In 2013, one third of the way through the pub crawl, we came upon Houston Hall, 222 W. Houston,  NYC.  It is an old carriage house and the place is enormous, as was the Pretzel.  They serve local beers and I borrowed this quote from their website.

“Houston Hall ales and lagers are brewed by Greenpoint Beer Works, which was first established to produce all beer for Heartland Brewery. It has since branched out to make beer for Sixpoint, Southampton, Empire, Blue Point, Kelso, He’brew and even Rheingold.”

Our new favorite place in NYC. Looking forward to heading back on March 14th 2014.