Grit meets glam: The Water Tower Bar is peak Brooklyn
While Brooklyn has upscaled radically over the years, its rugged water towers have stuck around, still capably performing their original function and now serving as a reminder of the borough’s industrial past. The beloved icon adorns T-shirts, tote bags and touristy souvenirs.
Now the water-tower motif has been cast in another role: as a nightlife peak experience. Opening last night, The Water Tower bar atop the Williamsburg Hotel is a glam, boozy, high-end moneymaker. The hotel’s third onsite watering hole is exactly what it sounds like: a speakeasy-style boîte housed high above the hotel, in a circular structure with a pointy top, shaped like an urban water tank.
Inside, instead of tens of thousands of gallons of potable water from a reservoir upstate, there’s a tall, cavernous 45-seat lounge with dangling bubble-esque lighting. It feels a little like stepping into a giant glass of chilled champagne—for a price.