Author Tom Sullivan describes a dive bar as "a place that should have cheap beer, yes, but also decent service and some sense of being permanently etched into the landscape." While he doesn't mention cheap beer, he does point out the "$2 drinks during happy hour" and the allure of karaoke on Saturday nights.
Shenanigan's Pub
802 Caton Avenue, at E. 8th Street
Kensington, Brooklyn
(718) 633-3689