In run-up to reopening, Short Stories is renting its bar by the hour for private drinking sessions

Short Stories, the cafe/bar at 355 Bowery, is prepping to reopen here between Third Street and Fourth Street.

Starting today, when people can legally sit at a bar again, they're holding a "friends and family" preview. 

And what does this entail?

We’re letting you buy the whole bar for just you (or you and a friend) one hour at a time. Four hundred plus days ago NYC ended bar service. No one has legally ordered a drink from a bartender in all that time. For $60 you get the whole place to yourself, plus two cocktails, to do just that. We’re running this each Monday until we reopen. This is for the most committed of drinkers.

And...

100% of the sales (plus whatever you nice people tip) will go to our wonderful bartending staff. They deserve it.

You can find the reservation info here... and it includes a bartender mode 1.) Flirt 2.) Rude 3.) Jovial 4.) Flair. 

Short Stories first opened in February 2019.

During the winter-spring hiatus here, there was some speculation that Short Stories was not going to reopen... fueled by cryptic messages in the curbside dining structure... 

... "WTF happened to Short Stories" ...

... and "Bowery Kills" ...

The write stuff? Short Stories debuts on the Bowery

[Photo from Friday night by Derek Berg]

Short Stories debuted this past weekend over at 355 Bowery between Third Street and Fourth Street with a brunch service via the Paris-based Season (Vogue says they have one of that city's best breakfast menus) ...

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Not sure what their menu will look like post-brunch.

CB3 OK'd a new liquor license last June for the the applicants, including Danny "The Wolf of Wilson" Teran, who runs several businesses in Bushwick, including Wheelhouse out on Wilson Avenue, and Williamsburg Pizza investor Ashwin Deshmukh.

The questionnaire on file with the CB3 application noted that Short Stories will feature "a mix of American, Cuban and Mexican fare." (Teran, a Cuban-American, specializes in Cuban cuisine. He also previously ran Millie's Cuban Cafe on Wilson Avenue.)

Also worth noting: Jim Power created the mosaic on the front step... cracking every piece himself by hand...



Wise Men closed at No. 355 in November 2017 after five years in business.

Previously on EV Grieve:
An appreciation of sorts: That kind of weird sushi place on the Bowery

Former kind of weird sushi place on the Bowery is now home to the Wise Men

Bushwick-based chef looking to bring Short Stories to the Bowery

Short Stories shapes up on the Bowery

Short Stories shapes up on the Bowery

New awning alert at 355 Bowery, where a new bar-restaurant called Short Stories will be opening soon here between Third Street and Fourth Street. (The Brett/Beer sign has been up since the height of the Kavanaugh hearings.)

CB3 OK'd a new liquor license back in June for the the applicants, including Danny "The Wolf of Wilson" Teran, who runs several businesses in Bushwick, including Wheelhouse out on Wilson Avenue, and Williamsburg Pizza investor Ashwin Deshmukh.

The questionnaire on file with the CB3 application noted that Short Stories will feature "a mix of American, Cuban and Mexican fare." (Teran, a Cuban-American, specializes in Cuban cuisine. He also previously ran Millie's Cuban Cafe on Wilson Avenue.)

No word on an opening date. You can see updates on the interior via the Short Stories Instagram account.

Wise Men closed here in November 2017 after five years in business. And previously, the space was Osaka Vibe/Orange Valve — aka, that kind of weird sushi place on the Bowery.

Previously on EV Grieve:
An appreciation of sorts: That kind of weird sushi place on the Bowery

Former kind of weird sushi place on the Bowery is now home to the Wise Men

Bushwick-based chef looking to bring Short Stories to the Bowery


[Photo from 2011]