Dominie's Hoek

Omgosh. I totally want to move in here.
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Pros:
Delicious/reasonably priced food.
Fantastic drink specials
A really fantastic selection of board game
Awesome spacious outdoor garden area in the back
$10 for all you can drink mimosas brunch special?!!! YES PLEASE!!!
Right by the 7 train which gets me home, whoo hoo!!!
Friendly servers and bartenders - sweet!

Cons:
That I didn't know about this place earlier!!!
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So early last week I swung my a friend from college's apt in Long Island City so he could take portraits of me for his photo project. He's a fantastic photographer and when the chance popped up with shoot with him I grabbed it :).

Afterwards he suggested grabbing some drinks and catching up since I hasn't seen him since his Super Bowl party (where I got to sample Zebra from his travels to Africa, but that's another story for another time).

He chose this place because he's a regular here and after hanging out there for a little over an hour, I can totally see why.

Dominie's Hoek isn't the first bar ever to boast a selection of board games, but they seriously have A LOT. The only bars I can think of who's selections can come *close* are Zombie Hut in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn and The Levee in Williamsburg.

My friend taught me how to play Battleship - I went from awful, to coming out of the gates awesome and back to "not so good" but it was super fun! During happy hour I think drafts are $1-2 off and some beers are $3, well drinks are $3-4 and sangria was $4 - they have both red and white. I ordered white, it was delicious - not the best I've ever had, but still deliciously refreshing.

I ordered food off of their Happy Hour food menu and decided to go for a $3 taco - they have steak, chicken and a veterinarian black bean/cheese/guacamole option.  When I asked our waitress for her recommendation she suggested chicken so I went for it.

For $3 I was pleasantly surprised! This taco is really like a mini-burrito. It was super stuffed with delicious chicken which I actually found spicy (there were red pepper flakes, I'm not crazy!! Lol) but it was so, so delicious that I ended up ordering another one - still with the spicy chicken - I mean I could handle it, which to a lot of my friends means it wasn't spicy - although my super-spicy food tolerant friend did admit it was a little spicy.

Still, it was delicious and both orders came served with like 5 thick cut nacho chips that tasted homemade and were sticking out of guac - I don't normally even like quac (the texture of avocados freaks me out!) but this stuff was also delicious. I mean damn, lol.

With this place having such a fun, chill vibe I definitely plan on returning here with friends and trying more things from their food menu and I really want to do brunch here soon!

Awesome brunch deal!!  Not a trick - this place really does offer a full size brunch egg entree (your choice) plus unlimited mimosas for just a tad over $10.  

For food I had the burger benedict - the eggs and sauce were great ... the burger patties not so much (but hey you get two of em).  The best though were the fries - cooked with old bay seasoning, which I'm a total sucker for, and come with all entrees, unless you opt for a salad (Don't!). The chicken nachos were super tasty too.  And of course, the mimosas, which the server refills throughout the meal.

Outdoor patio seating great for a sunny day, and very relaxed atmosphere on a Saturday.  Overall, great value for all that you get.

Great burgers according to my husband.  I love their veggie burger as well.  Very relaxed atmosphere, perfect to chill out with good friends and enjoy good food.