Confidant Expands With Frenzie Wine Bar in Brooklyn Heights

Frenzie

129 Atlantic Ave., nr. Henry St., Brooklyn Heights

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When cooks Brendan Kelley and Daniel Grossman moved their restaurant Confidant from Business Metropolis to the Brooklyn Heights area that had been Colonie, they anticipated to see extra strollers and foot visitors. It’s why they’d first deliberate to show an adjoining storefront (that had been the wine bar Pips) into an all-day café. However as soon as they settled into their new dwelling, they observed a stream of shoppers filling their restaurant after 9 p.m. practically each evening of the week.

“This neighborhood has numerous household vitality, however there are additionally lots of people like us, who get off work and are in search of a spot to get a drink and hang around,” Grossman says. To satisfy the necessity, the duo will open Frenzie this Thursday, August 13, the place wine and pizza shall be served till midnight on weekdays and a pair of a.m. on weekends.

The hope is that Frenzie can function a vacation spot for business employees once they end their shifts.
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The concept isn’t new territory for the duo, who met whereas working at Roberta’s after Grossman had labored as one of many first hires at L’Industrie. At Frenzie, they’ll use a customized flour mix from Brooklyn Granary to end up 14-inch sourdough pies. Mixtures will embody sausage and peppers with cheddar on a sesame crust, three-cheese with marinara, spicy vodka with ’nduja, and a ricotta-rich white pie. The pizza shall be complemented by seasonal small plates — fritto misto, Caesar salad made with smashed cucumbers, and beef tartare — and an ever-changing wine record from Charlie Szur. He plans to give attention to heavy curation with simply eight or 9 by-the-glass choices (all of that are $19 or much less), and 12-ish bottles that he’ll rotate continuously sufficient so repeat friends can all the time discover one thing new, particularly from smaller producers who may ship just a few circumstances to New York at a time. (The opening record features a limited-allocation Lebanese rosé; a white mix of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling from Slovenia; and a bottle of glowing known as Pork Soda with an illustrated pig on the label.)

Frenzie is a comfy area with 40-ish seats inside and room for 25 extra outdoors, climate allowing, and it’s supposed to be ultracasual by design. “Folks see Confidant as extra of a celebratory meal, as a result of it positively is a higher-end neighborhood joint,” Kelley says. “Frenzie goes to be extra laid-back. It’s meant to be a very nice evening out or, like, an amazing first-date spot.”

After 10 p.m., the menu will embody late-night specials like sq. slices or one-off pies. “It’ll all the time be first-come, first-served, all chef’s alternative,” Kelley says. For anybody who wants a drink, there will even be composed pictures and particular bar combos like a martini and a slice for $20 or a Narragansett with a shot and a slice for $15.

“Making meals late is a very totally different job than being a line cook dinner at a restaurant. It’s exhausting to employees that form of place and to maintain individuals there,” Grossman factors out. “However I believe individuals need and wish a spot like this to exit, drink, and simply convene.”

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