Franklin Park opening a restaurant?

They've been planning this for a while- actually 2 places- one is supposed to be a brick oven pizza (that small building to the left when you walk in) and the sit down place is supposed to go through the newer portion and out onto Franklin. I actually forgot they were going to do this- been so long ago...

"Also, the Dutch Boy Paints sign on Franklin at St. John's has come down. I thoroughly enjoyed this vintage piece of the storefront, so I hope that whatever comes in is worth the loss."

From "I Love Franklin Avenue" Blog.

That's the Franklin Park spot. ...so maybe something is happening?

I asked the bartender and it should be open in a couple of months.

I went this afternoon and I must say this place is great - just what the neighborhood needed. The coffee was excellent . Also I had a yummy and very moist vegan muffin there (not the out of a package dry kind). They also have baked goods from Balthazar in Soho every day. A minor miracle of a place, on Franklin Avenue. I've been waiting for something like this....

Awning is up. Dutch Boy Burgers. Burgers, fries, root beer floats... Should be opening soon.

They have a stop work order on their window today. ugh. i don't know anything more than that. but peaking in the window, it looks really nice..

According to IloveFranklinAvenue, you'll be able to get beers at the restaurant and get food at the bar, but you have to walk between the two places -- they're connected by a hallway by where the bathrooms are now in the bigger part of Franklin Park. Not sure if you'll be able to order other outside food, but I would imagine. A bar that lets me order Chavellas is the best place in the world. I hope they don't take that.

Not sure if take out will be allowed now...

http://ilovefranklinave.blogspot.com/2010/03/update-dutch-boy-burgers-opening-this.html

sweet tea wrote: [quote=Holla peno][quote=xlizellx] Not sure if you'll be able to order other outside food, but I would imagine. A bar that lets me order Chavellas is the best place in the world. I hope they don't take that.

I reaallyy doubt they wouldn't let outside food in. From the looks of Dutch Boy they're gonna have their plate very full, customer-wise, right from the get-go, and will probably be relieved when folks order from elsewhere. Seating capacity is so enormous in FP that what we might be looking at is a packed house, even on weekday nights, thanks to the spillover from Dutchboy.

enh, i'm not impressed that soda has ever worried over providing lousy service to its customers, so i somehow doubt FP will care if being busy means you wait on your burger.

i have been mourning the loss of the chavella's beer garden since this was first announced.

sigh.

Forget beer garden,we are road building! Where else in an@80 year old area can you make new road that connects Franklin with Sterling! Where else can you skirt the bldg code and NYS Liquor Authority in the blink of and eye. 95S should be able to lease residential back yards and go for a full all night BBQ funk haven.They should offer blunt rolling and prison tattoo techniques preschool credits so when a child is kept up night it's not a total waste.Sepia and everybody else should open their backyards til 4am no matter what the public outcry. Franklin Park should provide window pillows and bowls of pretzels for the backyard locals so all are able to engage the drunks at 330am about all that Lady Gaga is or isn't and why sleep? Peace and quiet for adults and children should come second when talking about such important subjects. To all the business owners who close down loud confined spaces in the name of public harmony, thank you for your class and consideration. To Franklin Park,screw you and your booze burger tunnel.Franklin Park owners should open a shooting range,bungie jump or live music venue in your spacious outdoor area

sweet tea wrote: for the record, i'm with you about how much it must suck to live by FP.

I live right there, and it does get loud but it's not that bad. Then again, I go out a lot and every weekend night, so I'm not around most times when it is loud (at least the last two years--sans burger joint). When I am home, I (literally) hear the bartenders and bouncers getting the driveway cleared of patrons after 1am on school nights.

Bottom line, I moved into this area with the promise of it becoming what it is, and that's part of the reason I like it so much. Now gimme my root beer float that I can go get in my PJs. Life is grand.


...And that backyard BBQ idea is killer. Too bad the owner of 95S has no clue how to run a bar.

^?

spnder wrote:

To Franklin Park,screw you and your booze burger tunnel.Franklin Park owners should open a shooting range,bungie jump or live music venue in your spacious outdoor area

It really sucks to be put out like that, but this sort of discussion is only going to become more common.

Every neighborhood that wants peace, security and services. Each plays upon the other- none occur in a vaccum. How our area continues to juggle these three issues is going to be interesting to watch.

Franklin Park and Dutch Boy provide jobs,tax revenue and what I feel most important put a connectivity to the neighborhood. A place to go for people inside and from outside the area. Makes CH look good in the eyes of everybody. The owners of both are living and doing business by the age old "if it ain't broke don't fix it". The noise and noisy drunks that they baby sit and do a late night release need a small correction. Signs at most venues say "please be quiet and show consideration to our neighbors" The management are going to allow business flow to grow so noisy that when the correction comes it will be from the building dept as well as community leaders. The owners should take action before mandated by the city. The C of O violation is a hint of the trouble that will come from his hybrid burger shop and it's shared bathroom and common through ways to an establishment who primary product is booze without the food. Any and all complaints,building and safety issues should be looked at as one big business rather than 3 small ones. They want to share the bathroom when it suits them and the rest of us get more foot traffic from noisy drunks looking to nibble a midnight double cheese with bacon before reordering another Patron. I want a good burger as much as anybody but if more noise is the cost I will walk a few blocks for the avoidance.