{"id":97,"date":"2013-03-23T00:43:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T00:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2013-03-25T19:13:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T19:13:58","slug":"freddys-bar-and-back-room-is-back-and-open-for-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/articles-2\/places-and-events\/freddys-bar-and-back-room-is-back-and-open-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy\u2019s Reopens in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/fred2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98\" alt=\"Honky-tonk hero John Pinamonti played his Huss and Dalton with the ubiquitous Charlie Shaw on drums for the invite-only opening night at Freddy's Bar and Backroom. \" src=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/fred2.jpg\" width=\"394\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/fred2.jpg 432w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/fred2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/fred2-190x130.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honky-tonk hero John Pinamonti played his Huss and Dalton with the ubiquitous Charlie Shaw on drums for the invite-only opening night at Freddy&#8217;s Bar and Backroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em>February 4, 2011<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Brooklyn, New York<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Last night, after seven months of anxious anticipation, the lucky, invited crowd reveled under Bowery copies of Tiffany-style lamps, that hung from the relief in the barroom\u2019s tin ceiling. Wooden booths were full and the luxuriously long bar was lined with swarming faces waiting for a drink or just to shake the hand of an old friend pulling the taps or ringing up a register. <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Many simply shared laughter while watching one of the flat panel TVs showing the hilarious and often macabre video art of Donald O\u2019Finn, the bar\u2019s manager and principal owner. These hypnotic videos are culled after countless hours, sifting through ancient film footage &#8211; campy and bizarre \u2013 and then juxtaposed by his wickedly brilliant editing.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">The bar&#8217;s lighting is cave-like, so that many pieces of artwork, both clever and strange draw the curious toward the back recess or into shadowed corners where confidences may be exchanged amidst the clink of glasses. There is even a small patio out the rear exit, full of chilly smokers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">In the backroom, Pinamonti &amp; Co. lit it up for those fortunate enough to fit into such an intimate space. Notably smaller than at the old Freddy\u2019s, it has a great vibe and should soon regain its place as one of the favorite small rooms in the New York City music scene.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">The original Freddy\u2019s was near the Atlantic Center until it was confiscated in May, 2010 through shifty misuse of the city\u2019s Eminent Domain laws and torn down to make way for a billionaire\u2019s pet construction project. After Freddy&#8217;s wake, Mr. O\u2019Finn gathered some of his staff\u00a0 and they set out on their own. With the blessing of the retired owner, they have planted Freddy\u2019s banner at a new location, 627 5th Ave between 17th and 18th Street, in Brooklyn\u2019s South Slope. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">I caught up with Donald outside the front door, as he was walking up the wheelchair-accessible ramp. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;Out of death and destruction comes rebirth&#8221; said a weary but elated O\u2019Finn, seemingly oblivious to the icy wind. &#8220;I haven\u2019t had a day off since the day the old place closed.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;But it has been worth it.&#8221; he added, during a sporadic stream of well-wishers while he observed the labor of the exterior decorator and her workman, who at 10 PM were finishing a paneled <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">fa\u00e7ade <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">and what are expected to be flower boxes. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;Geraniums.&#8221; said the spunky but earnest woman, as she looked up at manager O\u2019Finn, seemingly twice her own height. \u201cI woke from a dream and said \u2018Geraniums!\u2019 They don\u2019t need to be watered.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">That brings up one bittersweet note; the watering hole voted \u201cBest Dive Bar in New York City\u201d for years beyond count is a dive no longer. Rather, it is smart new venue haunted by the ghost of a Gilded Age saloon, larger than the original and with modern facilities, even if the graffito remarks already share the same obscene bent. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">In one respect the patrons feel like they never left; this is one large, cozy comfort zone. In other ways, the absinthe has been sweetened by the absence. That and by seeing what a wonderful new space has been transformed into the one-of-a-kind universe that is Freddy\u2019s.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">On Tap: A decent array of domestics with some foreign agents of note. I started with a Guinness that was every bit as fine as before. But I was delighted to find Fuller\u2019s London Pride on tap as well. Then I tasted it with some disappointment. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">At first I thought Fuller&#8217;s had chosen to Americanize the version sold in gas kegs to the US. Then it struck me; it was ice-cold! That will eradicate the subtle nuance of English ale, which really should be drank at 45<sup>o<\/sup> F. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">It was okay enough to drink three pints, but a far cry from that found in Blackstock Road, I can tell you. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">I shall have to see if they can get something from up Burton way, like Marston\u2019s Pedigree. That is arguably the best bitter\u00a0 made in England and <em>finally <\/em>available in the States. (hint, hint.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Cheers!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Freddy&#8217;s new address is 627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Street.\u00a0 Very near the Prospect Avenue stop on the R line. 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