Who said you can’t go home again?
Well, it was Thomas Wolfe, whose short story, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” is the namesake for this blog.
Mack’s Bar & Grill on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue between Garfield and Carroll Streets (owned and operated by the folks who own Johnny Mack’s the popular 8th Avenue eatery) is open for business in the space that was Elementi and Snooky’s before that
When Snooky’s, a classic Park Slope sports bar, closed and Elementi’s went in, Snooky’s loyal customers, were none-too-pleased with its replacement, an upscale Italian eatery.
The new Mack’s should make the old Snooky’s crowd very happy. I just took a stroll through the place and it’s got a decidedly Snooky’s-esque vibe. Casual atmosphere, booths up front, TV sets at the bar, grill and sandwiches on the menu, restaurant seating in the back.
It’s a real local restaurant and bar.
If the food is as good as Johnny Mack’s on 8th Avenue I’ll be happy. It may be just what the neighborhood needs. An easy place to grab a drink, a sandwich, a tasty burger.
Simon and I went there a few nights ago. I had the worst meal that I’ve ever had in a restaurant. Also, it was very cold in the back seating area. I mentioned it to the waiter and he said that they can’t close to door because it doesn’t fit correctly. He suggested that I eat with my coat on!
I live very close to Mack’s and was very excited to see something open in this spot. Unfortunately, they should have left it empty. The food was awful and the service was mediocre at best. I had the pulled pork sandwich which tasted old and salty. Another patron at a table near by commented that he was from the south and “this would never pass for a pulled pork sandwich” down there. The fries were limp and tasteless. The “extra thick milk shake”, as the menus proclaims, was no thicker then powdered quick and milk. I’m terribly disappointed.
Hope they’re open on Thanksgivings like Snooky’s used to be.
But we thought you loved Elementi so much, and thought Snooky’s was a low-class dive! Oh well, drink up!