Open and Shut

North Brooklyn
Greenpoint beer hall Tørst is now open and beer lovers should be really excited. There are 21 beers on tap and 200 bottles. A “flux capacitor” on each tap allows bartenders to calibrate nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixes and the compression levels. Grub Street has interior photos, as well as all the details about the selection of beer. (Photo by Melissa Hom via Grub Street.) Fatty Cue aims to reopen in Williamsburg after being out of business for almost a year. Burg record store Sound Fix is closing its doors on April 20th, which is Record Store Day. Umami Burger, a popular burger joint in L.A., aims to open by the end of the year at 156 North 4th Street. And a bar is planned for the 1,300-square-foot Bushwick building at 369 Troutman Street.

Park Slope
A Starbucks is moving into the old Five Guys space on Flatbush Avenue. As Here’s Park Slope notes, “With rents so high that even a national chain like Five Guys couldn’t turn a profit, it’s not surprising that a behemoth like Starbucks ended up taking over the space.” A Mexican taqueria will open in April at Sixth Avenue and Seventh Street, the old Lucky 7 space. Eleven Consignment Boutique, an upscale secondhand store opening at 70 5th Avenue, will be ready for shoppers on March 17.

Elsewhere
An owner of Greek restaurants in Staten Island will take over Bay Ridge staple Hinsch’s. He plans to add some Greek dishes to the menu but mostly keep the diner menu, and interior, the same. Women’s boutique Ruby and Jenna closed its location at 130 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday. The Brooklyn Paper checks out new Franklin Avenue/Crown Heights biz Cool Pony, which is a thrift store by day and a music venue by night. Ditmas Park should have a brick oven pizza joint in about three weeks on Marlborough Road, right at Cortelyou. And the nabe will get a crepe cafe sometime in April. After extensive repairs due to Hurricane Sandy, the Bay Station Post Office reopened with limited service in Sheepshead Bay.