New York on Tap 2008
Archive · modern edition Every bar New York on Tap knew, as it stood around 2008, with a 2026 check on each one. This page in the 2008 edition
Iona, photographed for New York on Tap
Photo from the 2008 site

Iona

180 Grand St. · at Bedford Ave.
Williamsburg North Side, Brooklyn

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 16, 2026.

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Overview

The long bar here fills with a friendly neighborhood crowd and the backyard garden is the site of many a fierce ping pong battle.

History

A candy store turned Irish-Scottish pub

Iona was established in 2000 in an old candy store on Grand Street near Bedford Avenue1. With owners from Ireland and Scotland, it considers itself an Irish and Scottish pub1, and it hosts a weekly session of traditional Scottish and Irish music1. When we listed it, the long bar filled with a friendly neighborhood crowd and the backyard garden was the site of many a fierce ping pong battle. It's still at 180 Grand Street, open until 4am Thursday through Saturday1.

Sources

  1. ionabrooklyn.com

Researched October 2026.

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