Pilot’s main deck (© Kasper van Laarhoven)
Grand Banks Opens a Floating Seafood Bar In Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Lawsuit: Owner of Will Ferrell Theme Bar Should Stay Classy and Pay Back $120K
It’s a story worthy of five-time Emmy-Award-winning anchor Ron Burgundy and Tits McGee. An investor who teamed up with the owners of Will Ferrell-themed bar Stay Classy New York claims he’s owed $120,000. By the beard of Zeus!
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Michael Galkovich alleges that the owners of the Lower East Side bar, Zachary Hosier and Brian Link, agreed to make him a managing partner and a 70-percent owner of the bar’s parent company if he paid them $120,000 and won approval from the State Liquor Authority. Galkovich put in $60,000 up front, but he never got the chance to become an owner, the suit alleges.
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The Flower Shop Is Now Serving Dried-Rose Cocktails On Eldridge Street
It’s been just about a year since Fontana’s left Eldridge Street, but tonight a newcomer steps in to fill the void. The Flower Shop is a 3,600-square-foot, bilevel endeavor that resembles a midwestern diner mashed up with a New York hotspot.
Can This New Bar Reduce the East Village’s ‘Douche Factor’?
(Photo: Nicole Disser)
When word first emerged that Abby Ehmann, an East Village party organizer and neighborhood chronicler who’s resided in the hood since 1989, would be opening a bar on Avenue B, not everyone was all about it. There were enough bars, people said– in fact, there are several of them located on the block between 10th and 11th streets already. And worst of all, weren’t the proliferation of bars (especially the fancy cocktail ones) part of the problem?
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‘Passport’ to Planet Booze, Where Rivers of Craft Cocktails Flow Free (Er, Two-for-One)
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It’s forecast to rain all weekend (boo), but today the weather gods are giving us a pretty tantalizing taste of the summer vibes around the corner. And we all know what that means: soaking up drinks, drinks, and more draaanks galore.
The Passport Program is a not-too-shabby way to make your summer imbibing a little bit cheaper, especially if your #goals this summer include expanding your cocktail repertoire and hitting new bars on the drink scene.
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Lions Beerstore, a Gastropub and Carry-Out Shop, Aims to Unite All the World’s Beer Snobs
Lions Beerstore on corner of 6th St and 2nd Ave. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)
Lions Beerstore—an all-in-one gastropub, retail store, and self-described beer consultancy—will open Monday in Spice’s former home at Second Avenue and East Sixth Street.
Prepare to Dive into The Deep End, an Eatery-Venue Where $15 Tacos are Banned
(Photo via Kickstarter)
The owners of the Munchie Mobile (um, not the same one that belonged to the Workaholics crew…) have ditched their wheels for a former warehouse. The Deep End, as the two friends Jon Gneezy and Jorge Mdahuar are calling their burgers-and-beers-and-performance establishment, has a home inside Rockwall Studios, a massive warehouse of nearly 57,000 square feet that’s been converted into upscale artist studios along the Bushwick-Ridgewood border (they boast a “famous heavy metal band” as one of their tenants). The guys already had somewhat of a cult following. Serious Eats defied everyone’s expectations and described the Munchie Mobile, which Jon and Jorge have taken off the road, as a “stoner food Mecca” with “outlandish burgers,” while the food truck’s Twitter followers have implored them to bring back their deep fried fare.
Bushwick Residents Take Notice as New Restaurant Opens Next to Quieter L Stop
(Photo: Nicole Disser)
Except for the case of a fire, I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed so much active interest in a single building as I did on my visit to Industry 1332. I spent one short evening at the brand new, still in-the-works restaurant and bar that sits less than a block from the Halsey stop on the L train, which compared to the Morgan and Jefferson stops, is a sleepy holdout. Throughout my visit I was confronted with several curious passersby who seemed to think the restaurant is a harbinger of something that’s about to start raging in this part of Bushwick with fury equal to a fire.
Pink’s 242 Combines Hot Roddin’ and Truffle Popcorn, Because Why Not?
(Photo: Nicole Disser)
During construction, there were music arrangements pasted in the windows of Company bar’s former home on East 10th Street. But tonight there’ll be real live music to celebrate the grand opening of Pink’s 242.
Blues band JD Patch plays at 7 p.m., and bar owner Avi Burnbaum promises more live performances (everything from soul-funk to rock) down the road.
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The Buildout of East Williamsburg’s Newest Hybrid Venue Has Begun
From left: Keith Hamilton, Wayne Gordon, Zach Glass at the future site of Our Wicked Lady (Photo: Nicole Disser)
“We’re not guessing what the arts community might be into, because we’re already in it,” Zach Glass told B+B on Monday. Another hybrid bar-something is coming near the Williamsburg-Bushwick border on a block of Morgan populated by artist studios, rumbling warehouses, and an awesome smelling spice distributor.
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