via email: “My favorite prohibition-era bar, Freddy’s, Brooklyn, is boycotting all Brooklyn Brewery beer as of tonight…”
According to Donald O’Finn of Freddy’s, the boycot is “due to the Brklyn Brewery’s support of the Ratner Project that threatens not only our wonderful Freddy’s, but (we believe) this entire Neighborhood of Brklyn as well…”
“We had hoped that the Brooklyn Brewery would take a stand with us, on, what we believe is the correct side of the issue for Brooklyn, but the Brewery disagrees with us, and instead stands to make a lot of money if (or when) they sell Brooklyn Beer in the arena.”
“We are merely one small account to the Brooklyn Brewery, but this is our home, our lively ‘Hood’, this is a culture, and a thriving community.”
In other news, this Wednesday is the 1-year anniversary “best of” CRINGE reading night at Freddy’s…
More info:
Hey, what’s up with the message boards? They’ve been down all day. 🙁
What a wonderfully diverse crowd. Bring on the wrecking ball.
Hey what do you expect. Brooklyn Brewery only came to Willaimsburgh
cause of cheap rents, they are planning to move from what I have heard.
They are a business, A business.
Maybe Ratner will use his Eminate Domain buddies to scoop out a chuck of
the North Slope’s ass for their new brewery, brownstones are ugly anyway.