Brooklyn-Themed Restaurant Killing Brooklyn?
The Daily News ran a scathing take on the Brooklyneer, the Brooklyn-themed restaurant that has just opened on West Houston Street, in Manhattan. The charge? That the bar is the death knell for Brooklyn. The writer laments that Brooklyn goods – clothing, beer, and culture – are being exported, making Brooklyn a place “about as…

The Daily News ran a scathing take on the Brooklyneer, the Brooklyn-themed restaurant that has just opened on West Houston Street, in Manhattan. The charge? That the bar is the death knell for Brooklyn. The writer laments that Brooklyn goods – clothing, beer, and culture – are being exported, making Brooklyn a place “about as undiscovered as Times Square.” As the article states, “With the opening of the Brooklyneer, all of the little things you loved about the borough, all those yuppie comforts that borough boosters endlessly trumpet, have been revealed for what they are – things one can buy, and quite easily at that. And now, you don’t even have to go to Brooklyn to buy them.” He’s outraged, although he manages to casually mention he may be part of a movement that pushed out some culture in Brooklyn that came before him. Of course, all the food and drink they’ve assembled from Brooklyn sounds pretty darn good!
Brooklyner Marks the End of Brooklyn Cool [NY Daily News]
Photo via Grub Street
kudos to the owners – they’ve gotten so much free press bc of the name.
Like the Daily News has any CLUE about real life in this city.
if this does anything to lessen the hoards of manhattanites who invade williamsburg on the weekends, i’m all for it.
Ah yes, another pretender to the throne. What makes Brooklyn Brooklyn is not a specific beer, a specific item or any such nonsense. What makes Brooklyn special are the people, the architecture and the attitude. Take those away, and all you have are tourists sucking down beers in a bar across the river.
Ah yes, another pretender to the throne. What makes Brooklyn Brooklyn is not a specific beer, a specific item or any such nonsense. What makes Brooklyn special are the people, the architecture and the attitude. Take those away, and all you have are tourists sucking down beers in a bar across the river.
Article and the restaurant—both a waste of time in myriad ways.
“bring it” is right.
This bar is Brooklyn in the same way that Epcot is Europe. We know we’ve still got it goin’ on.
BK is so over. You have to go to south bx now…..
lol
Who cares what they do in manhattan, we cool no matter
The writer falls for what is essentially a marketing ploy and calls it the “death of Brooklyn?” Pretty idiotic.