StreetLevel: Windsor Terrace Getting a Little LES Love
Is quiet Windsor Terrace going to become Brooklyn’s Lower East Side? No, but the owners of two LES shops are joining forces to open a bar and restaurant on 16th Street and Prospect Park West. One of the guys behind Ludlow Street’s bakery/record store/gig space Cake Shop is teaming with the owner of Rivington Street’s…
Is quiet Windsor Terrace going to become Brooklyn’s Lower East Side? No, but the owners of two LES shops are joining forces to open a bar and restaurant on 16th Street and Prospect Park West. One of the guys behind Ludlow Street’s bakery/record store/gig space Cake Shop is teaming with the owner of Rivington Street’s Tiny’s Giant Sandwich Shop to bring a beer bar and eatery to the old Universal Video space. The biz, name TBD, will probably open in the fall, according to Greg Curley, the Cake Shop co-owner behind the Windsor Terrace venture. Curley says he and his partner hope to have “low-key” performances but that it’s not going to be a full-blown venue like Cake Shop. What it will definitely be, we think, is some new-school competition for Farrell’s.
Photo of Universal Video by ickyinbrooklyn; Cake Shop pic by small_device; Tiny’s photo by roboppy .
Jackie’s Fifth is great but the BEST bartender in Brooklyn is Gary at Commonwealth. He gives a mean haircut too.
Well they can’t call it The Pie Shop. That name is taken by the place across the street!
I think that everyone does eventually get along after the initial mistrust and other insecurities on both sides. At the end of the day, people are people and there are s*umbags in all walks of life.
I think that everyone does eventually get along after the initial mistrust and other insecurities on both sides. At the end of the day, people are people and there are s*umbags in all walks of life.
I agree that we all need to be more tolerant of people who are different than we are. Try to understand differences or at the very least not to have the differences and learn from them and relax. People are what they are regardless of sexual, political, stylistic orientation and IQ, aptitudes, other advantages and life circumstances. This is what makes the city so energizing and interesting.
i can tell you that after living on that corner for 4 years, and as a ‘straight acting’ gay man – i have never put a foot in the bar only cause its just not my place. i can tell you i was walking in front of the bar on a summer day last year and i was harassed by a couple of drunk guys for wearing skinny jeans and being dressed nice. if that is gay, whatever – but it put a bad taste in my mouth.
i enjoy the fact that it has been a brooklyn mainstay and would be sorry to see it leave (only out of historical value). i truly hope that there are no problems when the new place opens and that everyone can just get along.
I’m with Ms. Limestone on this one. I have lived on 16th Street for 15 years and have never crossed the “Feral’s” threshold. Just not an inviting place, especially for women. Not that I’m picky either. I started drinking 25¢ tappers with my friends fathers in an American Legion hall on the south side of Milwaukee at fifteen…everyday.
Drinking side by side with your mailman at 2 in the afternoon under florescent lighting is not my idea of a happy hour anymore.
I get the feeling todays Farrel’s is not the same as the old, but you know drinking is drinking, especially when it’s Bud from a foam cup. That said looking forward to a good sandwich shop. The bodegas around these parts sell old Boar’s Head just shy of foul.
My wife and I went to Farrell’s a few times. We sat at the bar, LOVED the Bud in styro cups, chatted with the bartender and smiled at the old guys.
That’s it.
Can everyone just relax and stop being so xenophobic. If you’re not comfortable enough with yourself to walk into that bar, then don’t!.
There’s something nice about just walking in at 2 in the afternoon and having a coldie. Then again, my wife and I are from the Mid-Atlantic were it’s ok to wear white sneakers instead of designer chucks.
Face it, New Yorkers are provincial in that they only go places where people “like them” go.