new bar on 706 Washington Ave; the Minor Arcana

I heard that tonight from 11:50pm until 1am there are free bowls of punch. Enjoy. I'll be inside in comfy pants on the couch. But there is punch out there for those who want it. For free.

Really? That's my favorite dive in the neighborhood. Hope this doesn't spell the end of two-for-one draft beers. Will they be doing big changes?

I like the Minor Arcana, but I would really like to see the Freddy's vibe return to the neighborhood. It has been missed.

Scratch that. The owner of Freddy's is no longer interested.

Matthew Kimmett, an owner of the popular though long-suffering Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, hoped to open a new outpost on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, DNAinfo reported. His plans were promptly foiled when CB 8 said it would only support his bid for a liquor license if he agreed to stop serving by midnight, an untenable arrangement for a bar that relies on the profit of those extra four hours to survive. "We cannot operate within those reduced hours," Kimmett told Community Board 8's SLA advisory committee. "I guess the nicest way to say no would be to withdraw our application."

Freddy's co-owner Donald O'Finn, who was not involved in the Prospect Heights operation, confirmed that Kimmett ultimately did decide to pull the plug on the new bar. He added that while plans for a Freddy's II are in the works, it sure won't be located in Prospect Heights.

"In my opinion, it's ridiculous," he said. "If they're having an issue with a bar, the police or Heath Department needs to make sure that’s not a problem. By law we’re supposed to be able to conduct our business." In the meantime, run, don't walk, to the closest watering hole, and exercise your right to be a drunken spectacle until the wee hours. Everything might be different by the time you wake up.

http://gothamist.com/2013/04/10/prospect_heights_community_board_wa.php

The community board is merely advisory; the SLA is under no obligation to listen to them.

Rumors of them ruling the world are exaggerations.

See you later, Minor Arcana. The bar is shuttered after Saturday. For a crappy sports bar, it seems.

Bad News in the Cards

While I feel sorry for the people working there. I'm not sorry to see it go at best it was pedestrian at worst forgettable. With so many other great bars in the area that just wouldn't cut it.

Eh, I disagree. It was my favorite bar in the neighborhood. Always welcoming, no pretense—a bar to drink four pints and then have the bartender offer you a shot of whiskey. Because obviously that's what you need. A lovable dive.

Despite the arena being nearby, I think most of the people who will patronize this new bar will live locally.

Time will tell if I am right, or whether this will influence their propensity to act like the cast members of Porky's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porky's

I should be interesting to see how long this venue remains closed, before the new entity opens.

...to my knowledge, there has not yet been activity in terms of getting a liquor lic.

Dah! I need to go to bars in that area more?

The SLA site says the lic hasn't changed, so maybe they just remodeled?

Anyone know if this place is going to become known as the Flying Monkey? Was it briefly named that?

The SLA site is being completely unhelpful:

http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1223146&licenseType=OP