A Bronx Brewery cheer for miniatures artist Danny Cortes on 2nd Avenue

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

Top pic: Bronx Brewery Creative Direct Jose Ruiz and Danny Cortes 

This past Saturday evening, the Bronx Brewery celebrated a collab release with artist Danny Cortes at its East Village outpost, 64 Second Ave., between Third Street and Fourth Street. 

Cortes is a Mexican-style lager brewed with Texas blue corn. (Hop heads can find a complete description of the beer here.) The release is part of the Brewery's Y-Series.

The can includes an image of one of his iconic hyper-realistic miniatures — the NYC ice merchandiser.

The Bronx Brewery also has a new display of Cortes' miniatures (we've featured them here and here and here) ...

"The East Village has been a significant part of my life and artistic journey," the NYC native told us. "The East Village feels like a second home to me. I've been coming here since I was 9 years old with my cousin and friends from my block, crossing the Williamsburg Bridge to visit places like the Boys Club and Pitt and Houston [Hamilton Fish Park]. The East Village has resonated with my art from the beginning." 

On Saturday night, Cortes was joined by Neyda, his life partner, and many friends...

The Bronx Brewery East Village debuts tomorrow (Saturday!)

Top photo by Jason Greenspan 

The Bronx Brewery East Village opens tomorrow at 64 Second Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Street. (First announced in March 2020.) 

A rep for this outpost of the Bronx Brewery, which opened in 2011, shared this info about the multi-level EV location:

[T]he space’s focal point is the pilot brewery system, a fully-functional brewery in the center of the seating area that will be used to expand their popular Y-Series ... limited-release, often experimental beers brewed in collaboration with creatives ranging from activists and musicians to artists and entrepreneurs. 

The series will continue to provide a platform to celebrate and spotlight the community, contribute to charitable organizations and support the diversity of the city. Past Y-Series collaborations have benefited organizations like SapnaNYC (serving low-income immigrant South Asian women), the Humane Society, community gardens and Callen-Lorde (providing healthcare services for the LGBTQ community). The Y-Series beer roster for the new location is currently being developed and will prioritize local East Village/LES talent, including local artist ClockWork Cros and Mikey Likes It. 

And!

The space features corrugated steel accents and exposed i-beams, a nod to the industrial setting of the original Bronx location ...  A concrete-topped bar with perforated metal sheeting anchors the front taproom area, with neon lights in the design of the NYC subway map overhead. 

The back seating area is on a catwalk overlooking the pilot brewery system; guests can watch beer being brewed in real time as they eat and drink, taking in the sounds and smells of the brewhouse and cellar hop additions. 

Aside from the 14 beers on tap, the Bronx Brewery East Village will also feature the first U.S. location for the Swedish brand Bastard Burgers. (The food will be available for delivery a few weeks after the launch.) You can find the BB menu here. 

The Brewery's hours of operation: 5-11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays with a midnight close on Fridays; noon to midnight on Saturdays and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays. Find more info on this location at this link. 

No. 64's retail space has been vacant since NYC Velo moved next door to No. 66 in the spring of 2016. 

Second interior pic by Charlie Bennet

The Bronx Brewery announces itself on 2nd Avenue

Exterior signage arrived yesterday for the Bronx Brewery at 64 Second Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Street. (Thanks to Steven for the photo!)

We're told that this outpost is an approval away from being all systems go in the weeks ahead. 

Once open, the multi-level space will "combine limited-release brewing, the brewery’s signature events, art & music," per a release about the Bronx Brewery East Village. The space will also feature the first U.S. location for Swedish brand Bastard Burgers.

This outpost of the Taproom, Brewery and Backyard in the South Bronx has been in the work for several years — the initial coming-soon announcement came on March 12, 2020, 10 days before NY State went on PAUSE.

No. 64's retail space has been vacant since NYC Velo moved next door to No. 66 in the spring of 2016.

The Bronx Brewery makes it official on 2nd Avenue

Signage went up yesterday at 64 Second Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Street — the future home of a Bronx Brewery outpost.

We first reported on this back on March 12 a few days before the COVID-19 PAUSE. At the time, the Brewery was looking at a possible fall opening. Now we're told the opening status is TBD.

As this photo by Steven shows, the space has a ways to go... it will eventually house a pilot brewery and taphouse...

Reps for Bronx Brewery will (virtually) appear before CB3's SLA committee on Oct. 19 for a new liquor license for the address. (Questionnaire here.) 

No. 64's retail space has been vacant since NYC Velo moved next door to No. 66 in the spring of 2016.

Previously on EV Grieve:

• Bronx Brewery opening an East Village outpost on 2nd Avenue this fall