Brooklyn's 1st Solar-Powered Rooftop Bar To Open In Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — The only thing more Brooklyn than an outdoor beer garden is, apparently, an environmentally friendly one.

Clinton Hall will open the doors to its new solar-powered Rooftop Beer Garden this weekend, the first rooftop bar in the borough to run on solar energy, the bar announced.

The 2,000-square-foot rooftop spot will add to the downstairs beer hall's existing space next to the POD Brooklyn Hotel on Metropolitan Avenue. It will use more than 100 solar panels to power its gathering space, which will serve up to 125 people Clinton Hall's bar food menu, supercraft beers and its signature selection of games.

The beer garden will open for the first time this Friday and will stay open throughout the summers on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. All four days the rooftop will close at 10 p.m., with the exception of Sunday, when it will close at 9 p.m.

It will include its own entrance on Metropolitan Avenue, which the restaurant said will add to its green appeal. Bar-goers will be encouraged to use the staircase instead of the elevator to conserve more energy.

The stairs, the restaurant said, will include displays of art installations from the ground level up to the rooftop.

The rooftop will include some special additions to the bar's usual menu, including Cider Frose as a mainstay option. Other seasonal options will include rooftop taco & margarita flights, arugula watermelon salad Maine lobster roll and a bacon avocado lobster roll.

A 200-person private area will also be available to reserve for special events, the restaurant said.