747 Franklin to become Brooklyn Winery

I don't recall them going thru the rituals of getting support for a liq lic from CB8, or find the address as being in process with the SLA.

...that could change, of course.

Me either.

It seems they finally filed with the SLA on Sept 4th, the same day I last posted on this thread but could not find anything.

The lic is presently pending:
http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1280954&licenseType=DW

It certainly would be easier to do an such extension on while the lot to the left remains a vacant lot.

After that, their only way of accessing the backyard will be thru the existing structure.

These permits are posted, oddly enough, on the corner lot.

Without a doubt that would be the desirable thing.  But a whole corner lot with 6,000+ buildable square feet versus an outdoor seating area or even a single floor of a restaurant doesn't make a lot of sense.

All went well for the Brooklyn Winery on Jan 5th.

Rachel wrote a quick piece about their plan:

"CROWN HEIGHTS — The wine experts at Brooklyn Winery are set to uncork a second location in Crown Heights this year with an upscale restaurant and bar on Franklin Avenue.

The team behind the popular Williamsburg winery and event space have a 63-seat restaurant planned for 747 Franklin Ave. at Sterling Place, according to an application for a liquor license made to the local community board this week.

The new location will have a full food menu, an enclosed backyard seating area and small-batch wines made at their N. 8th Street location from New York State and California fruit, said John Stires, co-founder of the winery.

“We’re very excited to be coming to the community,” he told the board Monday night. “We’re now manufacturing enough wine to where we can open a second location.”

Stires said the price point at the Franklin Avenue location will be “relatively high” with wine going for between $10 and $16 a glass. His business partner, Brian Leventhal, said the two hope to open the new spot in late summer of this year with a full liquor license to serve cocktails to those who don’t prefer wine, they said.

The Community Board 8 committee approved the application for the license, and it will have to be approved by the full board and the State Liquor Authority as well.

The restaurant plans to be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays and until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays."

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150106/crown-heights/brooklyn-winery-plans-second-location-with-crown-heights-restaurant-bar

The 63 number is achieved as a result of enclosing the back lot, and I believe includes the number of people able to sit at the bar. ...they are not taking over the lot next door.

As a frame of reference, I believe this place will have about the same number of INDOOR seats as Mayfield and Centanni. However, during the summer months, Mayfield and Centanni each have more seats as a result of their backyards.

My sense is that this place will be nicer (more expensive) than Centanni and Barbachino.

It will be at about the same service and price point as Mayfield and Bar Corvo.

...and serve similar demographics.

yup.

I believe I saw her and her friends recently at the Clover Club on Smith Street.
http://www.cloverclubny.com/

I overheard something about how, if they decide to have kids, they are going to postpone it until they make partner or turn 40.

The latter appeared to be about 2 years away.

I was walking past the site a few days ago, when work was being done, and the workers mentioned that they were fixing up the existing building, and once it was completed, they would begin construction on the empty lot.