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
A decent food store that is open til at least midnight. Pickings are slim around here for decent groceries if you have a working kitchen and prefer to cook which I think is the case in this nabe. What we don’t need is another half-assed bistro with crapshoot fare and clueless service. 6K is way high but some fool will pay it, paving the way for astronomical retail rents. That’s how they define “progress” in NY and all these groovy new residents all want to live in Brooklyn Heights but there’s no more room….
hell fing no to stinkberry. gimme a break.
brooklyn’s first pinkberry!!!
Something other than a restaurant. Unless the chef is bringing down the house with his/her food, then I’ll pass… and so will most others considering the failure rate of most restaurants. I’d prefer a bar with a cool social vibe and prices to match. Perhaps small tapas for munchies.
An all American diner (maybe something like Westville) that is open 24 hours. Not too expensive and good home cooking
Decent Chinese would be great. How about an Empire Szechuan, with delivery?
No offense to my friends at Happy Chinese, by the Clinton Washington stop on Fulton St.
So many restaurants fail because the owners focus on what they believe the neighborhood needs rather than what the neighborhood wants.
How about a gastropub? They usually fare well. Look at Mullanes, Tavern on Dean, Pete’s Waterfront Ale House, and Alchemy.
$6K is very high, but I knew a place on Cape Cod that I great pizzas and Mexican food. It was casaul, hip, and inexpensive. And along with great food it was a BYOB. I do not know if BYOB is possible in NYC.
Again I agree RJ. I had always hoped that Cellars or could be turned around in to something like Mullanes. Or maybe the property for sale near Bonita(the one with the scaffolding). Maggie Brown’s is nice but I’d like a place with a bigger bar and more seating.