It’s been a couple of years since Christian Dennery’s restaurant empire crumbled amid rumors of a particularly troublesome relationship with the landlord of his beloved Dekalb Avenue spot Liquors and the space has yet to get a new tenant. (As we recently reported, Bodegas on Clinton Avenue finally has new ownership; any update on the Lewis & Ruby’s space?) Do you think it’s the $6,000 a month rent or the bad karma? You’d think the location plus the outdoor space would make it any easy sell. Then again, from what we gather, the restaurant business in Fort Greene isn’t as quite as easy as one would think from strolling down Dekalb on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Sure, it’s hard to find a table for brunch on the weekends but the stroller set doesn’t get out to dinner as much as local restaurateurs might like. If you had your druthers, what type of cuisine would you like to see in the Liquors space? (The listing was just deleted from Craigslist but we’ve got it verbatim on the jump.)
Fort Greene Restaurant with Backyard [Craigslist] GMAP

$6000 / 1600ft² – FORT GREENE DREAMS DO COME TRUE*RESTARAUNT W/BACKYARD*

Reply to: amandarapid@gmail.com
Date: 2007-05-29, 6:15PM EDT

GREAT RAW STOREFRONT RESTAURANT LOCATED ON RESTAURANT ROW IN BEAUTIFUL FORT GREENE W/ GORGREOUS SUN-DRENCHED BACKYARD GARDEN.

*THIS 1600 SQFT FORMER RESTAURANT BOASTS…

*800 SQFT EXPANDABLE TO 12OOSQFT RESTAURANT/STOREFRONT

*800SQFT BASEMENT

*TWO PRIVATE BATHROOMS-ONE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

*LARGE BACKYARD GARDEN (PERFECT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING)

*LOCATED JUST BLOCKS FROM THE PARK.

*CLOSE TO SUBWAYS AND BUSES

*BE PART OF THE THRIVING FORT GREENE SCENE!

I’D LOVE TO HELP YOU REALIZE YOUR DREAM.

AMANDA MIXON

714-328-4784

amandarapid@gmail.com