the return of hot bird!

theindecisionpigeon

blast from the past.... it's back!

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/07/streetlevel_the_3.php

lo kee

saw this, cannot wait.

guyonatlantic

Mouth is already watering.... Does anyone remember the original? What was it like?

krnie

Someone on Brownstoner said it's not actually the return of Hot Bird, but a bar that decided to use the name and won't be serving BBQ. I'm so sad... anyone know whether that's true or not? I want the Hot Bird of yore!

izisharp

HOLY S**T!!! I moved to P Heights in 2005 and remember trying to find the place advertised on those massive ads around Vanderbilt. If this opening is true, it's a punch to the face of a reminder of the power of advertising. I feel like ive been waiting for this restaurant for 4 years even though I've never even tasted it!

mantic

I doubt it is the Original Hot Bird. I can't remember what happened to him right now.
His chicken was the best. Rotisserie. Melted in your mouth.
Damn I miss that place. Closed around 91 I think.

rickie lee

Hot Bird closed sometime after summer '92 because I moved here that summer and got hooked on it. The best!!!!!! I would so love to have Hot Bird back!

pittiecity

izisharp wrote: HOLY S**T!!! I moved to P Heights in 2005 and remember trying to find the place advertised on those massive ads around Vanderbilt. If this opening is true, it's a punch to the face of a reminder of the power of advertising. I feel like ive been waiting for this restaurant for 4 years even though I've never even tasted it!

DITTO!

izisharp

Rickie Lee wrote: Hot Bird closed sometime after summer '92 because I moved here that summer and got hooked on it. The best!!!!!! I would so love to have Hot Bird back!

1992?!?! Those are some old ass ads. Pretty amazing that they're still up on 2 or 3 buildings nearly 20 years later.

bkchickie

izisharp wrote: 1992?!?! Those are some old ass ads. Pretty amazing that they're still up on 2 or 3 buildings nearly 20 years later.

Look around! You can see remnants of painted advertisements that are decades older than Hot Bird's

izisharp

BKChickie wrote: [quote=izisharp]1992?!?! Those are some old ass ads. Pretty amazing that they're still up on 2 or 3 buildings nearly 20 years later.

Look around! You can see remnants of painted advertisements that are decades older than Hot Bird's
Definitely...but not around here, and none still so bold.

whynot_31

Hot Bird gets BBQ next door

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/12/bbq-joint-now-open-next-to-hot-bird/#disqus_thread

Now, it is back better than before: beer PLUS food!

amighty

whynot_31 said:

Hot Bird gets BBQ next door

I will personally vouch for the BBQ place. Not that any body knows me - I could have polyps all over my tongue - but I did go there Tuesday night. Small, brightly lit, almost completely unadorned, but the food was great. I had the BBQ pork and the collard greens and washed them down next door at Hot Bird.

As a side note, Hot Bird is the weirdest place. They've ditched the food truck and have a large open fire in the middle of the outdoor space. Kids gathered around in the cold like hobos. Great music, totally chill, and that fire is unique, I just wonder if it's legal and if they'll keep it going when the condo opens up across the street and the block doesn't seem so desolate.

the collection next door

i wouldn't worry about the condo opening up. it's been sitting empty for years in foreclosure. the collection

amighty

Oh, that's crazy. Look slike it could be a nice place - certainly would give that little neighborhood a jolt.