Murder at Branded Saloon

At 3:20am this morning, an ex-con stabbed the bartender at Branded Saloon 8 times, according to one report.

Check the gory coverage here:

NY Mag

Daily News

NY Post

Weather Up, the cocktail bar

New York Magazine's Grub Street has the latest on Weather Up, the new cocktail bar opening up soon on Vanderbilt between Dean and Bergen.

"Weather Up, the new cocktail bar in Prospect Heights, should open in a couple of weeks, says owner Kathryn Weatherup, an original investor in East Side Company Bar. Weather Up's partner Matthew Maddy, who cut his teeth with a design firm that worked on the Box and Stanton Social, is turning a former storefront church (Google street view, above) into a “jewel box” of sorts by installing an old mahogany bar with a custom-made brass bar top, a tiled vaulted ceiling, stainless-steel and onyx light fixtures, and banquettes of buffalo-skin leather. Add to all that a back garden and you have a drinks temple fit for barkeeps trained by Sasha Petraske. There will be oysters and cheese plates, but obviously the thing that’ll drive people here are the classic cocktails, with the menu changing every couple of months. Soundtrack: jazz, blues, and local cocktailians smacking their lips."

Hideout in Fort Greene and another from Sashe Petraske

A few new bars in the Fort Greene/Prospect Heights area. First up is the Hideout, behind Sushi on D on Dekalb in Fort Greene. At left is a picture of the garage space which houses the Hideout. New York Magazine has the scoop on it this week.

Over on Vanderbilt between Dean and Pacific is Sashe Petraske's latest speakeasy.