The Q at Parkside

(for those for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain)

News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Phoenix Rising at Gastro Pub


For those hankering for a single malt, craft beer and steak frites, your wait will be over by mid-summer. The bar/restaurant at Midwood/Flatbush is chiseling out windows as I write this. FYI, Chad from Tugboat is one of the partners in this venture, with Kalkin Narvilas from Franklin Ave's Cent'Anni. So we already know they can pull these things off.

Read more about the joint here.

And yes, as noted in a comment below, the plan for a beer pub next to the beer distributor on Lefferts, has been foiled. Right now it appears they're simply building out the beverage store, which seems a bit silly since they had plenty of space. Anyone who knows the owner there want to inquire and see what the heck's happening?

11 comments:

Gary of PLG said...

Not Maple but Midwood.

Kasia and David said...

The bar that was going to go into the Beer Distribution place (where the pawn shop was) is not going to happen. They didn't get the necessary liquor license. Sucks.

Alex said...

Was their application rejected?

Kasia and David said...

Yes, Alex. They said the changes they would have had to make to secure the license would have been too expensive. The owner wanted to do something small and easy but more elaborate changes were needed.

Kimplicated said...

Which pawn shop? I thought people were talking about the one in the Phat Albert building, but that seems to be alive and well...?

Alex said...

No, it's closed down. They just haven't removed the signs.

Clarkson FlatBed said...

It's also not the Phat Albert building. It's a separate structure and address.

Alex said...

Seems a little shortsighted not to come up with the dough to renovate into a bar to satisfy liquor license requirements... but what do I know?

When is Jim's new spot slated to open? They etched a nice looking "504" on the door - would be great if the address became the name instead of DJ Oyster.

Clarkson FlatBed said...

I don't buy that Liquor Authority line. Something's fishy in denmark. Speaking of fishy smells, I agree that DJ Oyster lacks class. Perhaps Mr. Mamary wants it to be pronounced DJ Erster? I hear he lives in Jersey now, so it's apropos. Actually, if you call it Erster then you could have boy and goil terlets as well.

Seth said...

As I posted previously, the name of the bar is not going to be DJ Oyster.

jessica said...

The liquor license was denied many, many months ago before the pawn shop came into existence. Because they were denied, they rented to the pawn shop.