Greenpoint building, home to cocktail bar
 

HISTORY

In 1998, after years of Manhattan living, Brian Taylor took the L Train to the Bedford Stop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and walked into the first real estate office he spotted. Agent Tomasz Smolinski took one look and decided that Williamsburg might be a tad too hip for Brian's new home and found him a brownstone apartment at 93 Milton Street in neighboring Greenpoint.

Brian ended up loving Greenpoint and began begging every Manhattan bar owner he knew to open up a joint in Greenpoint. He finally gave up, recruited construction genius Sean O'Rourke and customer service magician Louise Favier, and the three friends opened the Pencil Factory Bar in December, 2001.

OUR FAMILY OF BARS

  • Jack’s Bar logo from Bellingham WA

    Jack's Bar

    BELLINGHAM • WASHINGTON

  • Daphnes bar logo, cocktail bar in Edmonds, WA

    Daphnes Bar

    EDMONDS • WASHINGTON

  • Southside Bar logo, cocktail bar in Washington State

    Southside Bar

    BELLINGHAM • WASHINGTON