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Closings: Brick Oven Bar Be Cue in Gowanus

Brick Oven Bar Be Cue, we hardly knew ye. I'd been eager to try the pizza offerings at this unlikeliest of barbecue joints, housed in a gritty former warehouse on the corner of Third Avenue and 6th Street in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. But in the last couple of weeks, the place never seemed to be open. After a quick phone call to confirm hours, the owner, Emmanuel Maropakis said he'd given it two months and decided to close. "Not enough interest," he said. And as for the pizza, that never happened. "I couldn't find the right guy to do it," he said.

Clover Brewer at Root Hill Cafe in Gowanus/Park Slope

Posted by Adam Kuban, April 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM

I was already running late this morning, and the Root Hill Cafe is, technically, out of my way as I make my morning beeline to the subway station. But I had a feeling. A thought slowly started to nag at me—What if they have a Clover machine?

Over the last few months, I've been watching this space on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street in Brooklyn transform from a spottily run car service to a hip little coffee house with lots of thoughtful architectural details. And given that it opened just last week—at just the right time to have possibly snagged one of the last non-Starbucks Clover brewers—I didn't mind adding a few minutes to my commute by crossing the street to find out and put that nagging thought to rest.

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