676 Franklin, near St Marks

Formerly the site of the ultra poorly run, Vicente Cafe: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/39096/vicente39s-mexican-hookah-coming-to-676-franklin-next-to-indian-restaurant/p1 

 Now would like to become a bar under new ownership, with some kind of bowling aspect: "Entity to be formed, 676 Franklin Avenue (St. Marks/Prospect) – Full (bowling center indicated"

Here's what we are talking about

This is not the interior of the place formerly known as Vicente's, right?

That is merely a photo of mini bowling alleys for illustrative purposes.

And people have the gall to call Brooklynian boring.

Maybe we could make people believe that if they recruited new posters they would get 30 min of  free bowling.  

I like bowlers.  

Work is now underway to construct it.

Option to win something, we're in

A place to bowl in the area might be nice, though I'm not sure whether this space is large enough to fit an actual bowling alley.

I believe they will be installing mini alleys.    Sample photo above.

That's a good gimmick.

If the space was larger I'd say Tony should put one in the old Pioneer space south of EP. That'd be something new for the neighborhood.

A request to serve beer and wine has been filed by G&K WILDGINGER INDUSTRIES INC, which was formed back in April.

https://www.tran.sla.ny.gov/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1295491&licenseType=RW

http://www.bizapedia.com/ny/GANDK-WILDGINGER-INDUSTRIES-INC.html

I would be surprised if they opened before they got their alc lic, so the above link is useful for stalking purposes. 

Beer lic's are not hard to get, and construction seemed pretty far along when I last checked, so I would not be surprised if this opened by 9/15/2016.

Folks, it appears that the business model and owners may have changed.

Wild Ginger is reportedly an asian/vegan restaurant, which seems inconsistent with a miniature bowling alley.

If it's the same Wild Ginger that I'm thinking of, they already have locations in Manhattan and Williamsburg. We ate at the Williamsburg location and it was pretty good. Vegan "asian"

Yes, it is reportedly one location of several.

There is a Wild Ginger in Great Neck, Long Island. 

Also one in Rockville Center

Lic still pending. 

 https://www.tran.sla.ny.gov/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1295491&licenseType=RW

New awning went up this week.   It says Lu Ann's

https://twitter.com/KrsJams/status/850453976747315201

https://twitter.com/gweniles/status/850498550001750017

Same as Wild Ginger ...Lu Anne's Wild Ginger!

https://twitter.com/WildGingerveg/media

http://www.luanneswildgingernyc.com

Grand opening is tomorrow, Friday. May 26.

I hear good things about their other locations. Solid neighborhood asian vegan.

Ordered from there the other day. Solid food. Definitely worth ordering from again in the future.

Same. Ordered pickup and they got everything right, if that's meaningful to anyone.

Ms Whynot and I ate in on Friday evening. It was yummy. It was as good as our our favorite Indian, Kimboda (?) on Washington.

Nimbooda! That's my favorite indian too