New York

Odds are there is someone at The Alibi who will break a pool cue on your face and punch you in the back of the neck. Odds are there is also someone at Alibi who will buy you a stout and bum you a cigga. Odds are those two are the same guy and, yes, that chopper on the sidewalk out front is his. Football (the European kind), Guinness, and billiards are the main things on tap at this neighborhood pub; a concoction that attracts a rounded crowd of moms, dads, no-good-niks, and underaged drinkers. Also! Don't go spouting off about Ulysses if you haven't gotten past chapter three: your Irish bartender is probably a Joyce scholar down the street at Pratt.

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Submitted on: 2/3/2011 11:16 AM By: Terabatu Rated: Comment: Just got a new camera and tested it out at The Alibi last night. I’m one of the local pool players who’s been going there for over 10 yrs. This is a soccer bar and has one of the best pool players in all of Brooklyn. Happy hour till 8pm includes unbeatable $3.00 pints everyday. I also consider it a TV bar. Locals come to watch Jeopardy and loudly compete amongst themselves, and as the night goes by, when the jukebox is not playing any music, the bartender is quickly to raise the volume of the soccer match in progress. On Thursday’s, a walk-in pool tournament is held for $5 entry fee. Careful on Wednesday’s, pool league in effect and the table is off limits. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8389012@N04/sets/72157625968214500/