Mark this in your calendars, gang: May 10, 2014. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Long Island Bar in Brooklyn Heights (110 Atlantic Ave. at Henry). I’ll be unveiling four new pieces at an opening reception sponsored by the New York Distilling Company, makers of fine—and I mean fine—gin. Co-owner of the Long Island Toby Cecchini will be mixing up some refreshing ginny libations perfect for the occasion and a gorgeous spring day.

The new prints commemorate four more of New York’s great good places: McSorley’s, Chumley’s, the Ear Inn and the Long Island Bar itself. Each one is a signed, limited edition run of 100, hand-printed in Brooklyn on heavyweight, archival, acid-free paper. These are beauties, folks. I’ll have last year’s pieces up, too, including Fort Defiance, Sunny’s, the Brooklyn Inn, Bar Great Harry, Mugs Alehouse, and The Gate. All are available in the shop at www.tebeau.com.

Great Good Places

Henry James first published a short story called “The Great Good Place” in Scribner’s Magazine in 1900. Then in 1989 Ray Oldenburg published a book titled, “The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community.”

These Great Good Places are bars that are conducive to conversation, comfortable whether you’re with friends or reading a book. Many are New York institutions connecting drinkers to a bygone era.