Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Photo by roboppy Bars in Battle with Neighbors Park Slope’s Union Hall (pictured above) is up for their liquor license renewal next week, and according to Eater, community members issued a 1200-word press release railing against this stroller-free establishment. Meanwhile, Gothamist reports that Greenpoint’s Studio B has received a stop work order from neighbors who…
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Bars in Battle with Neighbors
Park Slope’s Union Hall (pictured above) is up for their liquor license renewal next week, and according to Eater, community members issued a 1200-word press release railing against this stroller-free establishment. Meanwhile, Gothamist reports that Greenpoint’s Studio B has received a stop work order from neighbors who are hoping that the club’s proposed tropical rooftop oasis will be nipped in the bud.
New Brooklyn Openings
Looks like there’s nothing but love for the recently opened Root Hill Cafe on 4th Avenue an Carroll Street. Ed Levine describes their Clover-brewed coffee as “pretty amazing” and Slice loves the cafe’s outdoor canine accomodations. Eater reports that a new bar and burger joint called Brooklyn Ice House is slated to open in the old Pioneer Bar-B-Q space on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. And according to Time Out, Appertivo (279 Fifth Avenue at 1st Street) — part of Sotto Voce’s mini-empire in Park Slope— is now offering a menu of “pastas like linguine with a chicken liver, sage, white wine and cream sauce,” but their liquor license is still pending.
Best Outdoor Bites
Brooklyn Based shares a list of all their favorite restaurants and bars with outdoor seating, calling Rocky Sullivan’s “the only rooftop bar in the city that can actually be called serene” and describing the table for two beside the fountain in Palo Santo’s tiny backyard as the most romantic outdoor table in Brooklyn.
After the jump: Fresh Direct expands delivery range, the Voice says Barrio is overpriced, Gothamist hits Shachis and the Times visits Jake Walk…
Fresh Direct Expands Delivery Range
“Last week, FreshDirect, the upscale home-delivery grocery service, expanded its coverage to include Bedford-Stuyvesant, Red Hook and Crown Heights.” [The Brooklyn Paper]
Is Barrio Overpriced?
210 7th Avenue, Park Slope; (718) 965-4000
“Plain chicken enchiladas for $14.25? Tortillas layered with chicken, onion, cilantro, radishes and queso fresco do not add up to anything too exciting. The shrimp in Yucatan shrimp were nicely grilled and flavored with cilantro and jalapeño, but the plate was mostly filled with fake-tasting coconut rice. For $17.25? Eeeesh.” [The Village Voice]
No Complaints at Shachis
197 Havemeyer Street (at S. 4th), Williamsburg; (718) 388-8884
“A handful of simple salads are a gateway to arepas ($4-6), the real stars of the show. Though available with a variety of basic fillings: chicken, shredded beef, cheese, or ham and cheese, our favorite is the more complicated pabellon, a deceptively small-but-filling corn cake stuffed with braised and shredded beef, black beans, sweet plaintains, and cheese. Simultaneously salty, sweet, and savory, the arepa only benefits from a touch of hot sauce, available on request.” [Gothamist]
Jake Walk: Worth the Wait
282 Smith Street (at Sackett Street); (347) 599-0294
“At least half of these fresh-faced folks, with their rock T-shirts and only a few gray hairs, will stroll in to ask about the wait, which on a recent Friday at 8 p.m. was over an hour. The crush of patrons are not there just for the drinks, though the selection of wines, whiskeys and Prohibition-era cocktails is varied and plentiful… There are more than 40 cheeses on the menu, grouped cleverly into categories like ‘Washed and Stinky’ and ‘Firm, Old and Bold.” [NY Times]
3:50
Umm, where was I talking about zoning?
People are pissed, and I think a lot of bar/club owners would receive less crap from busybody neighborhood residents like yourself if they simply opened in other locations.
It IS possible to have a general discussion about a particular property that doesn’t involve land use regulations.
i think by the looks of things every time i’ve walked by, they really don’t need your business, 9:54.
they don’t like whiney types. this place is more european and refined.
something you clearly are NOT.
Apertivo is the perfect spot for people who like to sit at a table for hours w/o food or drink. the service is horrific. We had 3 different waitrons who would look at our empty table and say “how is everything?” to which we replied, “well, we don’t have our food yet.”
Since they don’t have a liquor license, they really should post a BYOB sign in the window–the one “comlimentary” glass of cheap slop doesn’t cut it–and the waitrons should know that Red White & Bubbly is 3 blocks down 5th.
The food was decent and priced right, but they’ll have to give me a free meal to get me to ever go back.
Yup, 6:29; I used to go to Liberty Heights often but, post the ownership change, no more, for precisely the reasons you state.
Not surprising you’d have Rocky Sullivans roof to yourself. It is a terrible transition from Liberty Heights Tap Room. The new owner is a misanthrope, the service and pizza are truly bad.
Jake walk is very cool i was in there last week and i had a great time the feel is real down.
Good one, slopefarm!
Polemicist,
Are you suggesting that there might be some uses of property that ought be permitted in some areas but not others, and that to the extent Union Hall is permitted at its present location under existing zoning law, that ought to be changed and Union Hall banished to an industrial zone? Sounds an awful lot like you favor at least some kinds of government regulation of property. I will have to remember that the next time you blast an advocate of downzoning.
Union Hall is already turning up the music. It was so loud there last time we went and this WAS in the afternoon, I couldn’t stand it. Any parents who are bringing small children there are selfish retards.