Butter & Scotch: dessert bar in Crown Heights

I knew you could do it!

This corner has now undergone a transformation as radical as 1148 Union:
http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/38573/south-of-ep-235-rogers-at-president-you-might-be-next

Looking nice!

Location confirmed!

Franklin between EP and Union.

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4dacf78210e4d2f7836b2ce11&id=4dc85f3911

Um, we are looking at a building on Bedford!

They haven't chosen the building we have been jabbering about?! 

Therefore, it is being renovated for some other tenant.     

Franklin and Union is on the south side of EP.

Did they rent the former location of the bodega?

From their website: "After months of planning and negotiating, we are thrilled to announce that the permanent home of Butter & Scotch will be in our dream neighborhood of Crown Heights, on Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Union Street.

We're taking two storefronts and turning them into a gorgeous bar & bakery, where you'll be able to enjoy delicious, seasonal craft cocktails, freshly-baked sweets and pastries, killer coffee, and many more exciting and tasty offerings."

1045 Union aka 820 Franklin

listing:  

http://www.cpexre.com/system/assets/properties/documents/684/original/820_Franklin_Ave_-_Setup.pdf?1389817723

Good to hear. The search for the Bedford/Prospect Pl tenant continues. By the way, not visible is the amount of debris behind the windows. The inside is still being majorly worked on

Cake and booze... 2 of the most notorious legal drugs! The cops that are constantly on that corner will keep them in business.

Press:

Smorgasburg Bakers Opening Dessert and Cocktail Bar on Franklin Avenue - Crown Heights - DNAinfo.com New York - DNAinfo New York

Butter & Scotch will replace a Crown Fried Chicken south of Eastern Parkway.

....Another Crown Fried Chicken location bites the dust.

Hi All, Allison here of Butter & Scotch! I must admit I have been very entertained for the past few months of lurking and reading the conjecture on this thread - there are some incredibly impressive sleuths among the Brooklynian readership! I have to tell you that we checked out pretty much every space you all mentioned, we were seriously pounding the pavement.

We did check out the 1417 Bedford space but the two storefronts at 818 Franklin Ave were a better fit for our business, and we love the idea of being on the south side of EP. Not sure what's going in at the Bedford space but I know the broker if you want me to get the scoop! (Oh, and whynot, my love for fried chicken knows no bounds, but that location was closed well before we even saw the space back in November).

I want to tell you all how excited we are to be part of this neighborhood. Keavy already lives here, just off Nostrand; I'm in Clinton Hill and thrilled to have another reason to head over this way. We'll keep you all posted as things progress, and in the meantime, be in touch if you have any questions, ideas, or just want to chat!

Welcome to actually posting, not just lurking, Allison

Hey Allison, welcome to the hood. I had Keavy's margarita lime cupcake at Smorgasburg and it was one of the best cupcakes I ever had. Please have it at the new spot.

Welcome to actually posting, not just lurking, Allison

Thanks! I find it way more fun It was very hard not to spill the beans before we actually signed the lease, but I've become extremely superstitious as a result of this whole process!

Hey Allison, welcome to the hood. I had Keavy's margarita lime cupcake at Smorgasburg and it was one of the best cupcakes I ever had. Please have it at the new spot.

Thank you! We will definitely have a much wider range of all our desserts: cupcakes, pies, trifles, ice creams, sundaes, cookies, breakfast pastries & sandwiches... We're so excited to be able to offer more now that we'll have a home base!

When complete, the transformation of a Crown Fried Chicken at Franklin and Union into a Dessert/Scotch bar will be quite mind blowing.

It isn't quite as mind blowing as the transformation of a drug corner at Franklin and Lincoln into a Caribbean restaurant run by white people, but it is damn close.

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/43641/a-grilled-cheese-restaurant-for-lincoln-and-franklin/p1

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/43772/gladys-closed-and-retooling/p1

Butterandscotch-

I look forward to your cupcakes, pies, trifles, ice creams, sundaes, cookies, breakfast pastries & sandwiches.   I wish you luck on your construction project, and salute your faith in the neighborhood.

      

Good luck. If you're kid friendly we'll be there a lot

*drool*  finally a reason to cross the border to the other side of EP

Great news. Just up the block from me.

It isn't quite as mind blowing as the transformation of a drug corner at Franklin and Lincoln into a Caribbean restaurant run by white people, but it is damn close.

Hard to believe this was written about the same block 14 months ago:

But just south of Eastern Parkway, a scant block from the neighborhood's blossoming business district, residents describe an area plagued by drug deals and ringing gunshots.

"The kid who was shooting out here, he shot at the kid and he missed and then he came back ... I was standing there when this boy shot at him. I was in my pajamas," said longtime resident Mildred Ross, who said the early-morning shootout was one of nearly a dozen that erupted on her block this fall.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130131/crown-heights/cops-zero-on-crown-heights-crime-as-new-residents-rush

*drool*  finally a reason to cross the border to the other side of EP

Finally a reason to walk up that part of Franklin! 

What will the hours of operation be? If it's open later on a Saturday night, that might be a place to go once First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum is over. 

She has a lot of work to do before she sets the hours. Photo taken April 7, 2014:

Isn't the location next to Pulp and Bean on the southwest corner of Union and Franklin?  That location is big and covered in glass and looking pretty good.  If it's not, what is going into that big space?

Tate-
A renter is still being sought for the former supermarket. Pulp and Bean 2 occupies only a fraction of the available space.

Is Bob and Betty's 2 not opening anymore?

The owner stated that would be too large of an undertaking at the moment.
Hence, he is looking for renters.

For the sake of butterandscotch, I hope the new business caters to a complimentary crowd.

The owner stated that would be too large of an undertaking at the moment.
Hence, he is looking for renters.

That sucks. Would be nice to have them (or something similar) on the south side of EP.

I live right around the corner and heading out to run errands came across Keavy visiting the space today. (Nice to meet you, Keavy.) Sounds like they should be open by the end of the summer, if not sooner. Can't wait.

It looks like they're prepping to gut the space.  They were there this morning and a big dumpster is out in front of the place.

Hmm.  My money is on NEXT summer.