Mayfield Restaurant: 688 Franklin

For a while after Mayfield restaurant opened, we continued to talk about it on the thread that discussed the restaurant that was there previously, Franklin Roadhouse:

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/franklin-roadhouse

Since the new entity has nothing to do with old one, and creating a new thread costs nothing, I have decided to take the leap in light of today's review in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/dining/reviews/hungry-city-mayfield-in-crown-heights-brooklyn.html?_r=1&;

Carry on.

and why not?

Needless to say, Mayfield has been a huge success.

Good food

Good service

...it meets the means and preferences of the neighborhood nicely.

The owners are soon going to open another place in Bed Stuy.    "a bar with a taco truck in the backyard"

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140414/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-record-label-be-replaced-by-taco-truck-bar

That's good, because I don't know that western Crown Heights would support yet another mexican place.

A huge enough success to keep young people from going back to the suburbs: http://www.telegram.com/article/20140417/NEWS/304179762/1052

Wow its already been 3yrs?!  Kudos to the owner for closing for a day to put on a staff appreciation party.   Is this normal in the restaurant industry?

Most places reserve parties for their slowest night of the week—hence, Monday.

Monday makes sense, just wondered if employee appreciation parties are the norm in the resto biz.