Chelsea Brewing

Founded in 1995, Chelsea Brewing Company is a restaurant that specializes in serving beer, wines, single malt scotch and a variety of gourmet pizzas, pastas and salads. It has a more than 30,000-square-foot fashion photography studio facility. Its restaurant features more than 24-square-foot ceilings, mahogany wood bars and a cigar lounge. Its brewery consists of a copper and brass 30 barrel...

The brewed-on-the-premises beer choices include: Pier 59 Pale Ale, Chelsea Cream Stout, Sunset Red Ale, Checker Cab Blonde Ale, Summer Wheat, Blueberry Wheat. Checker Cab is the most popular year-round--it's crisp, dry and goes down easy. Sunset Red is similar to Killian's, with a light fruitiness.

You're not here for the food, but there's plenty to choose from: appetizers, salads, brick-oven pizzas, sandwiches, pastas and full-on entrees.

This 12,000 square-foot restaurant and microbrewery is located on Pier 59 with 24-foot ceilings and commanding views of the Hudson River. The 60-slip marina adds to the view along with distinctive, all-mahogany bars.

Offering an excellent river view and a half-dozen well-crafted brews, Chelsea Brewing Company is a fine place to stop after an afternoon touring the nearby art galleries or a workout in the adjoining sports complex. The warehouselike space has room for 350 and attracts after-work suits and plenty of sports fans, who turn it into a veritable beer hall bash. Checker Cab Blonde and Sunset Red are...

One of the few spots in Manhattan that brags "buses welcome." Humungous tourist-friendly brew pub right on the river, clink a few while watching pink-slipped bankers knock away their frustrations on the driving range. Head upstairs for fantasy projections over the bobbing yacht eye candy in the marina. Food is as good as any place with a view, i.e. not very, but you're at the island's only...

Outside, the crowd's a mixed bag--which is surprising considering the establishment's connection with the preppy-posh Chelsea Piers Sports Club. You'll find just-showered jocks, random tourists and...

Founded in 1995, Chelsea Brewing Company is a restaurant that specializes in serving beer, wines, single malt scotch and a variety of gourmet pizzas, pastas and salads. It has a more than 30,000-square-foot fashion photography studio facility. Its restaurant features more than 24-square-foot ceilings, mahogany wood bars and a cigar lounge. Its brewery consists of a copper and brass 30 barrel...