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
Jkabo & RJ are right on point…
A nice bar with a cool social climate would be very acceptable…
We need a Starbucks or a Wendy’s. Maybe they could be a Chase ATM in there. Something convenient. Ooooh, what about a Cingular store.
We need good takeout. Also needed is a casual place like Two Boots (but not Two Boots of course because we have Graziellas) or 2nd Street Cafe. Maybe a place like Doma in the West Village but with a bigger kitchen and a bigger menu? Or a local joint like Great Jones in the E. Village (is there such a place as the E. Village really anymore though?)
Lewis & Ruby’s is now Petit Bassam, as of several months ago. African/French food. I still haven’t gotten to eat there but have walked by several times and the menu looks interesting.
choice has been amazing for us clinton hill-ers and it serves the kind of food you can bring to the park, home, etc AND it’s delicious. I dream about the steak sandwich and the roast chicken when i’m not eating it. I agree about the pace – it’s a long wait, but it still beats anything else out there. so maybe they should expand to FG…although not at that price…
There are two reasons for the inability to rent the space.
1) It’s over-priced by at least 30%
2) Dennery broke open the walls of the basement with a sledge hammer upon leaving – among other things – and the place is no swimming with rats.
Dennery’s rather a boob – he’s screwed and stolen from a great many business partners – most recently at Lewis and Ruby’s. Scum walking.
RJ and houseowax – lets for a consensus. Casual. nuf sed.
DeKalb and Fort Greene already has great diversity, which is incredible and makes us unique. Except casual. Its srtange that it doesnt already exist. I think it tends to need an establishment within a hood or a region, which Fort Greene seems to have founded consistently over the past few years.
The green sign should stay though.
Yeah, a laid-back bar would be nice–seems like there is plenty of business for bars in the area. I confess that I wasn’t sorry to see Liquors go, because I always had a grudge against them. When we moved to the neighborhood in 2003 and were desperately seeking a liquor store, their false advertising was downright cruel.
Yeah, a laid-back bar would be nice–seems like there is plenty of business for bars in the area. I confess that I wasn’t sorry to see Liquors go, because I always had a grudge against them. When we moved to the neighborhood in 2003 and were desperately seeking a liquor store, their false advertising was downright cruel.