Food and Drink: August 2005 Archives

This post is a wee bit premature in that the bar isn't actually open, but it's so exciting to see another bar being constructed in the south end of Carroll Gardens. And it's just in the nick of time--getting a seat at Mini Bar was becoming a challenge on weekends. Anyway, the renovation of the old Red Room, at 444 Court Street, is just getting underway, and the corner space holds a lot of promise. I stuck my head in today, and asked the woman running the show what the bar was called. When she said Abilene, I asked her if it had any relation to Abilene, Texas. She said well, it's not a cowboy bar, and then added that it's also a Hebrew word meaning grass. So there you have it.