New Liquor License Applications
• Recente (LW Restaurant Projects LLC), 182 2nd Ave (op) (restaurant)
A restaurant called Recente, featuring an "upscale Italian menu," is seeking a full on-premises liquor license for 182 Second Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street.
The operators are hospitality vets Willem Hock and Lukas Canan. Hock previously served as general manager at Dante NYC (2017-2021) and later as director of guest relations for Golden Age Hospitality, overseeing venues including The Nines, Bar Bianchi and Le Dive.
Canan worked as a bartender at Dante NYC (2017-19), was beverage director at Sovereign Remedies in North Carolina, and later bar manager at the Freehand Hotel in Manhattan.
Recente would replace the 22-year-old tenant, Cacio e Pepe.
Photo by Stacie Joy
We mentioned this one a few weeks ago... Wine Art Laboratory is in the works for 40 Avenue B between Third and Fourth Streets.
Per the questionnaire on file with CB3, this will be a Georgian-style restaurant with a wine bar... with daily hours of noon to 2 a.m.
Residents may still have some lingering concerns from previous tenants. El Carnaval, a Panamanian restaurant and bar, drew noise complaints and was accused of serving liquor without a license in the summer of 2021.
Dora's Restaurant followed, facing similar issues — along with DJs playing to largely empty rooms.
Photo by Stacie Joy
• B Scene (B Scene Corp), 50 Ave B (op) (bar/tavern)
Abby Ehmann, who also owns two other Avenue B establishments, Lucky Bar and the sober Hekate Café & Elixir Lounge, is back with an application for 50 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street.
After a lengthy discussion during last month's SLA committee meeting, Ehmann withdrew her application for the two-level space.
This month, she has dropped the "nightclub" ask for a bar/tavern license.
You can read the questionnaire here. And our Q&A with Ehmann here.
• Forsythia NYC (JDS Restaurant 2 LLC), 32 E 1st St (op) (restaurant)
The owners of Forsythia on Stanton Street plan to open an events space in a storefront within the condoplex at the NE corner of Second Avenue and First Street.
The space will be closed to the public, available to host events as well as weekly cooking classes.
Forsythia, which serves Roman-inspired pastas from chefs Jacob Siwak and Mark Coleman, opened in 2020 between the Bowery and Chrystie.
Questionnaire here.
• SKWR (Stuffed Ice Cream LLC), 139 1st Ave (wb) (restaurant)
Photo by Stacie Joy
SKWR, the quick-serve space selling a variety of skewers, recently opened at 139 First Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.
They are looking to add a beer and wine service for the 16-seat establishment.
Questionnaire here.
• Sous Vide Panda LLC, 218 E 10th St (op) (restaurant)
Kuro Neko is the proposed new Japanese restaurant for 218 E. 10th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue — the former Rai Rai Ken space.
According to the questionnaire, the space will include eight tables with 16 seats, a counter/bar with five seats, and a private dining area for six to eight guests.
Background recorded music is planned, with no outdoor seating. Proposed hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
Rai Rai Ken closed in December 2024 after 24 years in service.
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CB3's SLA meeting is tonight at 6:30. The Zoom link is here. This is a hybrid meeting, and limited public seating is available. The first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St., between Second Avenue and the Bowery, will be accommodated.
Here’s hoping B Scene doesn’t have any issues. If anyone should be fine you’d think it would be the owner of Lucky and Hekate.
ReplyDeleteMaking a comparison to the prior two tenants for the Wine Lab space is unfair, for what it’s worth. Fonda was a perfectly fine neighbor so what’s to say those two say anything about this new business?