StreetLevel: Breakfast Joint Opening in Garden Cafe Space
A coffee shop and breakfast restaurant called Milk Bar is opening on August 3rd in the former Garden Cafe space on Vanderbilt and Prospect Place. The business has no relation to Manhattan’s Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar. The name is a reference to the Australian term for general stores; one of Milk Bar’s owners is…
A coffee shop and breakfast restaurant called Milk Bar is opening on August 3rd in the former Garden Cafe space on Vanderbilt and Prospect Place. The business has no relation to Manhattan’s Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar. The name is a reference to the Australian term for general stores; one of Milk Bar’s owners is from Down Under. The proprietors have done an extensive renovation of the space (see pic on jump) that’s been documented on their Facebook page.
Milk Bar [Facebook] GMAP
It actually looks a little Momofukuish in there.
“The business has no relation to Manhattan’s Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar”
:'(
Milk bar is not a term for general store in Australia. Its more like malt shop/diner, the kind of place where you could have a burger and a milk shake, with (as 1842 mentions) a sort of bodega functionality as well. ITs a pretty uniquely Aussie phenomenon.
Are the owners related to the wonderful aussies who run Long Tan? ‘Twould be good news if so.
I miss Camille and John from Garden Cafe. That was a very special place and a pioneer not just in Prospect Heights but all of Brooklyn. Going there in the late ’80s was a once or twice a year treat for me as a struggling young thing. Hope they enjoy their retirement.
Btw, the creation of the Vanderbilt Ave median was largely thanks to the lobbying of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (check them out at phndc.org) who do lots of good things in the area.
LOL @ milkbar being australian for bodega hahahah. what’s the australian term for check cashing place? someone should open up an overpriced baby’s clothing boutique and name it that on that strip too.
vanderbuilt is cool tho but my rotten ex boyfriend moved right near there so i stay away from that away hardcore.
*rob*
1842, I agree. The planting of the median is a HUGE improvement.
And then there’s The Vanderbilt by the same owner as Saul in CG coming soon too. That place should be quite special.
lol santa. totally
*rob*
why does this scream hipster?
it screams white people but not hipster
And I love the Aussie name, Milkbar. Basically that’s Aussie for bodega, though milkbars are generally cleaner than your average NYC bodega (though there are exceptions). Good luck to them.