The Vampire Ball: Night 1 - Mischief Night

Before

short ride recommended · 6 min - Park Slope

A long narrow diner on Seventh Avenue with a counter down one side and booths down the other, doing eggs all day and a dinner menu nobody orders from at breakfast. The prices sit below everything else on the avenue. It opens at eight every morning and runs to ten on weekdays, which almost nothing else in Park Slope does.

After

Long walk · 0.5 mi · 10 min walk; 2 min ride - Sunset Park

Twenty-six lanes under a low ceiling on 37th Street, family run, with a bar at the end where the bartender has worked for decades and will talk to you about the neighborhood. League nights fill the place and the rest of the time you can walk in and take a lane. Arcade cabinets along the wall, cheap pitchers, no attempt at a concept.