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Hummus: check, Brazilian: check, next stop Italian
via http://ilovefranklinave.blogspot.com/2012/04/crown-heights-in-news-falafel-murals.html
Falafel place coming soon to the nabe. Franklin is becoming a one stop shop for everything. Keep the exciting news coming. Looks like its shaping up to be a great summer with all these businesses popping up.
Just a thought but I'm holding out for a pet store and a really nice bookstore on the ave and I would be even happier!
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Businesses that are just now entering the area are most at risk of closure, because they are paying comparatively higher rents than businesses that opened just a few years ago.
I'll do my part by eating Falafel.
I should add that the article says rumored, however, hopefully not too far off.
I should add that the article says rumored, however, hopefully not too far off.
A gyro place would work as well.
I'm behind the gyro and falafel all the way.
It will be named
"Hummus Station"
http://www.nychealthratings.com/nycrestapp/restaurantlanding/3/Crown Heights/30287/
This place sounds like it will be vegetarian, possibly even Kosher.
dang. no lamb falafel? :study:
Time will tell.
Does anyone have a rumor as to when or whether this is still happening?
Confirmed ...it is still happening.
Animal clinic coming to 753 Franklin Avenue. Stay tuned for details.
Construction on Hummus Station and the Pizza place is ongoing....
Hummus Station was granted CB8 support for a beer and wine lic in Oct.
....it will feature 22 seats, 8 of which will be stools at a bar.
Construction continues to move along nicely.
Dated photo of 798 Franklin:
Hummus Station is being opened by the owners of MySpaceNYC Realty. It's not MySpaceNYC renting the space to the restaurant, it is MySpaceNYC opening the restaurant on their own. Their greed knows no bounds.
If you do ever consider eating there, please realize you would be fueling MySpaceNYC's efforts as they continue to exorbitantly raise rents in this neighborhood.
Surely you can satisfy your hunger elsewhere - somewhere that wouldn't require you to swallow your own conscience with every bite.
At the very least, you should know the hand that feeds you. If you want to know more about Hummus Station and the people who will own/run it, stop into MySpaceNYC realty and talk with Guy or Rob. See what you think.
I trust MySpaceNYC to make good hummus.
Eastbloc-
Hummus is not that hard to make, but I must try anything before I know whether it is good.
So, once they open, I will either ask fellow contributors if it is any good, or spend approximately $7 of my own money to see for myself.
I predict I will be served by employee making between $7 and $10 an hour.
I predict the manager will make more than the employee, for work that is less arduous.
As a result of being owned by their operator, I predict that they will have to pay less for occupying the space than they otherwise would, but will have to cover Opportunity Costs.
While I wish everything was cheaper (including residential rents, beer and hummus), I have grudgingly accepted that "fair" is determined by the amount I and others are willing and able to pay.
As a result, I will not let others define terms like "greed", "conscience", and "exorbitant". I will define these for myself, just as others define them for themselves.
If the hummus and beer are good, I'll be a regular.
Sorry why not if its owned by my space I won't go.
You don't have to be sorry.
I suspect that much of the neighborhood won't go because they don't like hummus, and/or don't think it is worth the price asked.
The Hummus Station merely needs ENOUGH customers who do patronize it.
Hmm, it was somehow lost on me that this was to be owned and operated by MyspaceNYC. I still want to try some new Mediterranean, but unless it's mind-blowing, I'll probably avoid it. Boo.
I find it weird that a MySpace employee (or a few of them) will actually operate a Hummus restaurant for any length of time.
It seems more logical that MySpace would buy a commercial property and then rent it out, OR launch a business that it would then sell or rent to a proprieter for a profit.
My sense is that prospective proprieters would be willing to pay a premium for a soon-to-open business with an approved kitchen and alc lic.
If it has recently opened and can show an expanding customer base, that sounds even better.
Hell, if I was a real estate employee, I would be willing to run a Falafel place for a couple of months just for variety ...I wouldn't "demand" a large portion of the profit that would be earned my employer from flipping it to a new owner.
BTW, here's the link to the pizza place that will go into the adjacent storefront: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/slice-pizza-place-coming-to-franklin-and-ep#post-762872
I don't know if MySpace is involved in the pizza place in anyway.
Bump. Anyone have any updates?
May 5, 2013: The Hummus Station (798A Franklin Avenue) is rumored to be opening within a week a two of its adjacent neighbor (the was to be a pizza place, but now becoming a Yogurt Place).
The Yogurt Place now has a banner that says "Coming Soon".
Hummus Station was recommended for a beer and wine lic by CB8.
A little digging indicates, yup, they have filed for a beer and wine lic. As of today, May 11, 2013, it is presently in "pending" status.
http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1269358&licenseType=RW
The following people are named as applicants:
COHEN, SHAY
KOZAK, MORTY
ROTHSTEIN, JACOB
BENJAMIN, MOSHE
HOCHMAN, GUY
Hummus Station is rumored to be opening after Yogumoo.
On May 21, 2013, DL wrote on another thread:
We are getting close....
Rumor is this place will open by June 15.
Saw inside, it looked lovely.
June 12, 2013:
Thier alc lic is still in pending status.
The place next door (that was rumored to be a potential pizza place, but decided to become a frozen yogurt place) has already opened next door.
Tick, tick, tick
June 18: Not open yet.
BTW, for those wondering if MySpace is really going to be operating Hummus Station, I can certainly confirm that they own the web domain name:
http://whois.domaintools.com/hummusstation.com
However, the website is not yet up and running, and the alc lic is still in pending status.
So, signs point to "not quite yet"
The new yogurt place is also operated by MySpaceNYC.
If anyone doesn't know about MySpaceNYC, ask around.
See: http://ilovefranklinave.blogspot.com/2012/11/protest-at-myspacenyc-tomorrow-at-1pm.html
Check out their Yelp page (including some of the filtered reviews): http://www.yelp.com/biz/myspace-nyc-brooklyn
Both the yogurt place and Hummus Station have excellent locations, and the already-open yogurt place is quite good.
I expect MySpace to put similar attention into Hummus Station, and thus believe it will succeed despite some people not liking it's established, large real estate business.
The front of this restaurant is no longer behind plywood, and they were doing some detail painting this weekend.
It has iron and glass work very similar to that of its neighbor, the Yogumoo place that is also owned by some of the MySpace owners.
New hand-painted sign up. "Fez Hummus Bar"
Fez Hummus Bar (fka Hummus Station) and Docklands appear to be in the final weeks of prep work.
If we see a fresh produce truck, we know opening is imminent.
August 5, 2013:
photo: Patch
http://prospectheights.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/fez-hummus-and-bar-opening-soon
This place and nearby Docklands remain neck and neck in the race to see which will open first.
...the winner is anyone's guess.
Sept 10th:
The owner is still waiting for his alcohol license. The paper has been removed from the windows and one can now look in and see a ready-to-open restaurant.
Sept 17:
Staff is being trained tonight.
We also have a liquor license that is now in active status!
http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1269358&licenseType=RW
Opening is imminent!
It hasn't opened yet, but the people at Yelp are ready:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/fez-hummus-bar-new-york
(wrong menu)
Wrong place Whynot... Don't be so eager to post.
drat! I thought it was weird that the menu I found was not kosher!
I am hungry.
Hungry for falafel? It would be awful good to have a falafel now.
Oct 27:
This place is still not open. I am going to have to never use the word "imminent", and stick to the much more vague "soon".
Rumors are it will have its grand opening on Sunday, Nov 17.
It was actually open tonight when I walked by at 7pm, probably a soft opening then? But it was packed! The menu was posted by the front door, traditional Mediterranean fare, and it looked nice and cozy inside.
Friends and Family of the owners usually pack soft openings.
As expected, this place is now open. They have the menu on the door, and here is a link to it:
http://www.fezbk.com/#!dinner/cl69
Contrary to the speculation above, they are not vegetarian: There are some fish entrees.
When I have the chance, I'll ask if they are Kosher. (One can serve fish and be Kosher).
So excited to see that they are open! And the menu looks just about perfect to me--affordable and healthy and delicious! As far as being kosher, it seems to me that they are, in the sense that all the ingredients they use are acceptable to those who keep kosher, and most, if not all, of the wines are kosher as well. However, they do not seem to have rabbinic certification, at least as far as a I saw, so some kosher-observant people in the neighborhood will not necessarily feel comfortable eating there unless they personally know and trust the owner.
Not being in the restaurant biz, is that really the right/best approach? I figured after all the cost of the buildout etc, you'd refine your model, do some marketing, SOMETHING in order to get the place filled. Or maybe some places just take time to catch on. Throwing in the towel so quickly seems odd, or if you have no faith in your biz, best to cut your losses I guess.
They have no relationship to the prior owners.
Proximity.
High chairs.
Stroller lunch specials.
It will serve locally source Brazilian food.
Their alc lic was supported by CB8 tonight.
The title of this thread has now been changed, to reflect the evolution.
Awaiting inspection, Bones and Tails
http://www.nychealthratings.com/nycrestapp/restaurantlanding/3/Crown Heights/39621/Bones+&+Tails
The owner doesn't seem to have decided on a name yet.
But, I still pray they change the name...Gosh, we already have so many bizarrely named businesses around here...Not sure I can handle another one. ;-)