Thursday, August 9, 2012

[Updated] Blackbird opens tonight at former Lakeside Lounge; 'for people who don’t want to be part of the woo-woo scene'

[Photo from Tuesday by Bobby Williams]

We've been curious about what would be taking over the Lakeside Lounge space on Avenue B... BoweryBoogie got the scoop late last week — the place will be called Blackbird, "owned and operated by Lakeside principal Laura McCarthy and a current 'bartender from Niagara.'"

Per BB's tipster:

Definitely NOT a whiskey bar. And not a dive. Just a bar for people who don’t want to be part of the woo-woo scene and who are too smart to wait in line for an $22 cocktail. [It's] intended to be a beautiful but comfortable bar with a rock & roll vibe.

And they're opening tonight, per a BoweryBoogie follow-up post. BB received an invite, which reads in part:

Please join us for riveting deejays, nightly open bar from 9-10 p.m, and simply the most charming people you will ever see in one room together ever again.

Late yesterday afternoon, we saw workers racing to get the place together...


Previously.

UPDATED:
The opening has been postponed... no opening date just yet...
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9 comments:

  1. randallAugust 9, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Get in early and claim it.

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  2. KrikorAugust 9, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    I swear I just passed by there the other day and it was completely empty. Pretty impressive that they got it up so quick.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    sounds inordinately promising. hope it all pans out that way!!!

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  4. randallAugust 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Maybe that's a sign it's going to be a regular bar. You know...tables, stools, booze, beer, juke, maybe a dart board and pool table. Doesn't take long to assemble that kind of stuff.

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  5. BabyDaveAugust 9, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    Nightly open bar? Sounds a little wooo-friendly.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 7:26 PM

    "riveting deejays"

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  7. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    Jonathan Toubin will be spinning there. He plays old soul music and is one of the most popular underground deejays in NYC. Riveting is right! This seems like a really cool group effort.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 9:04 PM

    Offering a one hour open bar to the neighborhood is woo-friendly? Man, tough customers. Maybe they shoulda made it a $30 cocktail lounge after all.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    Please be a cool bar and not some scum-bucket yuppie hang....stay in the LES yuppies. At LEAST leave us Alphabet Town....

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