Wednesday, January 9, 2019

New Ukrainian restaurant at 136 2nd Ave. now in the hiring phase



It has been a slow-go over at 136 Second Ave., where workers have been completing extensive renovations on the space between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street for the past two-plus years.

On May 6, 2016, workers erected the plywood in front of the vacant storefront, last in use by Bar 82. (RIP March 2013.)

The restaurant, whose name hasn't been disclosed just yet (going as UKI Freedom LLC on CB3 materials), is now hiring...



The applicants, listed as Greg Lebedowicz and Jerry Lebedowicz, were previously licensed for Nitedreams in Greenpoint from 2003 to 2008.

Back in July, CB3 OK's a full liquor license for No. 136.

Here are a few items from the meeting's official minutes (PDF here):

• "The applicant has stated that this location will be a restaurant which will host Ukrainian events, meetings and dinners by organizations from the longstanding local Ukrainian community."

• "It will operate as a full-service French American Ukrainian restaurant, with a kitchen open and serving food during all hours of operation."

• "Its hours of operation will be 8 A.M. to 2 A.M. all days"

There is a basement space here fitted with a bar and dining room for those meetings and events.

No word on an opening date.

Thanks to Steven for the photos yesterday!
at

2 comments:

  1. Mykola DementiukJanuary 9, 2019 at 12:28 PM

    But will it compare to The Orchidia, an original Ukrainian restaurant 1960s-70s, which was on the corner of 9th St & 2nd Ave across from Veselka? http://www.brama.com/news/press/000124pidhorodecky.html

    ReplyDelete
  2. Mykola DementiukJanuary 9, 2019 at 1:03 PM

    See also My Orchidia by Alexander Motyl, a memoir of the time https://www.amazon.com/My-Orchidia-Alexander-Motyl/dp/1938144058

    ReplyDelete

Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.

However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.

If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.