It may be a further stretch of the definition of biergarten, but the bestbeer bar in the city, Spuyten Duyvil in Williamsburg, does have a lovely, shaded backyard with trees and old metal lawn furniture.
"But in every other circumstance, the Anheuser-Busch logo is our ironclad guarantee that the beer in your hand is the bestbeer we know how to brew, " says the advert, which appeared in the New York Times and LA Times among others on Sunday.