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Le Gamin (556 Vanderbilt @ Dean) has become a Korean restaurant, Bop Sot - Page 2 — Brooklynian

Le Gamin (556 Vanderbilt @ Dean) has become a Korean restaurant, Bop Sot

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  • msbunnyslippers
    msbunnyslippers
    We went tonight for dinner and everything we had was really tasty. They said they're still testing things out so expect the menu will still be changing & expanded for a while.

    I also noticed they had a full brunch menu posted, maybe we'll try that next weekend.

    Glad to have another option on the Vanderbilt Strip.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    press:  http://luckyrice.com/a-korean-gem-in-prospect-heights/?utm_content=buffer4fc4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.VeBo6hz0O-s.twitter
  • yikesart
    yikesart
    Finally went last night and it was a great meal served by delightful people at a reasonable price.  Well worth trying. Could be a new favorite! not a single flaw in the experience.
  • yikesart
    yikesart
    Yes
  • pheightsresident
    pheightsresident
    Ate here the other night. Food is pretty good on the whole. But I was not pleased that my pancake was burnt on the edges/bottom. Great staff, though. I'll probably return. 
  • foolio
    foolio
    tonite a car crashed into bopsot's storefront in the middle of the night. the storefront is totaled, looks like bopsot will be out of commission for a while. hope they can pull through this setback.
  • Brooklyneya
    Brooklyneya
    Shit. I hope insurance helps. Hope no one was seriously hurt in the accident.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited November 2015
    This restaurant is not even on a corner.

    I wonder if the driver was intoxicated. Seems likely.image
  • foolio
    foolio
    edited December 2015
    def not a normal car accident. there were two cars involved and they may have collided at the intersection first before one ran into bopsot, but *both* of them fled the scene afterwards, even though they must have had extensive damage (judging by the amount of oil/fluid/debris) and couldnt have gone far. would be interested to hear how the detectives sort this one out.
  • ehgee
    ehgee
    def not a normal car accident. there were two cars involved and they may have collided at the intersection first before one ran into bopsot, but *both* of them fled the scene afterwards, even though they must have had extensive damage (judging by the amount of oil/fluid/debris) and couldnt have gone far. would be interested to hear how the detectives sort this one out.
    lol
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Despite almost 5 months going by, I have seen no sign of life after the accident.

    No real estate advertisements.

    No reconstruction of the glass storefront.    ...if they wanted to reopen, I suspect they could have by now. 

  • pheightsresident
    pheightsresident
    Did they ever open back up? I didn't get to check things out when I was last in the area a few weeks ago. 
  • Vanderbilly
    Vanderbilly
    edited May 2017
    They have opened, and re-worked their style like they knew they needed to.


    I'm going to float a conspiracy theory now that has no basis beyond my own enjoyment.

    Bop Sot was one of 3 korean restaurants that opened in the same timeframe in the same few block radius, and it was clearly doing the worst.   White Tiger was packed all the time, Tyger Shark was getting all these great write ups, and Bop Sot was like the place you might go to if the other places were too hard to get into (and that includes the 2 Chukos).   With BS's big open windows the contrast was clear, they were empty nearly all the time. 

    One fatal move they made was not redesigning anything from the previous owner, when their competition leaned heavily on style.  The second was aiming to be too typical.  It seemed like they were on deathwatch.  Then a car drove through the store front which sits in the middle of a block, not on a corner.  And it seems the driver got away.

    So, a year later they've reopened, redesigned, re-tooled their concept, and now they're Bop Sot Dumpling Bar with a new menu that is half occupied with dumpling options.  I personally, was very excited to have a dumpling bar in the neighborhood.  They were on track to make a niche for themselves. 

    In actuality, its a bit of a gimmick.   They just added focus on this one popular appetizer, but one still goes there and orders a non-dumpling entrée to fill up.  I'm not going to critique the food, but it's clear that an initial excitement has come and gone for BopSot.

    They're empty again, although starting now, that may be do to customers seating in the re opened backyard. 

    And as for the conspiracy, I'm really not saying it was an inside job, but I mean.  But then again, I don't know the level of pressure a business owner feels when things aren't going their way.


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    If we focus on profitability (as opposed to how full a place is) Tygershark is likely ahead.

    Much of their business comes from high profit drinks until early in the morning, whereas White Tiger mostly is serving low profit food to a full house during dinner.
  • Hendi
    Hendi
    I wouldn't be so sure, White Tiger has more seats and serves plenty of cocktails as well. 
  • Vanderbilly
    Vanderbilly
    edited May 2017
    Just a follow up here. BopSop completely reinvented themselves for a third time last week! Pretty impressive. It seems like the right thing for a struggling restaurant to do, yet I can't think of a time I've seen one ever do it, much less twice over. The short lived dumpling bar is no more! They don't even have a dumpling on the menu. They're banking on some new trends (poké, yay) like a heavy dedication to something called ENERGY TOAST. The other half of the menu is tasty sounding bowls. They're menu is now completely unique from the other 2 korean joints. WELL PLAYED THERE. Now they just need people to come. So let's all let bygones by bygones and give it a try (at least once)! image1
  • Marco555
    Marco555
    Wow! What are they called now?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    The weekend brunch crowd is massive, and therefore a good target. However, it might take them a lot of work to convince people that Korean = brunch. They might need more than Energy Toasts.
  • yikesart
    yikesart
    Had a pleasant dinner in the garden. We were the only ones in the restaurant. Give them a chance. They are trying to be responsive to our neighborhood. (Went to BopSot when we couldn't get into the new Nourish--45 minute wait-- or the new Korean two doors down from BopSot on the corner of Pacific and Vander. which was full, and on past visits considerably more expensive.
  • foolio
    foolio
    they've been closed for the last several days in a row. hope the end is not near for them, they do deserve a chance
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited August 2017
    Now for lease. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20423993/556-Vanderbilt-Ave-Brooklyn-NY/556
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