676 Franklin, near St Marks

whynot_31 · May 2016

Formerly the site of the ultra poorly run, Vicente Cafe: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/39096/vicente39s-mexican-hookah-coming-to-676-franklin-next-to-indian-restaurant/p1

Now would like to become a bar under new ownership, with some kind of bowling aspect: "Entity to be formed, 676 Franklin Avenue (St. Marks/Prospect) – Full (bowling center indicated"

whynot_31 · May 2016

Here's what we are talking about bowl

chekhovian · May 2016

This is not the interior of the place formerly known as Vicente's, right?

whynot_31 · May 2016

That is merely a photo of mini bowling alleys for illustrative purposes.

chekhovian · May 2016

And people have the gall to call Brooklynian boring.

whynot_31 · May 2016

Maybe we could make people believe that if they recruited new posters they would get 30 min of free bowling.

I like bowlers.

whynot_31 · July 2016

Work is now underway to construct it.

goldemi1 · July 2016

Option to win something, we're in

mcpoet · July 2016

A place to bowl in the area might be nice, though I'm not sure whether this space is large enough to fit an actual bowling alley.

whynot_31 · July 2016

I believe they will be installing mini alleys. Sample photo above.

ehgee · July 2016

That's a good gimmick.

mcpoet · July 2016

If the space was larger I'd say Tony should put one in the old Pioneer space south of EP. That'd be something new for the neighborhood.

whynot_31 · August 2016

A request to serve beer and wine has been filed by G&K WILDGINGER INDUSTRIES INC, which was formed back in April.

https://www.tran.sla.ny.gov/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&validated=true&serialNumber=1295491&licenseType=RW

http://www.bizapedia.com/ny/GANDK-WILDGINGER-INDUSTRIES-INC.html

I would be surprised if they opened before they got their alc lic, so the above link is useful for stalking purposes.

Beer lic's are not hard to get, and construction seemed pretty far along when I last checked, so I would not be surprised if this opened by 9/15/2016.

whynot_31 · September 2016

Folks, it appears that the business model and owners may have changed.

Wild Ginger is reportedly an asian/vegan restaurant, which seems inconsistent with a miniature bowling alley.

epiclylaterd · September 2016

If it's the same Wild Ginger that I'm thinking of, they already have locations in Manhattan and Williamsburg. We ate at the Williamsburg location and it was pretty good. Vegan "asian"