Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Boilermaker is closing on 1st and 1st

Boilermaker, the retro cocktail bar, is closing after service on Thursday night after seven years on the NW corner of First Avenue and First Street. 

The bar made the announcement on its website and social media platforms yesterday.
In an Instagram post, Greg Boehm, owner of Cocktail Kingdom, whose properties include Boilermaker, the Cabinet, Mace and the Miracle Christmas and Sippin' Santa pop-ups, wrote, in part: 
It is with a heavy heart that we are closing Boilermaker. So many amazing memories, late nights, great cocktails, fantastic burgers and wings ... Thank you to all of the staff! Thank you to the bartenders for all of the good times.
Boilermaker opened in the fall of 2014... taking over the space from Golden Cadillac, a similar retro bar from the same ownership that packed it in after eight months. 

No word if Cocktail Kingdom will try a new concept here or vacate the space.

Boca Chica, the well-liked Latin American restaurant, was in this space from 1989 to 2013.

Images via @BoilermakerNYC
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10 comments:

  1. NeighborJanuary 5, 2022 at 8:16 AM

    Sad. Hopefully they bring back a new concept. They are great operators and the bartenders at Boilermaker are always fantastic. Highly recommend trying Mace on 8th near WSP

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2022 at 10:51 AM

    I miss when Mace was in our hood.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2022 at 2:09 PM

    Boca Chica was a real loss to the hood.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2022 at 12:15 AM

    I do not miss Mace on my block at all. I miss Louis that was there before, had a great scene.

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  5. marjorieJanuary 6, 2022 at 12:42 AM

    man did I love Boca Chica. I think of it whenever I see that particular awesome shade of purple that the facade was painted.

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  6. creatureJanuary 6, 2022 at 8:02 AM

    The coconut shrimp at Boca Chica. Yum.

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  7. noble neolaniJanuary 6, 2022 at 8:51 AM

    I wish places like these would just move to the suburbs where they belong. Concept restaurants and bars are lame, they consistently fail when the joke gets old. We could use real shops and services in those commercial spaces.

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  8. NeighborJanuary 6, 2022 at 12:08 PM

    Noble, These operators have had concepts in this same location since 1989. These are exactly the kind of operators you want in spaces like this. You can keep dreaming about "real shops and services" but the bottom line is operators like this with concepts like this have proven longevity. These "real shops and services" you constantly talk about do not.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2022 at 9:18 PM

      "real shops and services" in the age of Amazon won't survive a year.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2022 at 1:07 PM

    Bravo Neighbor!

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