of brunch. Chicken sandwich was delicious. Nice brunch drink 2-for-1. Guess I would come back. They need to post their brunch menu online. Didn't realize the menu online was only dinner and was disappointed i couldn't try a few other dishes.
Before seeing a show @ The Knitting Factory on Tuesday, my brother and I wanted to grab some dinner. When you come to this part of Williamsburg, it's extremely hard trying to decide which establishment you would want to sit and dine @. There are just so many restaurants that are quality and have interesting dishes. Me being vegetarian and my brother being a meat eater, we were playing tug of war with going to a BBQ place. I finally just did what I should have done in the first place. Utilized Yelp to find something with good options. We were parked right in front of Golden Years and it looked empty and really cute so I checked the reviews. Noticed that it just opened and had only 2 reviews. One review mentioned black truffle tater tots and we were both sold and entered!
Very cute place. Old timey tin ceilings. Good sized bar. Interesting indie music playing. Found out through the bartender that it was a Spotify playlist. Lots of table and chair seating. DImly lit. Very friendly bartender who also served as our server. Sat wherever we wanted. You have to order at the bar. Not a huge menu but what they had made my mouth start to water just reading it. Started off with one of the most interesting and delicious cocktails that I've ever had. A Pummelo Spritz for $12. It was pretty large so you got your moneys worth! It consisted of Campari, grapefruit liqueur, fresh grapefruit and club soda. It looked so pretty when it came to the table. Tasted even better. I had two of them and could have kept drinking them all night!!
Now to the food. Oh the food! Totally orgasmic food experience. We ordered 3 appetizers to split and then two entrees. For the appetizers we of course got the black truffle tater tots, mozzarella arancini and corn and crab hush puppies. Yeah, everything was fried but nothing was heavy, greasy and/or left a bad taste in our mouths. It was the lightest, most fluffiest fried food I've ever had. The tater tots were so creamy inside with enough black truffle flecks. Came with sour cream. The mozzarella rice balls were my favorite. The spicy sauce it came with was incredible! Sweet with a nice touch of spice. There were frizzled basil leaves in the sauce that were freaking amazing!! The mozzarella was fresh and endless inside. The hush puppies were light and airy. Kind of the consistency of a zeppole without all the grease. All we were doing was moaning and licking our lips eating these things. Like we were making love to our food!
For my main course I had the fried artichoke salad and my brother had the fish tacos. My salad was so new, interesting and fresh. What wonderful flavor combinations the chef was concocting. Besides the lovely lightly fried artichoke hearts the salad consisted of fried basil, watercress, chili vinaigrette and herbs. Good sized portion. I tried my brothers fish taco and absolutely loved it. It was catfish, harissa mayo (delicious!!!!), pico, cabbage, radish + lime. This is really some of the best food I've ever had. Simple but freaking outrageously good! Found out the chef was female. Told the bartender to give kudos to her because she deserves it!
Four 4 drinks, 3 appetizers and two main courses it was about $84. Not bad at all. Plus, the sweet bartender gave my brother a glass of wine on the house. Now THAT'S customer service! Wish they had dessert. Would have loved to come back here after the show for another cocktail and some sweets. Bathrooms are nice and clean. It's cash only but they do have a very interesting looking ATM. Not in a bad way though. Yeah, cash only can be annoying but for a new place to have to deal with the credit/debit card fee's the banks take from the bar/restaurant, you can't blame them for being cash only.
I HIGHLY recommend Golden Years and can not wait to come back!!!