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
We need a place like Momofuku, casual atmosphere and delicious pan-asian food.
Amanda wants to help someone “realize you dream”. At $45/sq ft, the dream will quickly turn into a nightmare.
Isn’t the rent pretty expense, even for Fort Greene?
I want a Liquors clone back in that space. They had great cocktails and their salmon dish was always great – plus it was not too expensive.
As someone who lives in the area, I think CASUAL dining is always good. Inexpensive, cozy, nothing too fancy. A place I can stop and get a salad or sandwich or something (and a beer) in the evening. To me, a lot of the restaurants on DeKalb host cuisine I only want to have occaisionally (chez oscar, amin, sushi, madiba, etc….)
It’s true: DeKalb doesn’t need any more crappy restaurants (although there are two more crappy food ideas coming between Carlton and Cumberland).
The real irony here is that if the Liquor Store that was there before Christian and Gloria opened Liquors had stayed open another year, business would have been booming now.
i’d like an old-fashioned soda fountain and use the cellar space for ToddP-related shows.
Yep a bakery would be great. Care to elaborate 11:07?
DEKALB DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE RESTAURANTS!!
why do we think the posting was deleted? someone interested, or owner didn’t want the attention on this site?