StreetLevel: Weather Up on Vanderbilt

as a prospect heights stroller mom, i cannot wait to colonize this bar with conspicuous lactation, diaper changing, and my air of general entitlement.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:33 PM

I'm kinda excited about this place. Looks fun.

No moms allowed, 2:33.

Sorry.

We don't roll like that in PH.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:34 PM

Sorry, 2:34, but PH is just a weak sister of PS. You've got just as many strollers, they're just worth less.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:37 PM

Can't wait to see all the construction workers from AY hanging out here with dipshits like 2:34, quaffing egg-white cocktails and ripping on the Slopers.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:38 PM

If I see any parent with underage child in this bar, I plan to promptly call ACS and report 'em. Sorry, but bad parenting should not be tolerated in a civilized society.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:39 PM

Too bad AY isn't happening anymore, 2:38 or don't you read?

No financing = no building

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:40 PM

Next time I see a mother or kid acting out, I'm saying something.

And if I catch one in my bar, I'm throwing red wine on those little crotchfruit.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:41 PM

I've had enough of all parent/kid crap. 2008 is the year I plan to take back 7th Avenue.
You give me a look because a puff of my cigarette touched little Dagan's nose, and I'm gonna put my butt out on his head next time.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:43 PM

Oh, it's happening, 2:40. It's just going to look like 20 of those condo buildings that just went up on 4th Ave next to the Papa John's. Enjoy your now shittier neighborhood, PH asshat!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:44 PM

2:40, you're getting ahead of yourself. Just because Ratner claims to have concerns does not mean that financing will not ultimately be there.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:45 PM

The next time I'm in a bar and some snotnosed breeder hater is there, I'm going to kick his ass back up into his mama's womb!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:46 PM

12 dollar cocktails are the perfect way to toast the failing economy.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:46 PM

2:41, that is such a good idea! it is well established that "saying something" makes the world a better place. i will do the same thing whenever i see a hipster acting like a 'tard, or a grandma taking too long to cross the street.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:47 PM

My kid is 8 and I GUARANTEE he could drink all you pussies under the table.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:48 PM

2:47, don't be a douche. Just carry a winesack of old vine zin to spray at those whose youth reminds you that yours is gone.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:50 PM

Next time I am banging one of you kid-hating PHers I am going to "forget" to pull out.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:56 PM

I own a bar and I have no problem with stroller moms bringing their kids in here. I'm building brand loyalty with the next generation of posers and getting the occasional MILF to join me in the storeroom in the bargain. The rest of you losers can suck it!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:56 PM

I live in PH and I cannot wait for this place to open. Yet another reason why our neighborhood is THE place to live in this beautiful borough. GO Prospect Heights!! Yea!!!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:59 PM

Carroll Gardens needs more classy jernts like this.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:02 PM

2:38 here, 2:40. Yeah, I read... more than the headline, you nitwit. The GED is serving you well.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:03 PM

3:02...you mean like angry wades?

carroll gardens at its finest.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:06 PM

2:47 to 2:50: i'll get on that away, so long as 1) you deliver me STAT one of those nifty "winesacks" like the one you've got nestled between the layers of your faux-vintage winter gear; and 2) you don't forget to have a couple sips of ironically lowbrow yellowtail chardonnay in honor of those who remind you that your dotage is just around the corner. like this bar is. just around the corner. from my house! so there.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:15 PM

The subway tiles are also on the outside storefront, which I think is absolutely beautiful! Can't wait for this place to open..this, along with Barrette on the corner, is making this end of Vanderbilt very, very nice.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:23 PM

The tilework looks beautiful!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:28 PM

This bar is going to get a lot of attention from the press.

VERY slick.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:33 PM

Does anyone else want them to paint the grate white too? In its present state it really detracts from the minimalist storefront.

Hope the cocktails are good, though.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:33 PM

Will there be burlesque dancers here? Most of the dancers are Barrette are homely.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:37 PM

I hope they do a gay night...

Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday??

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:41 PM

Every night is gay night with Sasha.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 3:54 PM

oh perfect. didn't know that.

thanks.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:01 PM

yeah but the PH ladiez are fugly! Slim Pickins

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:03 PM

Where is the "crazy man lady"?

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:06 PM

As a new mom, I'm finding the level of hate here pretty overwhelming. Imagine if these posts referred to any other group of people.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:13 PM

Where is the "crazy man lady"?

She's home taking care of his wife.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:13 PM

Go home and breastfeed your new crotchfruit, 4:13.

And notice I said HOME....

NOT TWO BOOTS!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:14 PM

Methadone rulez!!!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:17 PM

don't worry young mommy. these people complaining about kids are sad, lonely and can't get laid. no one wants to make a family with them because they are losers.

complaining is all they got.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:18 PM

4:13, if this site offends you, how do you manage to get through a day in NYC? Do you ever come out of the house?

Suck it, crotchfruits!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:20 PM

4:18, not having kids does not make someone sad, sexless, or lonely. It means they know how to use contraceptives.

This is a post about a high-end cocktail bar. This is not an appropriate place for your kids. It doesn't mean you shouldn't show up if you find a sitter.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:25 PM

Can I just say something: I would never ever ever in my 20s be caught dead in a neighborhood like Park Slope or Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill - either to live or to go out - nor would I if I was a swinging single man in my early 30s. - those of you who are young and childless are pretty lame to be living in neighborhoods that are obviously all about families. And it is even lamer to then spew all this hostility towards the parents who live there. You should be living somewhere with a lot more edge and interest while you have the chance. those of us with children have retired here, sometimes against our will, because we don't have much of a choice.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:39 PM

"Can I just say something: I would never ever ever in my 20s be caught dead in a neighborhood like Park Slope or Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill"

1) This bar isn't in any of those neighborhoods.

2) I think Crazy Husband/Father Lady has surfaced in a new post.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:48 PM

bar looks nice, nothing against a good drink. I found that they chip the ice to almost fill the entire glass so you have about 1 oz of a drink in a 12 oz glass. Cha ching. I think it's ok to make kids at t he bar but not bring them.... unless you are the WAX man!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 4:55 PM

A guy named Sasha "is consulting on the bar's drinks"? I thought the customer did this with a bartender at the point-of-purchase. We are talkig about a retail-level alcohol-delivery system here, aren't we?
Can we all say: "Give me a beer."

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:01 PM

4:13

"As a new mom, I'm finding the level of hate here pretty overwhelming. Imagine if these posts referred to any other group of people."

Like black folks? Those are the people getting evicted from the neighborhood. Yeah, PH hates them too.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:03 PM

Does anyone know how I might contact Sasha?

I'm thinking about having a bday here for me and a friend on Feb. 23rd and wondering if they'll be open by then...

Thanks!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:04 PM

4:39...

I hate to bring some actual FACTS to the table, but the following will show you that there are actual FAR MORE SINGLES in Park Slope than there are married people with kids. But I suppose you'd like to challenge the Census data because you know better??

47.90% White
31.60% Black
0.60% Native American
0.10% or Alaskan Native Islander
11.10% Asian
24.70% Hispanic

19.50% Families w/Children
24.60% Families Married
10.50% Married w/Children
15.10% Female Household
7.60% Female w/Children
56.60% Non-Family
39.60% Single Household
(adds up to more than 100% because some check more than one option)

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:09 PM

5:04 If you read the original post, it seems to indicate that Sasha does not own this bar, but is only consulting on the cocktails.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:15 PM

ah ok, thanks.

i'll just keep an eye out for when it opens.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:16 PM

You could probably walk by and ask the forman how to contact the owner.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:18 PM

I'm going to be first in line to get into this pretentious snob-hole bar and you KNOW I'm bringing my crotchfruit with me. Anyone who has a problem with it will have their fucktard ass hatted cuz they both are working on their black belts in jiu jitsu. Suck it singles!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:19 PM

I hear the beer in this joint will be served in skinny, frosted 7 oz glasses for 9 bucks and up. I'm going to bring my softball team by.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:20 PM

4:18-just because someone doesn't have kids doesn't mean they are lonely and don't get laid. And if anything there are many sexually frustrated mothers out there. Yes, the sex life of mothers vanishes a lot of the time and I don't feel bad for them.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:21 PM

Sorry, but any good bar does not allow children, 5:19.

It's irresponsible parenting.

If I see you there, I'm taking your picture with crotchfruit in arm and posting it on the PS parent message board.

And you think I'm kidding.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:21 PM

i'm SO sick of these disgusting parents.

i can't wait till i have another run in with one of them...they will be getting a piece of my mind. i'm done with all this crap.

thank you, 5:09 for showing us that we outnumber them almost TWO TO ONE!!!

be GONE breeders!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:24 PM

You forget, 5:24 and all the self involved, indulged little suburban transplant brats(!) like you--I'll bring my kids wherever the hell I want WHENEVER I want, and if you step up to tell me off, I'll do a hell of a lot more than tell you off. I'm a man and I'm raising men and none of us will hesitate to kick your ass for betraying the Lord and refusing to procreate. Enjoy Hell, loser.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:46 PM

I have an idea: we should round up all the single, childless people and build them a giant BAR somewhere (in Gravesend or Mill Basin perhaps) where they can nurture their arrested development in peace, suckling on nippled vodka bottles and cavorting with all of the other Lost Boys and Girls.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:48 PM

I likey cocktails!

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:48 PM

5:46 = goombah from carroll gardens

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:49 PM

5:49 = sinner

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:51 PM

um...we all are, 5:51.

moron.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:55 PM

I'm an atheist and you're all morons for believing in a skydaddy who will make it all right. Jesus Christ, I need a drink--when does this overpriced POS open, anyway??

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 5:59 PM

5:24, ever thank your breeder mother for squeezing your insignificant little self out of her crotch?

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:01 PM

i wonder how many jesus lovers out there know that he was actually born in april...not on december 25th.

christianity is for people with no brain to think for themselves.

i'm with ya, 5:59.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:01 PM

5:09 - I don't care what the stats are - singles in their 20s and 30s who choose to live in Park slope are the duds, not the parents.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:02 PM

i do, in fact....6:01.

but my mama wasn't a crazed, neurotic lunatic like you.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:02 PM

6:02 = george bush.

doesn't care about the truth.

I think most people on here would say that YOU, in fact, are the dud.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:05 PM

i'm a single in park slope.

i'd wager a bet that i get more a** than all of you combined.

union hall, baby.

union hall.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:07 PM

all the bitter and jealous singles here are just pissed cuz their parents weren't cool enough to take them to bars when they were kids. boo hoo i grew up in ohio wah wah i had to wait until my third year at uva til i got to go to a bar boo hoo hoo the nerve of these kids to be disturbing my god-given right to peace while i update my facebook status on my macbook with my free wifi for 6 hours and the cost of one foofy overpriced gin drink -- oops, i mean "while i freelance" -- boo hoo wah wah grow up

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:08 PM

6:08...

actually, no.

it's just a little thing called the law.

no one under 21 inside a bar.

g'night.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:12 PM

whatever, 6:02--better than being a fucktard, asshat.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:15 PM

study up, 6:12--and keep your cubicle job. You've hit your ceiling, clearly.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:23 PM

sasha is not the owner of this. he is consulting with them on the drink menu and training of the bartenders.

I don't know how involved he will be once it will open (he is still visible at east side co and little branch on occasion, and at M&H everynight)

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:29 PM

Everyone needs something to post about and a $8M HOTD just isn't interesting. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:38 PM

Their are NO cool parents in PS or PH. They are all lame and obnoxious as well as their little brats.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 7:34 PM

Tiles on the ceiling are, in my opinion, a mistake. LOUD.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 11:26 PM

I like the style of everybody in here today! and let me just say one thing: Whichever hits first, the renegade nukes or the hell unleashed by our environmental follies, is gonna make all the current wave of babies and their parents cry and cry as they slave to exist. I give it 20 years max.

Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 11:51 PM

Don't worry, 11:51, my family will hunt you down for meat. Spare you the struggle.

Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 10:12 AM

First of all, anyone who brings their kids to a bar is fucking cool in my book, and those kids are gonna grow up mellow. I've never seen a white ass uptight yuppie bring their brat into a bar. Ever. The only people I know with kids who tag along to my favorite bars in the East village are mellow people and their kids are totally laid back and normal and well adjusted.

Actually, 11:26 pm, tiles on the ceiling are a specifically "era" detail. If you knew anything about turn of the century building, you'd know what that tile is referring to and why they chose to use it.

Besides which -- the reflective quality of the tiles in a moody, dark place will add a bit of glow and glitter to the light. Great choice.

I do hate the tiles on the outside though, but it might be the photo.

WHY CAN'T THEY GIVE ME A COOL BAR IN FT GREENE SO I CAN STUMBLE HOME DRUNK WITHOUT GETTING LOST?

Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 10:37 AM

Just because the tiles are an "era detail" doesn't mean the joint won't be an echo chamber. But I could be wrong... expensive cocktail bars tend to be a bit quieter than the raucous, soccer thug establishments I prefer to patronize.

Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 11:10 AM

Likes like a good place to fuck other lonely singles and kick an occasional stroller full of little noisemakers

Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 11:15 AM

This is why no one reads the comments section of this site aside from this small group of posters like yourselves.

It's a posting about a bar and the thread immediately devolves into nasty comments and unrelated AY "debates." The latter amuses me because suspect the large majority of you aren't even homeowners.

Enjoy each other's bile.

Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 4:00 PM

"This is why no one reads the comments section of this site aside from this small group of posters like yourselves."

Irony meter is off the charts.

Oh wait, sorry, that was the IDIOCY meter.

Posted by: guest at February 2, 2008 12:52 PM

Jesus Christ, am I the only one who thinks places like this and Barrette should stay Manhattanside?!

Posted by: guest at February 5, 2008 5:25 PM

Wow, nice to know PH is getting so upscale that it needs a cocktail bar. What I really wanna know is:

a) has anyone been in it since it opened and
2) how is it? Swank? BLand? What are the prices like? How's the scene?

PS - Barette is done. Drinks are getting too pricy, too many tools & hipsters (yeah, yeah... I've lived in Brooklyn my whole life, all you visitors from the midwest can bite me; get an original sense of fashion and, for God's sake, take off those stupid porkpie hats! You all look like rejects from an 80s movie)

Posted by: guest at March 24, 2008 4:24 PM