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February 19, 2008
StreetLevel: Great Lakes Re-Ups Lease
Good news on the Park Slope bar front: The owners of Great Lakes, whose lease ran out recently, have reached an agreement with their landlord to stay in the Fifth Avenue space. According to several sources, the landlord was just testing out the market to see how much interest there was in renting the space (an ad for the location pegged the asking rent at $8,500/month). In any event, the bar's not going anywhere for awhile. Cheers! GMAP
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Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 2:45 PM
That restaurant to the right is bad and overpriced.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 2:51 PM
they should move to 4th ave and save a tone of money
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 2:51 PM
Move to 4th and lose a lot of foot traffic.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 2:55 PM
that bar is a dump!
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 2:58 PM
$8,500 a month? Wow, the place is usually pretty empty except weekends when they get some traffic from people waiting for seats at restaurants. That's a lot of gin and tonics.
Posted by: Brooklynnative at February 19, 2008 3:00 PM
the restaurant to the right is blue ribbon sushi...one of the best in the city, in my opinion.
also of note on 5th...
Earth Tonez, a new veggie and vegan cafe, is open at 349 Fifth Avenue, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The menus leans toward sandwiches and wraps, plus veggie burgers and salads. There's also a pretty complete vegan dessert selection. With V Spot, and S'Nice opening a block away, Fifth Avenue is becoming quite the little stretch for veg-friendly restaurants.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:00 PM
3:00...never been inside when there wasn't a nice crowd of people hanging out, drinkin.
we must go at different times.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:02 PM
When the hell is S'Nice opening up? I'm seriously looking forward to that.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:02 PM
Actually 3:00 the restaurant is Blue Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Sushi is next to that outside of the picture.
Blue ribbon is not bad at all with some interesting dishes and a totally decent raw bar, but Blue Ribbon Sushi is definately the best in the area.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:04 PM
not sure...but the new place (yogo monster...ok weird name) looks like it's going to bust open any day now up on 7th between union and berkeley.
heard it's frozen yogurt, but the decor looks SUPER fun.
can't wait to see what it's like.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:05 PM
Blue Ribbon has the BEST fried chicken around!! THE BEST!
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:14 PM
A dump. DUMP.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:37 PM
"they should move to "
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HISTORIC MARINE PARK AND KEEP GOING INTO JAMAICA BAY.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:38 PM
so you complain when everything turns into starbucks or a shiny new bank.
and you complain that there's a somewhat divey bar in park slope.
which is it?
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:40 PM
"The menus leans toward sandwiches and wraps, plus veggie burgers and salads."
Oh. You mean crap?
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:43 PM
Speaking of restaurants on 5th Avenue, the other day I tried Miriam's for the first time. I ordered the ravioli (kreplach) and got LITERALLY 4 tiny ravioli on my plate--for $15. WTF?? Never going back.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:52 PM
Miriam was cuisine was wholly unremarkable the night we dined. We're not going back.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:54 PM
"so you complain when everything turns into starbucks or a shiny new bank.
and you complain that there's a somewhat divey bar in park slope.
which is it?"
It's both, actually. I like to complain. It pisses you off something fierce.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 3:56 PM
More 5th Ave.....
Cocotte is gone.
Sign for S'Nice came down. Maybe they rethought.
Biscuit is gone. (No Loss)
Looks like Hollywood Video may have bit the dust as well.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:11 PM
S'nice took down the sign because they were working on renovations on Saturday.
Biscuit was open when I walked by on Sunday.
Hollywood Video...uhhh...who goes to a video store anymore?
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:26 PM
Glad to hear S'Nice is still progressing.
Brown paper was covering all the Biscuit windows on Monday.
"Hollywood Video...uhhh...who goes to a video store anymore?"
Exactly.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:38 PM
Biscut had a habit of serving half-cooked food.
When at their old location on F'bush road, I got a pink deep fried chicken. I was grossed out by it.
When they moved, I thought to give it another shot. The first time I went ther, the ribs were perfect: fell right off the bone. Second time, a bit pinkish again...
C'est la vie.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:39 PM
That Biscuit spot is such a terrific location. I hope something good opens there.
How bout Lupa 2?
Mario, where are you??
Or just a nice upscale-ish diner, even.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:42 PM
cocotte is closed?
I thought they had business.
Went with family once- the little bar next door was a disaster. At 7 pm, they were so not ready to make 6 martinis- first they had to get vermouth -I finally told bartender- Forget the vermouth- and all the while- she could have been chilling and garnishing- and then shaking. but no- it was like she had never been behind a bar before.
then they put our loud table in the middle of the restaurant and then asked us to be quiet- you put your large tables to the side exactly for that reason-duh!
other than I would never go there or the sister restaurant with a large group- I liked it there for couples
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:43 PM
You know, the restaurant options in Brooklyn truly suck. This is one area in which Manhattan is light years ahead, still.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:50 PM
The location Biscuit was in (and Night and Day before that) seems it should do well but it's cursed. Cursed by bad restranteurs that is. I second the uncooked chicken at Biscuit comment. Night and Day was the most ridiculous restaurant. They hired inexperienced kids to run the place, service took forever, the food sucked and served in tiny portions yet priced as high (or actually higher for the portions) as Al di La or Tempo up the street.
Park Slope needs to attract some solidly good, ambitious and professional restaurants that aim high with their cuisine. Fancier stuff.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:51 PM
I don't agree, 4:50.
When you say Manhattan you are referring to really 4 or 5 neighborhoods. The rest...Upper West Side, Downtown, Chelsea, Murray Hill, etc all have HORRIBLE restaurants as well.
The neighborhoods with nice restaurants are East Village, Soho, West Village, Midtown.
That's about it.
Brooklyn has been FAR behind the 8 ball on retail. We are JUST beginning to catch up. I believe the same will be true of restaurants. Give it another 3-5 years. I think we're going to see an influx of better quality restaurants in Park Slope, Ft. Greene, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens.
I see the turnover beginning already.
The ones closing are crap and the newer ones (s-nice, moim, chiles and chocolate) are a step up, in my opinion.
None of the places I hear about which are closing are any that I ever went back to after the first try. HATED Cocotte, Biscuit BBQ.
LOVE Fatoosh and S'nice and Moim.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:55 PM
Glad they re-upped...it's where the wife & I met back in '99, you know...
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 4:58 PM
Miriam is pretty great for brunch, though. Give it a try. Not overpriced.
Posted by: zinka at February 19, 2008 5:33 PM
I agree....Miriam is TERRIFIC for brunch. I go often.
Never had dinner there.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 5:37 PM
Long live the Lakes, and long live dumps in general! I'll take GL or J5A any day over most of the alternatives in the slope...
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 5:38 PM
I agree with 4:55
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 5:46 PM
someone needs to open a decent bbq joint. i agree, biscuit BLEW IT. maybe the "brick oven" place on 3rd ave. that's under construction won't suck.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 5:48 PM
There's a new-ish diner on 5th and Bergen called Maria's.
Super cute, if you haven't already tried it.
People running it are nice, it's cheap and a warm, friendly place.
Loved it.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 5:54 PM
Miriam does a great brunch. Cocotte did a decent brunch.
Biscuit is lousy. Try BarBQ on 6th Avenue at 20th and get the brisket.
Peppinos on 5th at 11th has great pizza.
Fatoosh gets a thumbs up too.
I miss Mekong. Best calimari ever.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 8:46 PM
just walked by oshima (my favorite sushi place in park slope) on 7th between berkeley and lincoln and they are closed till the 29th to renovate their dining room, the sign says.
should be interesting. they have a lovely back garden.
if you haven't checked out the place, i recommend it highly. nearly as good as blue ribbon sushi for half the price.
the oshima salad is yummy too!!
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 8:52 PM
There's a wierd sewage smell outside of Great Lakes. Smells like sulfur. So, when I think of Great Lakes I think of the smell.
But, I like to drink there sometimes.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 9:00 PM
Mura!
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 9:06 PM
Great Lakes opened when 5th Ave was SKETCHY and Park Slope had character. I'm glad to see that it can stick around to reap the dividends it helped spearhead.
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 10:49 PM
"when 5th Ave was SKETCHY and Park Slope had character."
Sketchy = Character?
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 11:14 PM
5th ave hasn't been sketchy since the 80's... anyone who sez different is a stroller pushing yuppie piece of shitscum! and a hipster trustafarian POS livin' off daddy's investments! fuck all y'all!
Posted by: guest at February 19, 2008 11:40 PM
my favorite bar besides o'connors on fifth avenue
Posted by: guest at February 20, 2008 8:35 AM
Obviously you've never been to Timboo's, 8:35.
Posted by: guest at February 20, 2008 8:43 AM
Oconnors is a great bar to pass out in.
Posted by: guest at February 20, 2008 10:53 AM
Whenever somebody expresses dismay at less crime and fewer sketchy places because it has more "character" I think of Dave Chapelle's recurring sketch on his show called "Keepin' it Real". And it makes me (through laughter) hope those so fond of the good ole days find their comeuppance in some little way.
Speak for yourself and keep it real somewhere else, dude.
Posted by: guest at February 20, 2008 11:39 AM
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