It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to one of the founding Good Beer Seal bars: dba Brooklyn is closing today after five years of making Williamsburg more cool and less hip. Sadly, after the death of dba’s partners Ray Deter and Dennis Zentek, the Brooklyn craft beer haven became ripe for tenants looking to take over the space. As of now, there’s no word that dba Brooklyn will re-open in another location. We hope you’ll get a chance to drop by for one last pint today, and say goodbye to this establishment that truly embodied what it means to be a Good Beer Seal bar.
And on a happier note, dba in the East Village did find a new owner who has pledged to keep the bar “as is,” and we hope that we’ll be able to remember Ray and Dennis there.