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
The staff and the owner of Graziella’s are also great.
with rent like that, you might need an amusement park in the backyard.
I agree with CHLiving, Graziella’s is delicious. Best Italian in the nabe.
$6K is a lot to ask for the space. I don’t want another clone or overpriced restaurant there. Something unique (I agree with 1:13PM that Ethiopian would be lovely) or the casual suggestion are both great ideas. Re: 1:11PM–try Graziellas. Their pizza rocks and the rest is pretty decent!
I’m with rj.
I’d love to see an Ethiopian place go in there. With the constant crowd at Madiba (except when it has been closed by the board of health), I can only imagine how well an African restaurant with really good food and service would do here. Plus, there’s no Ethiopian anywhere else nearby.
If I can’t have Ethiopian, I’d settle for a nice Chinese place with fresh ingredients.
Would love to get a good Italian restaurant in the neighborhood!
I’m with rj- we need great CASUAL dining. As a former E Village resident, I got accustomed to the idea that I could enjoy a good or even great meal with a minimum of fuss or planning for $15 or less. It’s one of the neighborhood’s few remaining assets. In FG/CH the options are few. The diners are pretty uninviting and close preposterously early and the majority of the other options are too expensive or unusual for frequent or spur-of-the-moment weekday dining. This, compounded by the incompetent and/or rude service that seems to be endemic in the nabe make me even less likely to dine out here.
Look at Bonita – they seem to be the one place on DeKalb that’s doing it right.
I’d love to see a good Italian place or a sandwich shop. I always thought a sandwich/salad/soup type place would be a hit with the parents in the nabe that want to lunch together with their kids or pickup something easy for dinner. A good example would be Mama’s Food Shop in the E Vill – cafeteria style, rotating menu. If I had the $ I’d open it myself. Well, if I had the $, the experience, the courage and the time…
How about great Thai food?