Friday, June 10, 2011

The former Café Charbon will become a sports bar 'with an emphasis on value'

As we reported from the CB3/SLA meeting back in January, the team behind The Stumble Inn, Off the Wagon, Gin Mill, Jake's Dilemma, Down the Hatch and The 13th Step are taking over Café Charbon on the corner of Orchard and Stanton Streets. The CB3/SLA committee unanimously approved the transfer.

Yesterday, BoweryBoogie noted that Café Charbon is now closed.

The new owners provided a few details about their plans for the space during the January CB3/SLA meeting: It will be a full-service tavern open from 11:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. The French doors will close at 10 p.m. There will be $1 drafts at happy hour, a private party room and DJs on occasion (no dancing, though).

Yesterday, we asked Michael Asch, one of the two senior co-owners of the 13th Step and its sibling bars, for more about their plans for the former Café Charbon.

They hope to be open in September or October after "a face lift."

"We will be a sports bar, pub and grill, serving burgers, salads, sandwiches, etc., with an emphasis on value — both on the food as well as liquor," he said.

And how about a name, given the ruckus about the 13th Step?

"We are also planning to be sensitive to to the community as far as a name is concerned," he said.
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17 comments:

  1. Morgan TsvangiraiJune 10, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Awful, awful, awful.

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  2. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    By BEING there, you're not being sensitive to the community. Oh wow this just hurts.

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  3. BlayzeJune 10, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    I was lured to the 13th Step once for cheap beers.

    I found it to be the worst bar I've ever had the misfortune of drinking in.

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  4. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    It's pathetic that being a thriving business and serving the neighborhood are mutually exclusive these days.

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  5. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Just be sure give it an appropriate name, like The Vomitorium or the Douche Haus.

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  6. Crazy EddieJune 10, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    FFF-Frigging Fried Frats!

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  7. Uncle WaltieJune 10, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    For what it's worth:
    I patronize The 13th Step about two or three times a month, but only between 11:30am and 3pm. Although some of my friends try to ridicule me for that, I appreciate the fact that I can have several 1/2 price bar drinks plus a generous helping of comfort food for a $ 20.00 tab. The staff is extremely accommodating and nice. I prefer to conserve my energies for causes more worthwhile. Additionally, don't you folks recognize that without those places, the "undesirables" might congregate in your favorite Pub. Now go on and snicker...

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  8. Crazy EddieJune 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    Uncle Waltie, I get your point but your post has a distinct Vichy smell. Or is it Uncle Louis Renault?:)

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  9. InfoMofoJune 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    That's super sad- Cafe Charbon was so charming.

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  10. glammaJune 10, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    oh the horror..... this is just SO bad. what is happening to NYC!!!

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  11. SammyJune 10, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Turn off the lights, the neighborhood is over.

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  12. Uncle WaltieJune 11, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    You know Eddie 2:09pm, we're talking about a local sports bar, like it or hate it. To introduce a WW 2 analogy into this topic is kind of dumb.

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  13. ~evilsugar25June 11, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    yep. over. we lost.

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  14. Crazy EddieJune 11, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Unc, just kidding, sorry, I'm a Casablanca fan, that’s all. Also, Louie did do the right thing at the end.

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  15. Ken from Ken's KitchenJune 11, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    I wouldn't bring up Paris if I were you, it's poor salesmanship.

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  16. T.E.V.B.June 12, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    That photo might be one of the most depressing ever on EVG.

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  17. AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    These owners shouldn't open any bars in the EV, we moved here to get away from the suburban, chainstore, uncool squares and their douchebag ilk. Stay uptown where you belong! Listen to your bad music, go to Adam Sandler movies, slap each other high-fives, talk in outdated hip-hop lingo, wear your flip flops and be douchey somewhere else!

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