L'Antagoniste French Bistro Opens Friday
At the risk of running too many posts about the impending debut of L’Antagoniste at 238 Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed Stuy, we have to tell you it plans to open to the public Friday. Wednesday night there was a dry run with “friends and family.” We hear it’s very good — menu items include…
At the risk of running too many posts about the impending debut of L’Antagoniste at 238 Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed Stuy, we have to tell you it plans to open to the public Friday. Wednesday night there was a dry run with “friends and family.”
We hear it’s very good — menu items include a mackerel appetizer and duck à l’orange for an entree. So it’s really happening. Anyone else check it out last night?
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love French food, as soon as i get the chance Ill be there…
I believe Bushwick on “the other side of Broadway” with a plethora of dining choices. Hmm. Nowhere? Time to double-check that pulse.
I was happy to hear that the deal fell apart. I had heard bad things about the Pink Tea Cup. Apartments and Lofts has the listing for the space at 4,400 a month.
I’m definitely excited to try this place. The more food options, whatever the price points, the better. I believe Khemistry is still waiting for its full liquor license. When I was there, it was only beer and wine, I think. I second the question about the activity on the corner of Macon and Stuyvesant – and also wonder if there is an update on the place on the corner of Halsey and Lewis. Brownstoner reported that a Mexican place was coming, but then retracted that a bit and said that a lease was close to being signed. Finally, it would be great to see SOMETHING open in the old Celestino location. It’s a move-in-ready restaurant space. I’m surprised it hasn’t been grabbed up more quickly by someone.
Isn’t diversity what NYC is about? This is a free market, and no one forces anyone to patronize a certain business. If this restaurant is truly out of place, don’t worry, lack of business will shut its door.
But if it’s presence upsets anyone just because it’s not your cup of tea, maybe we should remember diversity is a good thing. No one is preventing anyone to patronize a fancy restaurant in say West Village, regardless where they live, so why not relax and keep an open mind? Bedstuy is constantly evolving, and on one has the right to define what it should be.
For sure! My concern is not that it’s out of place and won’t be patronized, more that it’s just one more nail in the proverbial coffin for those with lower incomes in Bed-Stuy. Increasing levels of sophisticated dining isn’t causing gentrification, they’re catering to the increasing levels of moneyed diners already coming into the neighborhood. Nor do I want to define what Bed-Stuy should be, just pointing out that if there were ever a clear bell ringing the end of affordable renting in this neighborhood, this is it. I guess I could shrug, keep my head forward, and not say a thing, but then again, diversity of opinions counts as diversity, right?
I respect and agree with everything you are saying. What you are saying is looking at the same phenomenon from a different angle.
I used to live in the East Village for a decade and had just a great time, until the bankers came in and drive us out and moved to Clinton. Hill, but I still have friends who are poor artists still live there, there are cheap, cool places they can go, while lots of pricey spots came about because of the influx of higher earners. Different venues co-exist and it seems fine. Most of us are both victims and gentrifiers, my next destination is probably less gentrified part of Queens, haha.
looks like a great addition to the neighborhood! With Khemistry opening on the same block and providing some much needed quality food, Malcolm X could turn into a real restaurant row! awesome
The people in the area might want to try something other than Chinese fried rice and chicken wings. We spend plenty of our hard earned money on other crap that has kept downtown Brooklyn and other retail strips alive for decades. Who are these posters speaking for?