Muy Bueno! The activity we noted on January 6 in the lower space at 132 Montague Street is indeed about to burgeon into locally run Spanish tapas & wine bar Taperia, as was first tipped (with high hopes) one year ago. Sure enough, Bobby Cruz, former owner of the UPS Store on Montague Street, will […]
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The Results Are In: Montague Street BID 2012 Survey
Results are in from the Montague Street Business Improvement District‘s May 2012 Survey regarding local programs and services, asking the likes of: What business would you like to see on Montague Street? What do you shop for on Montague? What are the most important services? Nearly 450 folks responded to the online questionnaire, comprising Brooklyn […]
Fired Up: DUMBO’s Grimaldi’s Owner Sues Over New Pizzeria Next Door
The enduring tug of war over DUMBO’s Grimaldi’s Pizza is heating up again, this time over its coal ovens. Frank Ciolli, who purchased the Grimaldi’s name for $500,000 in 1998, charges pizza legend Patsy Grimaldi with illegally installing a coal brick oven at 19 Old Fulton Street. But there’s more to the tiff: After a […]
Five Months Later, Ani Sushi Preps Opening
After Oh My Pasta! closed May 26 after just nine months in business, the space at 142 Montague Street quickly lined up its next eatery. Back in June, a sign in the window announced that Ani Sushi was “coming soon.” Five months later, a sign now hangs alongside the window, the paper has come down […]
Dellarocco’s Of Brooklyn At Hicks & Montague: Open For Biz Tuesday
At last! Dellarocco’s of Brooklyn, the new local brick-oven eatery at 214 Hicks Street, one door south of Montague, is set to open for business Tuesday, July 31. The eatery held a soft opening Friday, featuring pizzas cooked in its wood-burning brick oven imported from Italy, which were oh so delectably light & tasty. The […]
Chez Moi? Mais Oui!
Chez Moi, a French bistro that took over the former La Mancha space at Atlantic Avenue and Henry Street has opened its doors. The soft opening was yesterday evening, and it appears they’ll be taking a week or two to work out operational kinks and flesh out the “classic French with a twist” menu. My […]
NYC ‘Sanitary Inspection Grades’ For All Dining Establishments In 11201
While the debate continues over the intrinsic worth of New York City’s Bloomberg-mandated Health Code Ratings for all public dining establishments, there’s potential value in considering a restaurant bearing a big “D” in its front window. I happened upon the online results of the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s Sanitary Inspection Grades for […]
The Bread Line: Adams Street Panera Opens For Business
The Panera Bread sandwich chain opened for business today, March 12, in its new Downtown Brooklyn location at 345 Adams Street, steps from the Brooklyn Marriott. Two more restaurants are destined to join Panera on Adams Street in what is being deemed a mini “Restaurant Row”: Sugar and Plumm, a combination restaurant, ice cream parlor […]
Montague Street’s La Traviata To Be Replaced By… Another Eatery?
After La Traviata at 139 Montague Street shuttered in the middle of the night November 9, 2011, it would be logical enough to suspect the 30-year-old Italian eatery along Brooklyn Heights’ primary retail enclave will be replaced by 1) Montague’s eighth nail salon 2) T-Mobile, to join neighbors Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T or 3) […]
A Night at Oh, My Pasta!
Success can be a double-edged sword. Despite the existence of four other Italian spots within a block, when my wife and I stepped in to Oh! My Pasta, the new restaurant at 142 Montague St (the old TAZE space), it was filling up rapidly, and didn’t have a table to spare by 8 PM. Pretty […]
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