Barclay’s Center a Magnet for New Restaurants and Bars

There was a story on WNYC this morning about the new Barclay’s Center and how it is attracting restaurants and bars like crazy. No surprise there. Why wouldn’t businesses want to cash in on the cash cow that the Barclay’s Center will be what with sporting events and concerts by the likes of Jay-Z, Barbra Streisand, Leonard Cohen and Justin Bieber?

The onslaught of sports and entertainment fans may well be a headache for those who live near there on the Park Slope and Prospect Heights side of the arena.

I was at Freddy’s Bar the other night, which reminded me of all that’s gone done about the Atlantic Yards in the last eight years…