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January 19, 2011
Freddy's to Reopen in South Slope on Feb. 4
Though Prospect Heights lost the beloved bar, at least it won't be too far away.
Park Slope Patch
by Kristen V. Brown
Prospect Heights lost its beloved bar, but a date has finally been set for its revival, at a spot not that far away.
On Feb. 4, Freddy's Bar and Backroom will reopen in South Slope, months after Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project forced the bar from its longstanding Prospect Heights home on Dean Street.
The new Freddy’s, of course, will be a little different.
For one, Freddy's new South Slope location on Fifth Avenue between 17th and 18th streets, will offer food for the first time.
The bar will also reopen under new ownership, headed by former Freddy’s manager Donald O'Finn, and former Freddy’s bartenders Matt Kuhn and Matt Kimmett.
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Owner Donald O'Finn announced that the "Chains of Justice," used in protests against the new development and the invoking of eminent domain to force out residents and local businesses, would grace the bar as a reminder of the old bar and how it came to its end.
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