Streetlevel: Kids Space Mamalu Shuts Doors
The number of options for places to take your kids on a rainy or cold day just decreased by one. According to the Greenpoint Parents blog, Mamalu, the indoor kids play space and cafe, had its last day on Sunday. While the blog is sad to see it go (“To have a place where you…
The number of options for places to take your kids on a rainy or cold day just decreased by one. According to the Greenpoint Parents blog, Mamalu, the indoor kids play space and cafe, had its last day on Sunday. While the blog is sad to see it go (“To have a place where you can breastfeed and no one cares if your kid is wailing… that was great!”), it also offers up some advice if a buyer is found for the business (“keep it clean” and “have a protected play area in a corner for crawlers” are two suggestions). What are some other indoor play spaces in Brooklyn?
Mamalu Closed, Rumors of Possible Buyer [Greenpoint Parents] GMAP
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Wow, that’s disappointing. When we lived in Williamsburg we took our son there all the time. Loved the place and the food as others have mentioned. We had his 1st birthday party there and all our guess were so impressed.
There used to be a Cafe Boo Bah on Atlantic near Smith, where Cosmic Cove (Carmello the Science Fellow) and a new place with cooking classes.
Sorry to see it go, Been their many many Saturday mornings since they opened. Good food i agree. There is another place in PH on Underhill… I forget the name.
Years ago there used to be an ice cream shop on Atlantic called (I think) Peter’s. They had a small play area, a library of borrowable books and a lovely cat. IS Peter’s the name of the place you’re thinking of, dan76? They closed and I always hoped they moved to another location.
Moxie Spot in Bklyn Heights is the closest thing to it…can’t believe there’s not something like this in park slope.
so will they be able to save it, even in a different location? My sister and friends would have killed to have a place like this when they’re kids were little.
That’s too bad..It is a cool place and had very good food.
I think every neighborhood in NYC needs a place like this.
There are several similar places I can think of, one in Prospect Heights…Can’t remembeber the name but it is a Ice Cream shop that has a play area. There are a couple places on Atlantic Ave as well.
But Mamalu really got it right in my opinion.
there’s quite a bit of dialog going on about this on brooklynbabyhui (parents yahoo group). apparently, comes down to an extremely difficult landlord. there seems to have been a buyer and investors lined up. recently, there was a facebook group created to save it and many people bought the memberships (versus pay per session) to help support mamalu’s.
place really was great because the food was so good and the decor was just really well done.
i suspect because of it’s killer location across from the park and specifically across from the new outdoor tables/outdoor cafe area, that the landlord wants way more money now. i could be wrong.
is this a viable business model? did it close cause owner didn’t run it well enough? Is this like a daycare or just for parties, etc.?