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Why a canary?

Every pub worth its paint has a name with a story behind it, and ours is a small gold bird. The full telling belongs to the people who run the place — and we're getting it down in their words. Check back, or better, come in and ask.

The bar at The Canary — spirits shelf, cut-glass cocktail, the painted sign overhead

The room

Exposed brick, a long bar, candles on the tables, and the kind of lighting that makes everyone look like they're having a better night than they planned. On Sundays the back corner belongs to the musicians. Weekend daytimes belong to the neighborhood — kids in the booths, a full Irish breakfast going past, the Taco Tuesday sign biding its time.

In the papers

“A server brushed past me with a pint of Guinness in one hand and a full Irish breakfast in the other.”

The New York Times, March 2026. Luke Fortney counted The Canary among a new set of bars "that have widened what an Irish pub can look like."

“The Canary wants to be your Crown Heights neighborhood spot, and it might just succeed.”

Sausage rolls and mustard on newsprint

Crown Heights

Franklin Avenue doesn't need another bar; it needed a local. The Canary keeps long hours for the neighborhood — open every night until at least 2am, kitchen on, lights warm.

Ár dteach, do theach Our house is your house

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