StreetLevel: Great Lakes Re-Ups Lease
Good news on the Park Slope bar front: The owners of Great Lakes, whose lease ran out recently, have reached an agreement with their landlord to stay in the Fifth Avenue space. According to several sources, the landlord was just testing out the market to see how much interest there was in renting the space…
Good news on the Park Slope bar front: The owners of Great Lakes, whose lease ran out recently, have reached an agreement with their landlord to stay in the Fifth Avenue space. According to several sources, the landlord was just testing out the market to see how much interest there was in renting the space (an ad for the location pegged the asking rent at $8,500/month). In any event, the bar’s not going anywhere for awhile. Cheers! GMAP
I don’t agree, 4:50.
When you say Manhattan you are referring to really 4 or 5 neighborhoods. The rest…Upper West Side, Downtown, Chelsea, Murray Hill, etc all have HORRIBLE restaurants as well.
The neighborhoods with nice restaurants are East Village, Soho, West Village, Midtown.
That’s about it.
Brooklyn has been FAR behind the 8 ball on retail. We are JUST beginning to catch up. I believe the same will be true of restaurants. Give it another 3-5 years. I think we’re going to see an influx of better quality restaurants in Park Slope, Ft. Greene, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens.
I see the turnover beginning already.
The ones closing are crap and the newer ones (s-nice, moim, chiles and chocolate) are a step up, in my opinion.
None of the places I hear about which are closing are any that I ever went back to after the first try. HATED Cocotte, Biscuit BBQ.
LOVE Fatoosh and S’nice and Moim.
The location Biscuit was in (and Night and Day before that) seems it should do well but it’s cursed. Cursed by bad restranteurs that is. I second the uncooked chicken at Biscuit comment. Night and Day was the most ridiculous restaurant. They hired inexperienced kids to run the place, service took forever, the food sucked and served in tiny portions yet priced as high (or actually higher for the portions) as Al di La or Tempo up the street.
Park Slope needs to attract some solidly good, ambitious and professional restaurants that aim high with their cuisine. Fancier stuff.
You know, the restaurant options in Brooklyn truly suck. This is one area in which Manhattan is light years ahead, still.
cocotte is closed?
I thought they had business.
Went with family once- the little bar next door was a disaster. At 7 pm, they were so not ready to make 6 martinis- first they had to get vermouth -I finally told bartender- Forget the vermouth- and all the while- she could have been chilling and garnishing- and then shaking. but no- it was like she had never been behind a bar before.
then they put our loud table in the middle of the restaurant and then asked us to be quiet- you put your large tables to the side exactly for that reason-duh!
other than I would never go there or the sister restaurant with a large group- I liked it there for couples
That Biscuit spot is such a terrific location. I hope something good opens there.
How bout Lupa 2?
Mario, where are you??
Or just a nice upscale-ish diner, even.
Biscut had a habit of serving half-cooked food.
When at their old location on F’bush road, I got a pink deep fried chicken. I was grossed out by it.
When they moved, I thought to give it another shot. The first time I went ther, the ribs were perfect: fell right off the bone. Second time, a bit pinkish again…
C’est la vie.
Glad to hear S’Nice is still progressing.
Brown paper was covering all the Biscuit windows on Monday.
“Hollywood Video…uhhh…who goes to a video store anymore?”
Exactly.
S’nice took down the sign because they were working on renovations on Saturday.
Biscuit was open when I walked by on Sunday.
Hollywood Video…uhhh…who goes to a video store anymore?
More 5th Ave…..
Cocotte is gone.
Sign for S’Nice came down. Maybe they rethought.
Biscuit is gone. (No Loss)
Looks like Hollywood Video may have bit the dust as well.