Bar Bruno is slowly making its way into South Brooklyn consciousness. The restaurant/cafe/bar now has signage up and could be ready to open doors sooner rather than later. With a minty green exterior and the step to the door replaced with a wheelchair (and stroller) friendly ramp, expect coffee in the morning, a sandwich menu for lunch and Mexican-inspired grub in the evening. All served up with a friendly, neighborhood smile.
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Archive for August, 2011
61 Local Hosts Local Food and Drink Events in Cobble Hill
Come for the beer stay for the food. That’s the message Cobble Hill’s brew pub 61 Local (61 Bergen St., near Smith St.) sends with it’s communal tables, comfy wood paneling and locally sourced eats and booze. Former Sixpoint brewing engineer David Liatti opened this bastion to Brooklyn in January and wants you to come on in and be part of the community.
This month, they’ll be hosting a bunch of super cool events. The first, FOOD JUSTICE and WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE LOCAL takes place next Monday, 8 August at 7pm. A discussion panel with Brooklyn Bridge CSA includes panelists Christopher Nicolson from Red Hook Winery, Molly Culver from BKLYN Farmyards, Jeff Hutchinson and Christopher Munsey. Come for a lively discussion about what makes the local terroir or geography unique, how this is reflected in local craft, why it’s important to support your local business, how to define “local” and what it means in relation to food justice.
The next night, Tuesday 9 August, they’ll be hosting A Chocolate Tasting by Feast Upon from 7pm to 9pm. Come meet the producers, learn how they make it, and figure out who makes it the way you like it. Chocolate makers and chocolatiers in attendance include Mast Brothers, Jacques Torres, Cacao Prieto, JoMart, Raaka, and Fine & Raw. You can grab tickets here.
Saturday, 13 August, will bring a super sweet event called the Pint Mash-Up with Steve’s Craft Ice Cream, featuring three new ice cream flavors made with local craft beer. The schedule of events is as follows:
11am- Steve’s Pop-up ice cream cart at 61 Local
Kickstand Coffee cart sets up to serve iced coffee and floats all day
Raffle tickets are given with every float purchased
6pm- Free samples of Steve’s feature flavors: BEER PRETZEL CARAMEL, MAPLE PECAN PORTER, BROOKLYN BLACKOUT
Guest bartenders from Sixpoint and the home brewers team
11pm- Winners of the raffle prizes are announced.
“Pint” shuffle showdown between those lovable underdogs the Home Brewers and the ruthless Sixpoint and Barrier Brewing pro-team.
And lastly, a Brooklyn Cured sausage making and Beer pairing class will take place on 15 August at 7pm. Brooklyn Cured founder Scott Bridi will teach the class to making well-seasoned, perfectly textured sausages with distinct flavors. There will also be a pairing of three different artisanal beers. Get tickets here for $45 each.
Watchtower to Fund Brooklyn Bridge Park
Back in March, we ran a post about the funding for Brooklyn Bridge Park–and lack there of. The fight for building more housing in the well-used park has been on-going, with some factions hoping for none and some banking on more to pay for further construction and upkeep. Of course, like Congress bickering over the debt ceiling, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. This week, a deal was made that would promise fewer luxury condos inside the park’s outlines. According to the Brooklyn Paper,
State Sen. Daniel Squadron (D–Brooklyn Heights) and Assemblywoman Joan Millman (D–Carroll Gardens) accepted a slightly smaller luxury building on John Street in DUMBO in exchange for a Bloomberg Administration flip-flop to allow future tax revenues from the 30 properties owned by the tax-exempt Watchtower Bible and Tract Society to fund the park if those buildings are sold and return to the tax rolls.
If all those buildings are sold, then we won’t have any more condos at Pier 6 and they’ll have more revenue to move ahead with building up the other piers. But, those properties (on which the Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t currently pay taxes, by the way) don’t go on the market until 2014. Oh well, looks like it’s going to be a while before we see our floating pool . Maybe it won’t be so hot next summer. Not.
Fondue Joint to Open in Carroll Gardens
It may be the middle of summer, but come cooler weather, you’ll inevitably be ready to move from cold beer and mojitos to well-mixed cocktails and comfort food. To help you prepare for this seasonal change, the second location of Gallic-leaning East Village cocktail and fondue den Bourgeois Pig is preparing for an October grand opening. According to Grub Street, the former red-velvet clad Calpurnia Wine Bar (287 Court at First Place) will be transformed into a Euro-style lounge focusing on bitters. Expect 40 seats inside, 20 seats outside, and a “daily-changing menu with rotating offerings that might include a lobster bisque or a dark-chocolate-bacon-beer fondue.” Of course, until then (and after), you can still get your fondue fix at JakeWalk (282 Smith St.), like the gooey 5 yr. cheddar & cave-aged Swiss with apples,
salami & bread for two, just $16.
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