As Cihan Anadoglu reported over at the Bartender’s Laboratory a new bar will be opening in New York soon. "Dutch Kills" (the name refers to the
Dutch roots of a New York district) will welcome its first customers in the begining of April and is a project by Milk & Honey entrepreneurs
Richard Boccato and Sasha Petraske. The American
blog Gothamist has more details:
"The name of the bar is the same as the ancestral name of the neighborhood where it is located (Dutch Kills), which was one of several small enclaves that unified in 1870 to become Long Island City. The word "kills" means "creek" in Dutch, whose settlers arrived in the area in 1643.
Originally named "Canapaukah" (loosely translated as "bear’s watering hole") by the Canarsee indians who were the first occupants of the land in and around what is now Long Island City, the "creek" in question is the Newtown Creek, which runs behind the bar dividing Long Island City from Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the Revolutionary War, and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783."
As the pictures in the contribution from Gothamist show,
the new bar quotes a lot of 19th century heritage. Dark
interior, wooden walls and even the obligatory old mechanical
cash machine is in place. These cash machines are serious cult objects for many New York bars.
As Boccato told the Gothamist, there’ll be no reservations necessary and no dress code required. It’s interesting, how much
journalistic coverage the project is able to receive, even before its doors have opened. Well done, Boccato and Petraske! The Black Book Magazine has further details about the bar and on the area in which it’ll be located in.
Link: www.dutchkillsbar.com
Helmut Adam
Helmut Adam ist Herausgeber von Mixology, Magazin für Barkultur, trinkt gerne Negronis, Tequila und den einen oder anderen Gin & Tonic. Bevor er sich zum Bar Manager an der Mixology Bar aufschwang, arbeitete er als Bartender in Zürich, Wien, Berlin und London.
