Streetlevel: Former Liquors Spot Asking $6K a Month
It’s been a couple of years since Christian Dennery’s restaurant empire crumbled amid rumors of a particularly troublesome relationship with the landlord of his beloved Dekalb Avenue spot Liquors and the space has yet to get a new tenant. (As we recently reported, Bodegas on Clinton Avenue finally has new ownership; any update on the…
It’s been a couple of years since Christian Dennery’s restaurant empire crumbled amid rumors of a particularly troublesome relationship with the landlord of his beloved Dekalb Avenue spot Liquors and the space has yet to get a new tenant. (As we recently reported, Bodegas on Clinton Avenue finally has new ownership; any update on the Lewis & Ruby’s space?) Do you think it’s the $6,000 a month rent or the bad karma? You’d think the location plus the outdoor space would make it any easy sell. Then again, from what we gather, the restaurant business in Fort Greene isn’t as quite as easy as one would think from strolling down Dekalb on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Sure, it’s hard to find a table for brunch on the weekends but the stroller set doesn’t get out to dinner as much as local restaurateurs might like. If you had your druthers, what type of cuisine would you like to see in the Liquors space? (The listing was just deleted from Craigslist but we’ve got it verbatim on the jump.)
Fort Greene Restaurant with Backyard [Craigslist] GMAP
$6000 / 1600ft² – FORT GREENE DREAMS DO COME TRUE*RESTARAUNT W/BACKYARD*
Reply to: amandarapid@gmail.com
Date: 2007-05-29, 6:15PM EDT
GREAT RAW STOREFRONT RESTAURANT LOCATED ON RESTAURANT ROW IN BEAUTIFUL FORT GREENE W/ GORGREOUS SUN-DRENCHED BACKYARD GARDEN.
*THIS 1600 SQFT FORMER RESTAURANT BOASTS…
*800 SQFT EXPANDABLE TO 12OOSQFT RESTAURANT/STOREFRONT
*800SQFT BASEMENT
*TWO PRIVATE BATHROOMS-ONE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
*LARGE BACKYARD GARDEN (PERFECT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING)
*LOCATED JUST BLOCKS FROM THE PARK.
*CLOSE TO SUBWAYS AND BUSES
*BE PART OF THE THRIVING FORT GREENE SCENE!
I’D LOVE TO HELP YOU REALIZE YOUR DREAM.
AMANDA MIXON
714-328-4784
amandarapid@gmail.com
I don’t want to flame anyone here and actually plan to send an ACTUAL typed letter (on paper), but does anyone know the name of Graziella’s owner?
We have been there about 8x over the past year-plus. The food has always been good, but the service has ranged from courteous to downright insolent or oblivious/apathetic.
We have out-of-town relatives this week and wanted to treat them to good neighborhood Italian fare last night and the service was DEPLORABLE (also out of clams and Brooklyn Brewery Pilsner?). Our server screwed up our order, didn’t bring us bread and when asked by my wife, returned with a meager basket of bread (for 4 people) with a “Here’s your bread, Lady.” He was so bad that the owner came to apologize to the next table because he had failed to submit one of their entrees to the kitchen. Also a policy of adding an 18% percent gratuity to all patio tables should be clearly stated to ALL patrons. We usually tip 20+% for good service, but not 18% for being dismissed like the wrong caste (can’t come up with another analogy).
We definitely agree with houseowax about the possibility that their entire waitstaff may be subjects of a badly thought-out human-trafficking scheme.
whoever moves into that space should stay open past midnight and deliver past 10:30. even with all the changes in recent years, there’s nothing open late.
another thought – the people behind joya and song should bring their tasty, super-cheap thai to fort greene.
If it wasn’t for the fact that I am counting down the time until I leave my lame job, I would not make a comment…but here’s my two cents anyway….a bar/loung would be great, even a gay bar would be better. There’s no gay bar in the whole nabe. Bring on the cute young things.
A bar/lounge would be amazing. Something like the old Halcyon on Smith. Lots of cute young things looking to hang out in Ft. Greene, but not enough options! Oh, and I hope the poster asking for a starfucks was kidding!
Is it possible that you don’t know the market and can’t idenitfy with the owner of the building? Market is whatever someone is willing to pay regardless if they can survive at the rent. It’s a calculated risk the owner has to make for his investment. S/he loses money when it goes unrented and when it’s not at the highest price he can get. Not his responsibility to cater to your latest craving. Go buy your own building.
The rent is too high for a restaurant in that nabe. That’s New York rent. These landlords make me laugh. But then again there is always a new culinary grad with some money who will lose his shirt. You only need one sap every year.
Petit Bassam has pretty good food but the service is so bad that it’s impossible to endure!!!
There are a lot of things this neighborhood needs rather than another restaurant. 6 grand is a lot, but we need a decent bakery which sells everything from pasteries, cookies, break to birthday cakes. I love Graziella’s, but you can’t go wrong with another Italian restaurant.
I had a dinner at Bonita a couple of weeks ago and found it a big disappointment. Friendly people, cute room, but a boringly tiny menu (yeah, yeah, fish tacos), tiny portions, and perhaps worst of all–undrinkable margaritas all around the whole table. Like straight lime juice, not enough booze, way too much salt. How does that happen? Was the bartender out sick? Please don’t coast, B. More great casual restaurants, please!