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February 16, 2007
Drink ’til you drop at Yards-area bar
The Brooklyn Paper
By Dana Rubinstein
The JRG Restaurant and Fashion Cafe — which is on Flatbush Avenue between Atlantic and Fifth avenues — is having a hedonistic last hurrah before it is torn down to make way for Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development.
The bar, which is in the way of the Frank Gehry–designed arena, is liquidating its stock in a $30, all-you-can drink bacchanal.
... The liquoricious deal will last only as long as the bar-cum-restaurant-cum-fashion house does — through the end of the month.That’s because the premises are owned by Forest City Ratner, which has said it intends to start demolition for its 16-tower development as early as next month.
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Rodriguez insists the bar will relocate rather than just close down.“We’ll come back even stronger,” he said.
He also claimed that JRG Restaurant would move into the Nets arena when it is completed in 2009 — though Forest City Ratner would not comment.
After all the binge-drinking is done, Rodriguez will throw one last two-day bash on March 3 and 4.
NoLandGrab: Though Forest City Ratner pretty much has "no comment" these days, the press keeps reporting that the company intends to start demolition soon.
Demolition seems premature, since Ratner won't be building anything like a basketball arena unless he can knock down Dan Goldstein's condo and Freddy's Bar and Backroom, amongst other properties. However, we expect Ratner to go ahead, just because he can.
Posted by lumi at February 16, 2007 9:21 AM