Ainslie: A Williamsburg Beer Garden With $6 Drafts and $10 Wood-Fired Pizza
Ainslie is a big, multi-level Italian spot on Ainslie Street in Williamsburg — wine bar, 70-seat beer garden and a roof deck bar — and its happy hour puts the wood-fired oven to work. Monday through Thursday 5–7pm, Friday 4–7pm and Sunday 6–8pm: $6 drafts, $8 wine, $12 house spritzes and a $10 ten-inch pizza.
The pizza is by Italian-born pizzaiolo Erasmo “Mino” Lassandro, with chef John DeLucie behind the menu, so the bar snacks are better than they need to be. The weeknight specials stack on top: a burger and a draft for $25 on Monday, oysters and bubbles on Tuesday, and half-off wine bottles on Wednesday.
The Happy Hour
Happy hour runs Monday–Thursday 5–7pm, Friday 4–7pm and Sunday 6–8pm (no Saturday happy hour). Drinks: $6 draft beer, $6 cans and bottles, $8 wine and $12 house spritzes, plus non-alcoholic options — $8 de-alcoholized wine, $5 Heineken 0.0 or Atmosphere Pilsner and $12 NA cocktails. Bites are served on the front patio and in the wine bar only: a $10 ten-inch pizza, $6 olives, $6 fries, $7 mini meatball sliders, $8 meatballs, $8 arancini and $9 wood-fired rosemary wings. Weeknight specials: Monday burger and a 14oz draft for $25, Tuesday half-dozen Fishers Island oysters with a spritz or prosecco for $26, and Wednesday half off wine bottles normally poured by the glass. Verified on Ainslie’s happy-hour page in October 2026.
The Room
Ainslie covers roughly 10,000 square feet at 76 Ainslie Street, split between a wine bar, a 70-seat beer garden and a roof-deck bar. Weekend brunch runs Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm, and reservations go through SevenRooms. There’s a sister location, Ainslie Bowery, in Manhattan. The Lorimer Street L and Metropolitan Avenue G stop is the closest.
Who Ainslie Is For
| Occasion | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| After-work in a beer garden | $6 drafts in a 70-seat garden, weekdays from 5pm |
| Cheap pizza night | $10 wood-fired pizza at happy hour |
| Oyster Tuesday | Half-dozen Fishers Island oysters plus a spritz or prosecco for $26 |
| Sober-curious drinkers | NA beer, wine and cocktails on the happy-hour list |