Hummus: check, Brazilian: check, next stop Italian

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

Patch wrote: Fez, a Mediterranean restaurant and bar is in the final stages of opening on Franklin Avenue between Lincoln and Eastern Parkway.

Owner Ari Aviv, who owns the yogurt spot next door, says the spot will be a sit-down restaurant with falafel, hummus, a Tunisian grilled eggplant dish, and other vegetarian treats.

Like the yogurt shop, Fez will be kosher.

Aviv hopes to open within the next few weeks.

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.

Fez Hummus Bar features cuisine with a variety of influences stretching from Israel and Morocco to America. It's new Mediterranean food with a twist – adventurous, healthy and delicious.

Our food will bring you an unexpected fusion of flavors and experiences. Try our authentic hummus on its own or choose a topping or two from the many options available. Pair savory falafel with wine from our unique selection or treat yourself to our Mediterranean version of fish and chips with a beer.

Fez Hummus Bar is a place where everyone can feel comfortable. Come on your own, with a date, or share our communal table with your friends and family. We are eager to serve you – come and visit us soon!

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.

Goldemi states: "Saw the windows papered up yesterday. They seemed to be slow, did they already shutter?"

I also noticed that they weren't getting much business, but wow, that would be fast to go under.I haven't been yet, in part because I have a "middle eastern food" loyalty to Zaytoons on Vanderbilt.

Agreed that Zaytoons is great. If Fez has already gone under though, I feel bad that I haven't at least tried it out. There are so many new places and places that I haven't checked out in a long time, it's hard to make it to the top of my list on the occasion that I have time to go out..

They put a lot of money into creating the space, so I hope that they are "retooling" and come back in a slightly different form.

Those were my exact thoughts last night too. I remember how excited I was just hearing there'll be a falafel place. Then more excited when I saw the quality of the build-out. So its a bummer that they havent figured out the model, and hopefully just reconfiguring. I gave them a mediocre review, and advice, which hopefully theyre hearing from others and making the proper changes.

The Yelp reviews seem mixed:http://www.yelp.com/biz/fez-hummus-bar-brooklynIt also didn't seem like it was "instantly packed", like some of the recent openings.This could be because people aren't that excited about their menu, and/or could mean that we are finally getting enough restaurants to meet the area's desires and means.

Until the Big Developments are occupied

Dnainfo reports that Fez is now closed.

Sonja basically gets her story ideas from Brooklynian, then does some investigation to see if she can make a story from it....which is fine with me. However, she didn't come up with much this time

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140122/crown-heights/middle-eastern-eatery-closes-gulf-gas-station-razed-crown-heights

I ate there once and the food was incredibly bland. Asked for some chili sauce or something to make all the bland pastes on my plate have some zing. Too bad. I was looking forward to it. Even a cheap falafel place would have been preferable.