Pratt Coffee Shop Metamorphosis Underway
The old Pratt Coffee Shop at 274 Hall Street in Clinton Hill has been closed since this summer for renovations. As The Local reported last month, when it reopens it will be as the more-upscale-sounding Pratt Cafe. GMAP
Boy I remember that place as Charlies back when I was going to school at Pratt (1978-1983). It was the other arts store for larger supplies, like cardboard for models that us architects used to make. I think I went in once for a donut after it first became a coffee shop. It is such a trip to visit the neighborhood now.
The neighborhood needs a 24hr diner.
i used t go there from time to time back when i lived in the hood a few years back. decent place to eat.
Although I ate here now and then, the place always smelled of disinfectant with a faint whiff of roach spray underneath. It turned me off in the extreme. The orange juice frequently had onion or blue cheese undertones.
It was sort of like an olifactory migraine aura.
A bright and pleasant cafe with a clean rest room would be a gift. Or even better, they could change it back to an art supply store.
Word, MM
DH, nothing, really. However, the attractiveness of the outside will encourage people to see the inside, have a decent meal, or even a cup of joe, and make it “their” place. If nobody wants to come in, the restaurant won’t last long enough for people to get that the shabby outside masks a hidden treasure within. That sort of reverse decor may work in some places, but not everywhere.
rob- is there nothing or no one you won’t complain about?
eatists
Elitists.