The Jeffrey

A beer hall up front pours close to 20 taps plus bottles and cans at this Upper East Side spot, alongside a separate cocktail-and-espresso room with its own street entrance, where a bartender known as the Bearded Alchemist builds drinks around unusual ingredients. Food stays in gastropub territory: soft pretzels with beer cheese, a slow-cooked pork sandwich, a blackened chicken sandwich. Out back is a beer garden with its own seating, apart from the barroom up front.