A $35 beer at Red Hook's newest bar, Botanica



From my NewYorkology Twitter feed last night:

just ordered fancy 10 dollar cocktails at brand new bar Botanica, two blocks from Sunnys on Conover in Red Hook

husband ordered Death in the Afternoon: champagne, absinthe and san bitters

There's a 35 dollar beer on the menu, albeit for a 25 ouncer

Cocktails were indeed good - and extremely potent.

This place went in fast, as I think renovations on the place started in June, maybe even early July. While we were there, nearly every car that drove by inched to a crawl as the drivers craned there necks to see what had just opened.

It's located at the corner of Conover and Coffey, map -- directly next to one of the last stops of the B77 bus (since the B77 now extends to Beard for Ikea service.)

Labels: bars, brooklyn, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 7/25/2008 06:41:00 AM

 
Red Hook notes: 360 'back in 5' & 'Santogold' filming



Oh the things I learned on my run this morning. ..

360 Van Brunt now had a back-in-5-minutes-type sign taped in the window.

And no for rent sign.

Just this past Saturday I noticed it had a big new for rent sign out front. (The top and side pictures are from this morning, the "for rent" one's from Saturday.)



Wolcott and Dikeman streets (up from Van Brunt) are currently flyered for Wednesday's filming of "Santogold."



The place down Van Brunt with the cool metal horses out front (scroll down in the Red Hook guide for a picture,), Hyde Power, has a little historical sign out front now. I've seen it from the bus, but actually stopped to read it today - and learned the building was home to Brooklyn's first paid fire department. As I was reading, a guy came out and showed me that the only remaining historical remnant is the board inside -- with slots for what I think are the local street names. (I didn't get close enough to see for sure.)

There are a couple upcoming Smokey's Round-Up at Sunny's Red Hook, 9:30 p.m.: June 18 & 25. No cover.

That is all. Except that well, Ikea opens tomorrow.

Labels: bars, brooklyn, history, movies, pictures, red hook, restaurants

- posted by Amy @ 6/17/2008 09:55:00 AM