Beer Garden Remake for 5 Front
The one time we tried to go to 5 Front we walked out after seeing the interior–it felt as if it could be in any city in the Midwest. No soul. The storefront is getting a fresh lease on life though. As DumboNYC pointed out earlier this week, a new spot called Brooklyn Bridge Gardens…
The one time we tried to go to 5 Front we walked out after seeing the interior–it felt as if it could be in any city in the Midwest. No soul. The storefront is getting a fresh lease on life though. As DumboNYC pointed out earlier this week, a new spot called Brooklyn Bridge Gardens is under construction, and a sign on the door promises and opening as soon as next week. With Pier 1 now open to the public, this could work out very well for the owners if it’s nicely done. In fact, given the number of tourists passing by, it could do well even if it’s not that nicely done. That’s a good position to be in! GMAP
Sorry guy, sure Brooklyn is great, but having a “rustic chic” interior in an old industrial building doesn’t give a place soul.
I haven’t been to Five Front in a while – the friends who were regulars there moved – but I had some great meals there. Sorry to see it go – a tourist-trap beer-garden isn’t what that area needs.
Also, seriously, anyone who’d judge a restaurant by its decor knows nothing about eating in New York.
Actually, many cities in the Midwest have much more soul than parts of New York these days. But you wouldn’t know that, would you? Time for a Duane Reade and Starbucks run!
hipsters with their tight jeans, flannel shirts and track bikes will feel right at home!
The Underground is now a Petco
Max’s Kansas City is now Green Cafe
Area is now condos
Danceteria is now a Alma Lofts luxury apartments
The Limelight is now a lame ass yuppie mini-mall
*rob*
the food was pretty good but the service – deporable. seriously. we had brunch there about a month ago & saw two different tables walk out because they had been waiting 20 min+ to order. I really hope this change is for the better.
used to be a gay bar.
You should have stayed. The food was very good but the staff turnover was troubling. And then they stopped takign credit cards. The place has a nice garden and lcoal art on the walls (not that I liked it but…) and attracted the theater crowd as well as the neighborhood.
It lacked the manufacured “soul” of other places (many of which probably picked up the decor from MW flea markets) but it is missed. Now it will be a tourist hangout.
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felt as if it could be in any city in the Midwest. No soul.
Welcome to New New York. the whole city feels like that.
*rob*