Who says there isn’t life after eminent domain?
Sounds like Freddy’s Bar will re-open with great fanfare at their new location on Fifth Avenue between 17th and 18th Street in the South Slope. The big date and time: February 4th at 4PM.
As part of the opening festivities, Les Sans Culottes will go on at midnight, with opening acts of Brute Force and The Magpie kicking things off. An exhibition of glitter and flock paintings by artist Nancy Drew will be on display.
Apparently, many items from the old Freddy’s will decorate the new place, including the prohibition era red mahogany bar, the old booths and tables.
According to Donald O’Finn, one of the owners of the new Freddy’s, “The “Chains of Justice” will still grace our bar as a reminder of our fight against eminent domain abuse and the power of the community bond.”
According to a press release from O’Finn: tthere will be a vibrant mix of the old and new with steam punk accents, vintage wall paper and permanent art installations from local art stars like Nancy Drew and Steve Pauley.
The new place has been created almost exclusively out of re-cycled, found or hand made objects, with almost no new materials purchased.
can’t wait. we’ll be there on opening night! ellis was….well, it wasn’t great but it was close and they served food. i never understood if they were trying to be a dive bar or an irish pub or a library themed restaurant. but the bartenders were consistently nice folks. welcome to the neighborhood, freddy’s! don’t worry south, my liver is big enough for both of you. and quarter.
Um, I don’t think it’s a dick move to move in next to South… Ellis, which used to be my favorite bar, held that spot before South got there. Freddy’s is just moving into a great space that was a bar already. I, for one, will be happy to have another bar there – South gets too crowded nowadays.
Freddy’s was cool and all, but isn’t kind of a dick move to shoehorn themselves in directly next to South?