Fodor's Expert Review Bedford Hall

A loungy bar and restaurant with leather sofas, a billiards table and performance space in back, several flat-screen TVs, and a front room set up like a library, Bedford Hall is a local favorite for just about everyone. It's relaxed late afternoon, with Brooklynites working on laptops, but dinner and brunch get busy. Late at night, beneath photos memorializing iconic Bed-Stuy residents, dressed-to-the-nines partygoers dance to live DJs until the sun comes up.