Half...hmmm

I am starting to feel for this place...I mean, could liquor license issues—if that is indeed the case—really take this long to resolve? The place looked ready to go at least 6-7 weeks ago...

I've gone from looking forward to expecting disappointment with this business.

Way to support the neighborhood. Instead of making judgments based on an assumption—liquor license issues—let's give the bloke who's trying to open the joint the benefit of the doubt. There's a myriad of reasons that could be the cause of the delayed opening. Let us imagine that the windows were covered in paper—would we be asking these questions? Probably not.

I actually kinda agree with OTB on this one. Weather Up and Barrette went from being rumors to realities in just a few months with very little drama in between.

the Plan B folks have been hanging out in the nabe for months now bragging about their awesome new bar ... while bellying up at another nabe bar. neighborly behavior ... okay. but not really speaking to me about the professionalism of the bar owners. I mean, really?

I agree with Old Time Brooklyn. I just checked the older posts of this thread and saw that the owner of Plan B first posted about opening the bar back in June, 2007, nearly a year ago. I would love to have another place to eat and drink on Vanderbilt Avenue, but it doesn't seem to be happening with this place. I always try to support new local businesses, especially bars and restaurants and really want this place to open.

How about an update, Mr. Owner?

They probably got some amount of months free in their lease to set up the business --- standard practice --- but I doubt this many. So yeah, they're probably losing a lot of dough right now.

This was open yesterday. Limited menu. Not sure on booze.

Cheese stuffed burgers? Man, this country cracks me up.

i won't have to look out, since i won't be there. televisions and bud light and $5 french fries...doesn't really seem like my kind of joint. thanks for the heads up.

RIP Half

One of you should actually go there and get real confirmation as to what they serve and what the place is like before bad mouthing a new establishment on this forum.

If they have big flat screens that means they are appealing to sports fans, and you kind of have to have bud/bud light on tap for that crowd, that doesn't mean that they don't have some good beers too.

RIP Half?? Half was terrible bar....didn't matter that they didn't serve Bud.

I know what they have. Saw the menu, saw the taps. Stella, Blue Moon, Cider, Bud, snooooooze.

i think it's perfectly reasonable to decide without spending money that i don't need to spend money on beers i know i don't like (well, except blue moon). it would be one thing to judge the food in advance, but bud is bud is bud, no matter who's selling it.

stella always makes me think of my dad's friend from belgium, who taught us out in the provinces, well before microbrews of any kind were available where we lived, that, "there are 400 beers made in belgium, and 399 of them are better than stella artois." it's just bud you have to pay more for, imo.

as for televisions: i know lots of people like them. i don't. i don't watch at home, either.

but all of that's okay: not every bar has to be my kind of place. as far as i know, all the bars near me are more or less local businesses -- i'm not headed to bennigans. so never fear, my drinkin' dollar will still be local.

I'm more interested in the food than the beer. There's an ever-expanding list of places to get a quality drink in the neighborhood--good buffalo wings, on the other hand, are in much shorter supply.

people, dont be afraid to have an opinion.

this place looks totally lame. belongs in hoboken. yes i am a snob, a hater, but i dont need bud-drinking frat boys in my neighborhood. brooklyn is dead.

jontheplaza wrote: There aren't many places near by to get a burger.

Except for Tavern on Dean, Beast and Soda.

My wife and I went here earlier in the week (Tuesday, I think) and enjoyed ourselves. As another poster noted, this place is aimed at sports fans - there are three TV screens showing basketball, baseball, boxing, etc. The staff was friendly and attentive and the crowd seemed to be having fun. The menu is basic bar food, though an "expanded" menu is due over the next week or so. I believe that the bar will do well, given the popular formula of food, beer, and sports.

Gypsy, your comments are right on the money and it will probably be to your advantage. I, for one, am glad to have a neighborhood bar where I can enjoy a beer, watch a baseball or football game, and avoid the high-school-style cliquish mentality that permeates this board (c'mon, anyone who accumulates 5000+ posts on an internet message board can't have much of a life!).