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Liz's Book Bar

Opens Tuesday at 8:00 AM

Carroll Gardens

📚"the kind of neighborhood gem you wish was yours"
🍷Evening switch from espresso to French wine and local beer
🛋️Small nook under stairs with picture books for kids

Liz's Book Bar is the kind of neighborhood spot where you can lose yourself in a novel at 3 p.m. with a latte, then switch to a glass of French wine by 5. Novelist Maura Cheeks opened this Carroll Gardens hybrid to honor her grandmother, stocking 4,000 personally curated titles and encouraging strangers to linger, connect, and actually read.

author-curated shelves
literary fiction focus
coffee to wine transition
Black-owned business

Upcoming events

Wednesday, Aug 26
21st-Century Playwrights Book Club: English / Wish You Were Here

21st-Century Playwrights Book Club: English / Wish You Were Here

August 26 at 7pm

Carroll Gardens

Plays, wine & conversation

Wednesday, Sep 2
ROMANTASY Book Club

ROMANTASY Book Club

September 2 at 6:30pm

Carroll Gardens

Monthly romantasy discussions

Wednesday, Sep 9
LBB Lit Fic Book Club: Riverwork by Lisa Robertson

LBB Lit Fic Book Club: Riverwork by Lisa Robertson

September 9 at 6:30pm

Carroll Gardens

Literary drinks & discussion

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