Celebrities Come Marching In
I'm not one to overly dwell on the apocolypse of Brooklyn's Manhattanification, but I can't say I'm super excited about Lizzie Grubman, Drew Barrymore or Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti invading the neighborhood when Shopsin comes to Carroll Gardens, as reported by NYMetro and noted on Eater and Chowhound. I do think that the owner has a handle on the old-school Brooklyn ways, however. Kenny Shopskin's answer to questions about the move was written thusly in NYMetro: "Why don’t you just make something fucking up?” he said. “That’s what you’re going to do anyway.” Now that's Brooklyn style, keep it up Kenny!
Any word on where this new "brunchery" (what a ridiculous word) will be? Oh, and is the food any good? I've never been.
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Shopsin is one of the most extraordinary restaurants New York has ever produced. The food is great. In its original incarnation, there was no place more bizarre or rewarding. The fact that Kenny is bringing it to our corner of the world is nothing short of a miracle. I can't wait to find out where he puts it.
Word on the street seems to be that 'some sort of bistro' is opening at the site of the former OTB. Maybe...? Seems like a reasonable space for a restaurant.
I used to live around the from the original location and in two years I think I got to eat there 2 or 3 times. They guys is a "character" and it seems he tried to avoid business by keeping 10 to 5 hours. Guess that is why the swells liked him so much- no one with a job could eat there. Food was pretty good and straightforward (with wacky tag ons), the atmos is good, he and his wife (and kids) are cool, and it was self serve coffee- always a good thing. Definately a cooler than thou counter culture thing going. If you want to know where they are setting up- just look for his big (BMW?) motorcycle. Glad to hear he is moving out to CG, NYC needs more characters like him.
I heard a bistro was going into the OTB, but they get so many stop-work orders there I assumed it was going to be the new Starbucks. D'Amico's is rumored to be really pissed about that one. What's moving into the paint store on Butler?