The Slope's Most Cursed Corner?
The question of whether the corner of President and 5th is just bad luck for restaurants arises on a Brooklynian thread about the shuttering of Playa and Cabana Bar, which opened a little over a year ago in that location. Prior to that, the space briefly hosted three other eateries: Night & Day, Lookout Hill,…
The question of whether the corner of President and 5th is just bad luck for restaurants arises on a Brooklynian thread about the shuttering of Playa and Cabana Bar, which opened a little over a year ago in that location. Prior to that, the space briefly hosted three other eateries: Night & Day, Lookout Hill, and Biscuit BBQ. The closing of Playa, though, seems sorta odd, as it did much steadier business than the three places that preceded it. A source close to the restaurant gives the following account of Playa’s shuttering: The guy who ran the three businesses before Playa was brought in as a partner on the new venture because he owned the space’s liquor license. However, he’s now in a legal dispute with the landlord and pulled out of his partnership in Playa, taking the liquor license with him. Playa couldn’t turn a profit without the booze license, hence the closing. There’s probably a lot different takes on why it closed, but that’s one of them. In any event, what would you like to see go into the space next? GMAP
LOL actually a bed bud exterminator would be perfect on that corner because that block has a MAD bedbug problem in a lot of the buildings. ive seen mattresses thrown out at least 4-5 times in the last year that were covered and spraypainted that they have bedbugs. plus people are always throwing out nasty furniture on the block.. this is the actual block between 4th and 5th avenue tho, i dont know about above 5th.
*rob*
I would be there every night, Rob!
All they need to do is put in the machines and then watch the money fly in!
And that side area where they had the bar might be good for a pool or skeeball area…
It really would be fun on that corner.
More like drunkies in the daytime and the PS teens who haunt Starbucks and Tea Lounge on weekend nights. I just walked by Cafe Steinhof – well at 2 p.m. – and saw three men sitting outside at a table, drinking, empty glasses scattering the table.
totally on board with a video arcade, but they would definintely need to serve alcohol, i guess like barcade in williamsburg. it would be a perfect corner for that!!
*rob*
A video arcade which stays open late night.
Good for the kiddies during the day and the drunkies in the evening walking around barhopping on 5th…
i know there’s tons of balloon artists in park slope, how about a balloon animal / sculpture making workshop? for adults tho, no kids please.
*rob*
Peperoncino is not one of those? They try to sell you pasta dishes now instead of pizza which is what they first attracted me for. If you order a pizza, their faces fall.
Bari oven
What about a Sizzler?